PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Major Depressive Disorder, Mania, Major Depressive Episode

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYB32H3
• Professor: Konstantine Zakzanis

Document Summary

); one of the leading causes of disability, 80% of patients with major depressive disorder will experience another episode; in one"s lifetime, most will experience about 4 bouts with the disorder; major depressive episodes last 3- Bipolar i disorder- patient will experience full blown symptoms of a manic episode, but will also suffer from depression as well; highest of the highs and lowest of the lows; according to the. Hypomania (bipolar ii)- person will have episodes of major depression with hypomania (hypo means smaller or less severe bout of a manic state; more qualitative); more depressed than manic. Dysthymic disorder: miniature version of depression; someone who is chronically depressed; must be depressed more than half the time for at least two years; not significant enough to cause disability in their lives; Beck theorizes that when we establish these negative schemata in our mind we use these cognitive biases that fuel these schemata leaving us depressed;