PSYCH-230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Major Depressive Episode, Mania, Major Depressive Disorder
28 Sep 2020
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They have experiences manic as well as depressive episodes. At least two years of numerous hypomanic and depressive episodes. Age of onset: usually between ages 18-22: first episode can be depression or mania. Remission: when a person"s symptoms are diminished or improved. Relapse: when a person who has recovered from a previous episode has a return of their active symptoms. Course: most people will have more than one episode, length of time between episodes varies and is difficult to predict, long-term course is often intermittent and long-term prognosis is. Dysfunction in the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal and hypothalamic pituitary thyroid axes of the neuroendocrine system. There is a greater genetic influence for bipolar disorder than there is for unipolar depression. May be very affected by biological rhythms such as seasonal patterns, circadian rhythms or sleep wake cycle. Some findings suggest dysregulating in frontal-limbic brain activation in people with bipolar disorder.
