PSY 4105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Specific Phobia, Dsm-5, Separation Anxiety Disorder

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 4105
• Professor: Caroline Sullivan

Document Summary

Many people don"t think kids can be depressed. Why is it so difficult to imagine that children can also experience depression: we don"t understand that concept, children have it easy, they have a lot of fun. Mood disorders in children/adolescents: disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder (formerly known as dysthymia, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, conceptualization, treatment, not covering bipolar and suicide. Youtube: https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=xicrnilqgyc: i had a black dog, his name was depression. Tends to be diffuse and less easily identified: infants. Excessive clinging and whiny behaviour around mothers. Masked depression less autonomy: school aged children. Shy, avoid school and peers, poor social skills, malaise, inattention, fidgety, underachievement, somatic symptoms: teens. Self-blame, low self-esteem, chronic sadness, irritability (80%) and social inhibition. Many have anger/apathy, foreshortened future, can have passive and active suicidal ideation: what are the symptoms of depression? https://youtube. com/watch? v=pmqe4fiqffm&list=plc6061fe13a8fd250&index=13, dsm-5: removed criteria e, not due to bereavement, prevalence of just over 5%