01:830:340 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mood Disorder, Major Depressive Episode, Panic Attack

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Mood disorders (02/15/07) (exam 2 entails mood disorders anxiety and eating disorders) There are two ways you can have mood disorders: too sad. Two gateways for major depression: sadness, anhedonia (extreme absence of pleasure/happiness) If you have one of these, then you can have a range of other symptoms: To have it (assuming it" to be major depression), you need 5 out of the 9 and the two (sadness and. There"s a high rate of relapse (50%, 75-80%, 90%) problematic. Depression is a public health problem, similar to diabetes, and heart problems. Problem from the public health perspective: depression produces lack of productivity at work places (like one of the symptoms above loss of energy and concentration) Minor depression (entail like a third of the symptoms listed above) Dysthymia low grade depression for a long time, something chronic. Four or more of the symptoms which occur for almost 2 years. Bipolar ii analog of minor depression.