01:830:340 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Suicidal Ideation, Tricyclic Antidepressant, Reuptake
1 Feb 2014
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Chapter 6: mood disorders mood disorders: involves severe and enduring disturbances in emotionally ranging from elevation to severe depression. Anhedonia- loss of energy and ability to engage in pleasurable activities, good indicator of depression rather than feeling generally sad which occurs equally as likely in non depressed people. Duration- if untreated episode can last 4-9 months mania- period of abnormally excessive elevation or euphoria associated with some mood disorders, become hyperactive and find pleasure in all activity. Flight of ideas- thoughts come to quickly and when try to express them the person does not make sense. Usually mania leads person to feel out of control leading to feelings of anxiety or depression. Individual who experiences both is more dangerous and cannot fx socially. More common to have mixed actually uncommon to have separated mania and depression. Risk for developing depression is low until the early teens after this point risk begins to inc linearly.
