PSY 395 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Major Depressive Disorder, Major Depressive Episode, Suicidal Ideation
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Mood disorders: defining feature= extremes of emotion (affect) Two key moods: depression: feelings of sadness and dejection, mania: intense and unrealistic feelings of excitement and euphoria. !2-month prevalence rates= 7: lifetime prevalence of major depressive disorder= 17, twice as common in women than in men, lifetime prevalence for bipolar disorder= 1% Intermittent normal odds occur briefly: persistently depressed mood most of the day for at least 2 years, lifetime prevalence of 2. 5 to 6% (less common, average duration is 4-5 years. Stressful life events: vulnerability in response to stress. Risk-related vulnerability factors: personality and cognitive diatheses, early adversity (distal risk factors; childhood abuse) Theories: excessive rumination, hopelessness theory, reformulated helplessness theory. Interpersonal effects: lack of social support or social skills, hostility and rejection from others, marital dissatisfaction. Bipolar disorders: distinguished from unipolar disorders by presence of manic or hypomanic episodes. Includes at least one manic or mixed episode. Includes hypomanic episode but not full-blown manic or mixed episodes.
