PSYC 208 Lecture Notes - Anticonvulsant, Carbamazepine, Heritability
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Final exam: dec. 7th 3:30pm 6pm: location cirs 1250, 50 multiple choice; 20 marks fill-in-the-blank, short-answer, cumulative. Affective disorders: heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by abnormal mood, drive, and cognition: overlap with anxiety disorders, overlap with psychotic symptoms. Unipolar affective disorders: depressed mood, either chronic or with remission. Bipolar affective disorders: episodes of depression and mania alternative; majority of patients experience more depressive episodes than manic episodes. Indecisive and unable to concentrate: unable to experience pleasure, feelings of worthlessness or inappropriate guilt, weight loss or weight gain. Insomnia or hypersomnia: chronic fatigue, psychomotor retardation or agitation, suicidal ideation. Thinking about death; suicidal thoughts with no plan/with a plan; suicidal attempt. Not due to substance use or bereavement. Symptoms occur everyday, most of the day for at least 2 weeks. Inflated self-esteem: decreased need for sleep, talkative, flight of ideas, distractible. Intense goal-directed behavior: hedonistic behavior; foolhardy spending and investments; sex and drug use.
