PSYC 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sleep Deprivation, Psychoeducation, Relationship Counseling

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 300
• Professor: J O E L L E L E M O U L T

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Having bipolar order put you at suicide risk. Much research identify specific genes but have not been replicated. High levels of norepinephrine, serotonin, dopamine effect. Medicines change neurons fairly quick yet it takes more than a week to see the. Focus on the activity levels in a brain region. Pair up with activation in prefrontal cortex. Actiaves when people are pursuing rewards, behaviourally. Associated with onset and relapse of depressive episodes. Lost and humiliation are most likely to trigger depression. Cortisol level and possibility of developing depression likely to develop depression. Even just a small event, likely to trigger depression. Low level of cortisol, less likely to develop depression. Critical, hostile comment that are made by family members. 70% experience relapses when family expressed high emotion. Some social support might not want to spend more time with you. Tend to react to events with higher level of negative affect. Different type predict higher or lower risk of depression.