PSY 240 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Major Depressive Episode, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Hypomania

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Someone can have a manic episode but also feel extremely depressed or anxious. This combination is called dysphoric manic episode or a mixed manic episode. Depressive disorders: the most easily recognized mood disorder is major depressive disorder, single episode, defined by the absence of manic or hypomanic episodes before or during the disorder. Differs from a major depressive episode only in severity, chronicity, and number of its symptoms, which are milder and fewer but last longer: double depression- patients who have both major depressive episodes and dysthymic disorder. Typically dysthymic disorder develops first and then one or more major depressive episodes occur later. It accompanies episodes that occur during certain seasons. The most usual pattern is a depressive episode that begins in the late fall and ends with the beginning of spring. Onset and duration: risk for developing major depression is fairly low until the early teens, when it begins to rise in a linear fashion.

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