PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Major Depressive Episode, Major Depressive Disorder, Fugue State

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Ingrid Johnsrude

Document Summary

The nature and causes of mental disorders, part ii. Mood: pervasive and sustained emotional response that may affect person"s. October 10, 2012 perceptions: depression, mania (i. e. , extreme elation) Major depressive episode: five or more of the following present during the same. Manic episode: abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood lasting at least one week (or shorter if hospitalized). Mixed episode: criteria met for manic episode and major depressive episode for 1 week. Hypomanic episode: criteria met for manic episode for 4 days, but symptoms not severe enough to cause impairment or hospitalization. Major depressive disorder: one or more major depressive episodes without history of manic, mixed or. Bipolar 1 disorder: one or more manic episodes or mixed episodes, major depressive episode may have occurred in past/present (but not required for diagnosis) Bipolar 2 disorder: one or more major depressive episodes with at leas ton hypomanic episodes.