PSYCH257 Lecture Notes - Major Depressive Episode, Hypomania, Bipolar Ii Disorder
20 Mar 2013
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During the same 2-week period, five or more of the following symptoms including either 1 or 2 have been present (must be a change in functioning) Depressed mood most of the day, nearly everyday. Diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities. *challenge for depressed individuals: it"s the illness to be blame not yourself. It"s the illness that makes you nonsense, not yourself. Cognitive pessimism, guilt, decreased concentration, interest, and motivation, suicidal thoughts. Behavioral low energy, lack of self-care, crying, psychomotor retardation, agitation. Physiological appetite and sleep change, loss of sex drive. *when major depressive disorder comes with mania or hypomanina, it is probably bipolar disorder not mdd. *having 1 episode, there will be a 50% of having another episode; 2 episodes 70% chance of another depression; Hypothesis 1: the stressful life event happening in the subsequent episodes are different and less severe.
