PSYCO239 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dsm-5, Hardcore Wrestling, Reuptake

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO239
• Professor: Jessica Tomory

Document Summary

Mood disorders are among the most common psychological disorders, and the risk of developing them is increasing worldwide, particularly in younger people. An individual can experience manic symptoms but feel somewhat depressed or anxious at the same time or be depressed with a few symptoms of mania. Individuals with recurrent major depression usually have a family history of depression, unlike people who experience single episodes. Individuals who suffer from both major depression episodes and persistent depression with fewer symptoms are said to have double depression. Specifers for depressive disorders include: with psychotic features (hallucinations, delusions, with anxious distress (mild to severe, with mixed features, with melancholic features, with atypical features (catalepsy, with catatonic features, with peripartum onset, with seasonal pattern. Seasonal affective disorder (sad) -symptoms start in the fall and continue into the winter months, sapping your energy and making you feel moody. Thought to be something due to the lack of sunlight.