PSY-P 324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Reuptake, Heritability, Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor
13 Feb 2017
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1/22 class notes psy p 324 exam 2 (p 105-172: overview of depression: major depression is leading cause of disability world wide. Depression can refer to a mood or clinical syndrome. Clinical depression: depressed mood accompanied by other symptoms that are debilitating. Symptoms: trouble concentrating, distracted easily, guilt, worthlessness. Negative view of selves, their environments, & future combination known as depressive triad. Somatic symptoms/vegetative signs: related to basic physiological or bodily functions for mood disorders. Anhedonia: loss of interest in pleasurable activities. Insomnia: hard time falling asleep or staying asleep: hypersomnia: excessive sleep, hard time waking up , sleeping throughout day. Psychomotor retardation: walk and talk as if they are in slow motion: some pause for extended periods, perhaps several minutes before answering question. Recurrent thoughts of death or suicide: man people experience self destructive ideas and impulses when depressed. Interest in suicide usually develops gradually and may begin with (cid:448)ague se(cid:374)se that life is(cid:374)"t (cid:449)orth li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g.
