PSYB32H3 Lecture : CHAPTER 8.docx
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Person must have four symptoms to be diagnosed with this disorder. It"s two times more common in women than men-women tend to be closer and insightful with respect to their emotions. Men hang out with friends doing sports and going to the gym so they spend less time ruminating about their feelings. The dsm uses the word chronic if the persons depression lasts for more than two years. Patient will suffer from a full range of mixed episodes, the highs and the lows. Women tend to have more depressive as opposed to manic and vice versa for men. Commobidity is actually high as they may miss the manic episodes so they may turn to alcohol to trigger those manic feelings. Where the bipolar person experiences a full range of symptoms that would satisfy the symptoms of major depression. When the person will have episodes of hypomania disorders. Reported worse in the morning than in the day.
