PSY 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Suicidal Ideation, Bipolar Disorder, Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders
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Dsm psychiatrics and psychologists will use this descriptive criterion (by the apa) to diagnose; insurance companies will not value the diagnosis unless it is made with dsm. 5 axis (guidelines) (schizophrenia, anxiety, etc) personality/developmental disorders (mental retardation) ****come to a tentative conclusion; symptoms must last at least 2 weeks! Age of onset is 20s (genetics and stressors) Typically older, white men (over age 65) that actually carry out successful suicide attempts. Typically women with young children (childbearing women late 20s-30s) have mdd (cid:498)post partum(cid:499) depression immediately after giving birth (hormone/identity/finance changes: less suicide rates: preferred method is pills, children are a reason to stay alive; Chemical imbalances (serotonin, norepinephrine: prozac: serotonin specific reuptake blocker. Occupies receptor sites on neurons that release serotonin; it cannot go back to the neurons and remains in synapse to stimulate other neurons. Very effective for many; serotonin must be important for mood. Symptoms (do not have to have all, just some)
