Psychology 2030A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Bipolar Disorder, Mood Disorder, Hypomania
21 Feb 2018
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Chapter outline: what are bipolar and depressive disorders, bipolar and related disorders, depressive disorders, suicide, the etiology of bipolar and depressive disorders, the treatment of bipolar and depressive disorders. What are bipolar and depressive disorders: syndromes in which a disturbance in mood is the predominant feature, take the form of low or high mood, depression (abnormally low mood, mania (abnormally high mood) According to the dsm-5 (cid:523)(cid:884)(cid:882)(cid:883)(cid:885)(cid:524) a manic episode )s : a period of abnormal elevated or irritable mood lasting for at least one week or requires hospitalization. Individual must possess three or more of the following: (a) inflated self esteem, (b) decrease need for sleep, (c) talkativeness, (d) flight of ideas, (e) distractibility, and (f) increased goal-directed activity. Cyclothymic disorder: a condition characterized by fluctuations that alternate between hypomania and depression, episodes not as severe as with mania or major depression, persist for at least two years.
