Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 49: Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Mania

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mark Holden

Document Summary

Psychology lecture 49 notes mood (affective) disorders. Includes depression and mania (excessive excitement: about half of people with depression also experiences an anxiety disorder. Almost everyone experiences the symptoms of depression in more mild or temporary forms: experience loss sad, discouraged, apathetic, 25-30% of university students are currently experiencing symptoms of mild depression. Clinical depression: frequency, intensity, and duration of depressive symptoms are disproportionate to the person"s life situation, ex. So severe, person is unable to function effectively. ~10-15% of people suffer from major depression at some point during their lives: ex. Less intense feeling of depression, but more chronic and long lasting (over multiple years) Often only a few weeks, months between episodes. Lose capacity to experience pleasure (hobbies and even biological pleasures : cognitive. Low self-esteem, feelings of inadequacy, incompetence, blame selves for any setbacks. Depressive attributional pattern : somatic (body) symptoms. Often, weight loss (especially in major depression)