PSYC 3082 : Exam 2 Notes
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Extra credit: will be able to earn 1 additional point by dressing up in a costume for the day of our next test (oct 26) Intentionally induce physical symptoms or just pretend to have them: factitious disorder imposed on another, more commonly known as muchausen syndrome by proxy. If left untreated, an episode typically lasts up to 9 months: person has 1 or more episodes, 80% who experience mde will go on to experience another mde at some point in their life. If a person has only 1 episode it is called major depressive episode, single episode. If a person experiences another episode after the first, it is called a major depressive episode, recurrent: at least 4 additional or cognitive symptoms: Indecisiveness, feelings of worthlessness, loss of energy, restlessness, sleep disturbance, lethargic, thoughts of dying and suicide: the more bodily symptoms, the more severe the depression, manic episode, elevated, euphoric, excited.
