PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Major Depressive Episode, Mania, Major Depressive Disorder

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Meredith Chivers

Document Summary

Week 5: lecture 5: the nature and causes of mental disorders. Emotion: state of arousal defined by subjective states of feeling. Major depressive episode: lasting at least 2 weeks. Manic episode: abnormally elevated mood lasting at least 1 week. Mixed episode: manic and major depressive episode at least 1 week. Hypomanic episode: manic episode not severe enough to cause impairment, 4 days. Major depressive disorder: one or more major depressive episode. Bipolar i disorder: one or more manic or mixed episodes, major depressive may have occured (not required) Bipolar ii disorder: one or more major depressive w. at least one hypomanic episode. Dysthymic disorder: chronically depressed mood 2+ years. Double depression: dysthymia with a depressive episode. Cyclothymic disorder: chronic fluctuating mood b. w hypomania and depressive symptoms 2+ years. Cognitive triad: negative thoughts about self, present, future. Anxiety is reduced by sudden disruption in consciousness, memory, identity, and perception.