NURS 3554 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Major Depressive Episode
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Anhedonia, fatigue, sleep disturbances, changes in appetite, feelings of. Persistently depressed mood lasting a minimum of 2 weeks. Hopelessness is huge - can"t change a situation (helpless) Acute phase - even asking them to eat is hard because can"t concentrate hopelessness or worthlessness, persistent thoughts of death or suicide, inability to concentrate or make decisions, change in physical activity. People feel desperate then persistent thoughts and death ands suicide. Not so much sadness and withdrawal but irritability and anger. Closer to adulthood see anxiety disorders and depressive. Depressive disorder associated with another medical condition. Sx of depression, not a major depressive episode. Leading cause of disability in the united states. Schizo = high risk of suicide because antipsych can cause depression. Anxiety often goes hand and hand with depression. Substance abusers tend to abuse cns depressants. Calms you down but lower your mood . So underdiagnosed we don"t recognize suicide rate is high.
