CRIM 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Major Depressive Disorder, Dysthymia, Meta-Analysis
15 Mar 2018
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Interferes substantially with the ability cope on a daily basis: disorder of the mind, may be temporary or long-term, historically, mds have caused fear and contempt do therapy and sessions as treatment in these days. Importance of diagnosis: communication with other doctors, understand the illness; prediction, risks, treatment, risk management, dsm-v: standard guidebook for clinicians, classification system, 5th ed. , 2013. What is a hallucination: a perception, in the absence of a stimulus, that is believed to be genuine vivid and clear, can involve any of the 5 senses, auditory most common, visual, olfactory, gustatory, tactile. Occur while falling asleep (hypnagogic) or waking up (hypnopompic) Disorganized speech: derailment (loose association, jumping topics, tangentiality, answering questions in an unrelated way. Incoherence: speech that is incomprehensible, word salad. Grossly disorganized behaviour/ catatonia (marked decrease in reactivity to the environment: grossly disorganized behaviours, e. g. , childlike or silly, unpredictable agitation shouting, swearing in public.
