PSC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Twin, Insomnia, Hamilton Rating Scale For Depression
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Newer approaches are trying to focus more on individual symptoms that are. Changes in sleep patterns (increased or decreased) Changes in energy level (agitation or torpor) Lecture 16 - 11/29 - psychiatric disorders (psychopathology) Depression = most prevalent mood disorder, characterized by: Diagnostic criteria (checklist-based) are not based on underlying mechanisms; can be ambiguous. Biology never read that book. - dr. thomas insel, director of national institute of mental. Ex: differences in treating a disease and treating a mental health disease. Lump (get a sample) biopsy pathology (origin/mechanism of disease) driven by estrogen receptor (tamoxifen antogonist and aromatase inhibitor) or her2 (herception blocks the action of her2) or triple negative. Depression dsn (no biological mechanism here) ssri y (:)) n (serotonin/ne reuptake inhibitor) y or n ketamine y or n brain depression (normalizes treatments) The heritability of depression is about 30-40% patients with depression compared to the general population.
