PSY 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mood Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Constipation
11 Apr 2016
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More days than not, during a period of at least two weeks: emotional. You do not need to have both (but at least one) And four of the following : cognitive. Thoughts of worthlessness or inappropriate guilt feel real guilty about not watching the dishes, calling my friend back, taking out the trash. Thoughts of harming oneself: physiological and behavioral. Sleep disturbances (sleeping more or less than usual or broken sleep, difficulty falling asleep) Psychomotor retardation (slowing in their movement feel sluggish or others notice) The more major depressive episodes you have the more likely you are to have more: 1 episodes (50%), 2(70%), 3(90%) Less severe form of major depression but chronic. Also you must have depressed mood (unlike mdd) plus 2 of the following : poor appetite or overeating, insomnia or hypersomnia, low energy or fatigue, low self-esteem (unlike mdd, poor concentration or difficulties making decisions, feelings of hopelessness.
