PSYC3336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Suicidal Ideation, Mental Disorder, Prefrontal Cortex
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Same as midterm - 3 sections (mc, short answer, long answer) Cumulative will weight more material from midterm to end of the course, but still responsible for material throughout the semester. Continuing discussion from last class about risk for suicide. Takes its toll in lots of different ways. Important to consider roll of suicidal ideation (person is talking about or explaining about considering the possibility of suicide). Course of suicide: 34% of ideators will make a suicide plan. 72% of those with a plan will attempt. Still 26% of ideators without a plan will make an unplanned attempt. Demographics male, white, or native american has more risk. Psychiatric disorder a diagnosable disorder puts them more at risk. Includes mood disorders, impulse control, substance abuse, psychotic, etc. Psychological factors feeling of hopelessness, inability to derive pleasure from activities (anhedonia) Serotonin deficiency in prefrontal cortex, especially. This is where a lot of capacity to control impulses is regulated.
