01:830:340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Major Depressive Disorder, Psychomotor Agitation, Major Depressive Episode
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Mood disorders-a disabling mood disturbance; differs from sadness in: 5 or more daily for 2 weeks. Loss of interest in usual activities (anhedonia) Being really slowed down or keyed up. Driven to keep talking and can"t stop. Period of persistently elevated or irritable mood, increase in goal- directed activity or energy, lasting at least 1 week and present most of the day, nearly every day. More talkative than usual or pressured speech. Increase in goal-directed activity or psychomotor agitation. Hypomania: less impairment, more than 4 days < week. 75% who have one episode will have another. Women and men have different coping skills. Lower among african americans vs. european americans. East-asians versus individuals from north america may report greater physical symptoms. Milder symptoms than mdd; however, lasts 5 years on average and. Depressed mood for 2 years or longer with 2 of the following for most of the day. Mde only when daylight hours are short.
