PSY 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Bipolar Disorder, Learned Helplessness, Major Depressive Episode

• School: Tunxis Community College
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 245
• Professor: Marselle

Document Summary

Mood disorders the fundamental experiences of depression and mania contribute, either singly or together, to all mood disorders. Mixed features the experiencing of manic symptoms while feeling both depressed and anxious at the same time. Major depressive disorder the most easily recognized mood disorder define by the presence of depression and the absence of manic, or hypomanic episodes, before or during the disorder. Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) shares many of the same symptoms of major depressive disorder but differs in its course: depressive mood that lasts at least two years. Double depression the experiencing of both major depressive episodes and persistent depression at the same time. Psychotic features specifiers: hallucinations seeing or hearing things that aren"t there, delusions strongly held but inaccurate beliefs. Catatonic features specifier: catalepsy a serious condition involving the absence of movement in which muscles are waxy and semi rigid, or a patient"s arms or legs remain in any position in which they are placed.