PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Electroconvulsive Therapy, Humanistic Psychology, Tricyclic Antidepressant

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

Criteria of major depressive disorder: at least 5 of the following: one or both of the first 2, plus 3 or more of the rest. Depression: how common is it: depression appears worldwide, per year, depressive episodes happen to 6% of men and about 9% of women, over the course of a lifetime, 12% of canadians and 17% of americans experience depression. 50% of cases: depression will recur and the episode gets longer and the time between gets shorter closer and closer to becoming chronic. 40% of cases: depression will never occur again after recovery. 10% of cases: the first onset of the depressive episode causes the person to never recover. The medical model of psychology: attempts to see mental disorders as an illness. Serotonin-transporter gene that instructs the production of a molecule that moves serotonin out of the synapse.