PSYCH 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Etiology, Psychomotor Agitation, Hypomania
23 Mar 2016
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Lifeime prevalence: 20% for women, 10% for men for one or more mde. Culture is important (low prevalence in amish communiies, for example) Age diferences/cohort efects: older people less likely to have experienced depression, perhaps due to cohort issues, depression shaving years of life expectancy. Social support is important, but depression can be taxing on those systems. Long-term issues with depression: resenfulness, impacts educaional/career/relaionship goals, high suicide risk. General deiniion: disinct period of persistently and abnormally elevated, expansive or irritable mood, super high energy and goal oriented, lasing longer than a week. Bipolar i: at least one manic episode, usually but not always followed by depressive episodes. Bipolar ii: no mania, just hypomania, but requires at least one major depressive episode. Cyclothymia: less severe but more chronic, hypomania and moderate depression. Mixed episodes: both manic and depressive episodes, super high suicide risk. Rapid cycling: bounces between mania and depression frequently.
