Psychology 2320A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Olanzapine, Mania, Quetiapine

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2320A/B
• Professor: Graham Reid

Document Summary

Mood disorders: a psychological disorder characterized by the elevation or lowering of a person"s mood, such as depression or bipolar disorder: depressive disorders. As a symptom, depression refers to feeling sad or miserable. Depressive symptoms often occur without the existence of a serious problem, and they are relatively common at all ages. As a syndrome, depression is more than a sad mood. A syndrome refers to a group of symptoms that occur together more often than by chance. Along with sadness, the child may display a reduced interest or pleasure in activities, cognitive and motivational changes, and somatic and psychomotor changes. As a disorder, depression comes in several forms (3) Diagnosis depends on the presence of a major depressive episode plus the exclusion of other conditions. Prevalence youths 4 to 18 years of age is between 2% and 8%, with rates that are low during childhood but increase dramatically during adolescence.