PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Anxiety Disorder, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, Biology Of Depression

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

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Diagnosis requires 2 or more major depressive episodes, defined as: depressed mood and/or loss of interest or pleasure in life activities for at least 2 weeks, and. At least 5 of the following symptoms that cause clinically significant impairment in social, work, or other important areas of functioning almost every day: Self-defeating beliefs: learned helplessness (cid:862)o(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:449)hel(cid:373)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) all i ha(cid:448)e to do(cid:863, self-focused rumination (overthinking) Explanatory style: to what do you attribute blame when something goes wrong: e(cid:454)te(cid:396)(cid:374)al: (cid:862)that (cid:449)as a(cid:374) u(cid:374)fai(cid:396) test(cid:863) Other tendencies of mdd: ta(cid:271)le: (cid:862)i(cid:859)ll al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s (cid:271)e stupid(cid:863, glo(cid:271)al: (cid:862)m(cid:455) stupidit(cid:455) affe(cid:272)ts e(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g i do(cid:863) Evidence: new university students: pessimistic thinking style: 17% developed mdd, optimistic thinking style: 1% developed mdd. Teach people new, more constructive ways of thinking: examples: If person accepts all blame w/out question, point out that some blame lies elsewhere. If pe(cid:396)so(cid:374) is e(cid:454)t(cid:396)e(cid:373)e i(cid:374) thei(cid:396) thi(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g (cid:894)e. g. , (cid:862)this is the (cid:449)o(cid:396)st possi(cid:271)le out(cid:272)o(cid:373)e(cid:863), (cid:862)i(cid:859)(cid:373) a (cid:272)o(cid:373)plete failu(cid:396)e(cid:863)(cid:895), (cid:272)halle(cid:374)ge the(cid:373)