PSY 322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Major Depressive Episode, Psychomotor Agitation, Mood Disorder

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 322
• Professor: Erica Goddard

Document Summary

* based on mood, episodes (constellation of symptoms - syndrome) * the most common 2nd class of disorders in dsm-5. * severe depression impairing functioning at least 2 weeks. * don"t see the up and down consisted low mood. * trying to say something going or but don"t know what it is. * extreme low and high diagnosis involving at least 1 manic episode impaired function. * at least 1 major depressive and hypomanic episode. * milder depression for at least 2 years. * much longer lasting disorder ---> milder hypomanic. * do not fit any of officially specified diagnoses. * at least 5 symptoms (of the 9) * weight loss or gain (or appetite change) * one must be either depressed mood or anhedonia lasting. * not accounted for by another disorder, medical problem, substance use. * all of these things need to be new or different from the usual.