PSYCH-230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Mood Disorder
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Much more serious than typical emotional states that everyone feels. Involve significant disturbances in emotion, including extreme sadness (depression) or elation/irritability (mania) Are disabling (i. e. , interfere with daily activities/ functioning) Are often associated with other serious psychological problems: Psychological disorders characterized by usually severe or prolonged disturbances of mood. Major depressive disorder (more severe) and persistent depressive disorder (milder) Bipolar disorders and related disorders (mood swing disorders) Bipolar disorder (more severe) and cyclothymic disorder (milder) Is a low sad state in which life seems dark and its challenges overwhelming. The opposite of depression, is a state of breathless euphoria, or at least frenzied energy, in which people may have an exaggerated belief that the world is theirs for the taking. Emotional state or mood of intense but unfounded elation accompanied by irritability, hyperactivity, talkativeness, flight of ideas, distractibility, and impractical, grandiose plans. Diagnosis of major depressive disorder (mdd; dsm 5)
