PSYC 385 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Brodmann Area 10, Automatic Negative Thoughts, Hypersomnia
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Mood disorders (affective disorders: depressive disorders (unipolar, bipolar and related disorders, common denominator, extremes of emotion (affect, intense, persistent, clinically significant distress, risk of harm. Mild, brief depression: can be normal and adaptive, sadness, hopelessness, and pessimism are common human experiences. When (cid:498)depression(cid:499) is not necessarily a mood disorder: loss and grieving process, postpartum (cid:498)blues(cid:499) Major depressive disorder (mdd: more symptoms, more severe, must have, most days, depressed/sad mood or, loss of interest, pleasure, these are disruptions in negative affect (na) and positive affect (pa) Depression and daily emotion: 3 groups, major depressive episode (n=35, (cid:498)minor(cid:499) depression episode, or subsyndormal (cid:523)n=2(cid:888)(cid:524, never depressed (n=38, experience sampling, beeped m-f, 10x/day, rate na, pa, dependent variable, degree of na, pa across the week. Major depressive disorder: must have, most days, depressed/sad mood or, loss of interest, pleasure, 4 or more symptoms (cognitive, emotional, physical, some more severe than in dysthymia. Psychomotor agitation/retardation: 2 weeks plus .
