PSYC 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Psychomotor Agitation, Major Depressive Disorder, Suicidal Ideation
17 Mar 2016
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Depressed mood or loss of interest over a 2 week period. Young kids (7+); irritability, comorbid anxiety (phobias, separation anxiety), tantrums, oppositional/argumentative. Adolescents: antisocial behavior, aggression, inattention, social withdrawal: cognitive symptoms begin to emerge: guilt, low self-esteem/body image, worthlessness, anhedonia, hopelessness. Acting out; sadness is in the inside. Removed exclusion that depression cannot be diagnosed in context of bereavement within 2 months of loss: ensured that someone grieving was not diagnosed as ill/depressed. No differences between those whose symptoms were triggered by bereavement vs. different losses (financial, divorce: looked at how bereaved vs. nonbereaved differed on number of and duration of, symptoms (as well as which symptoms were reported) Return to pre-dsm ii idea that sadness in response to loss is normal/human condition (reaction) Dsm taskforce: these findings show that bereavement should not be a special exclusion: all qualify as mentally ill. Genes + brain + nervous system (& other physiological issues) = mental illness: genetics: depression runs in family.
