PSYC18H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Brad Delson, Psychoneuroimmunology, Prolongation
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Psyc18: chapter 13 mental disorder and well-being in adulthood. Psychiatric disorders: symptoms and prevalence: depression (sometimes called affective/mood disorder): intense sadness diagnosed if present for min. Sufferer is unbearably sad and lost pleasure in all activities. * see pg 329, figure 13. 1 for prevalence rates. 16. 6% prevalence rate for depression in u. s a new zealand prospective design experiment found twice this value. Women 1. 5x more likely to suffer depression , 1. 6x for anxiety and 2x for gad. Different kinds of depression and anxiety: bipolar/manic depressive: depressed person must experience 1 period of mania. Has a prevalence of 1-4% with no gender difference. Heritability of 60-85% (higher for major depressive): anxiety disorders include panic attacks, phobias, obsessions and compulsions and ptsd, agoraphobics fear places they cannot leave without embarrassment. They sometimes fear going out at all, perhaps. It is a defect in emotional knowledge that a security motivated action has been completed.
