PSY 395 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Major Depressive Episode, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Mood Disorder
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Major depressive disorder, single episode: absence of manic or hypomania: no mania/hypomania, rare. Major depressive disorder, recurrent: two or more major depressive episodes. Double depression: having both depressive episodes and dysthymic disorder; dysthymic disorder develops first that has a problematic future course: recurrence is high if dysthymia is untreated. Grief to depression: if grief lasts more than 1 year, recovery chances from severe grief is reduced and mental health professional may become concerned. Core features: manic (involvement in pleasurable activities with high risk) and. Bipolar disorder: was called manic-depressive disorder; alternating between extreme depression and euphoria: bipolar i disorder: (see slide, bipolar ii disorder: (see slide) less severe. Cyclothymic disorder: more chronic version of bipolar disorder where hypomanic and depressive symptoms (not episodes) are less severe persists longer: 2 year pattern (1 year for children, alternating hypomanic and depressive symptoms (less severe but. For depression: tricyclics, monoamine oxidase (mao) inhibitors, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (ssri"s, prozac most popular ssri.
