PSY 2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Major Depressive Disorder, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Bipolar Disorder
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Severe disturbances in emotion: emotion-based disturbances strong enough to intrude on everyday life. Depressive disorders: major depressive disorder, dysthymia. Bipolar disorders: bipolar i (only mania, bipolar ii (mania and depression, cyclothymia. Depression: unrelenting lack of pleasure in life. Major depressive disorder: significant depressive episode (five of nine symptoms) and depressed characteristics for at least two weeks. Across different places and cultures, women are diagnosed more frequently with depression than men. Biological factors: genetic influences, brain structures, neurotransmitter regulation. Psychological factors: learned helplessness, cognitive explanations. Sociocultural factors: socioeconomic status (ses, gender differences. Moderate depressive symptoms: a form of depression that has less dramatic effects on personal and occupational functioning, can also last for longer periods than major depression. Severe mood swings from depressive to manic episodes: characterized by, an internal struggle with depression (usually the dominant state, alternated with periods of mania, a state of highly excited moods of euphoria and grandeur.
