PSYC 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Neurochemistry, Major Depressive Disorder, Suicidal Ideation
17 Nov 2014
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Psyc 106: movies and mental illnesses lecture 3: depression and suicide. Prevalence rates lower for both men and women over 64 years. Led some (mistakenly) suggest that existential or logical suicidal ideation can present elderly: somatic symptoms, in contrast, more likely to typify presentation of geriatric depression, symptoms such as sleep maintenance insomnia, chronic pain, fatigue, memory impairment. The major side-effect of ect is memory loss which can be disturbing. Improvement often noted after first treatment: tends to work in most severe cases when other treatments ineffective, bottom line, ect saves lives. Suicide and the older adult: each year, approximately 31,000 completed suicides in the u. s, 8th leading cause of death, this number even greater than the number of homicides. In the immediate aftermath of loss of spouse, risk of suicide greatest o. These are the only instances publicized: rates actually greater among blue- rather than white-collar workers.
