CAS PS 371 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Major Depressive Episode, Major Depressive Disorder, Psychomotor Agitation
7 Aug 2018
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Mood: a measurable affective state, which can consist of a combination of emotions. In normal functioning, moods are largely adaptive and influence by external events: normal variations in mood differs in degree, not in kind, from clinically significant, mood disorders: more severe, pervasive, persistent. Color most of the individuals interactions with the world and interfere with normal functioning. No generic set of signs and symptoms, quite varied in their presentation. Depression: any downturn in mood, which maybe relatively transitory and perhaps due to something trivial: generally do not affect our lives to a significant degree might lose appetite or sleep for a while. Mania: a state of lifted spirits and anxiety. Dsm-iv: two classes of mood disorders: unipolar disorders. First degree relatives of people with mdd are 2-3 times more likely depressed no dominant gene: bipolar disorder: describe a tendency to experience discrete periods of depression and mania or hypomania. Genetic contribution: most frequent mood d/o among relatives depressive d/o.
