PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Major Depressive Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Insomnia
Document Summary
Mood disorders - disabling disturbances in emotion. Depression - emotional state marked by great sadness and feelings of worthlessness and guilt (more disabling than anxiety disorders) Mania - emotional state or mood of intense but unfounded elation accompanied by irritability, hyperactivity, talkativeness, flight of ideas, distractibility, and impractical (grandiose) plans. Diagnosis of depression (dsm-5 requires the presence of 5 of the following symptoms for at least 2 weeks; either depressed mood or loss of interest and pleasure must be one of the 5 symptoms) Psyb32 part 2: distractibility and attention easily diverted, excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that are likely to have undesirable consequences, such as reckless spending, these symptoms must be sufficient to impair the individual in terms of. Mixed episodes (both depression and manic disorders) Hypomania (bipolar ii) episodes of major depressive disorders but less severe manic. Mood specifiers: psychotic features, melancholic, catatonic features, seasonal. Cyclothymic disorder - frequent periods of depressed mood and hypomania.
