PSY 359 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Seasonal Affective Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Mood Disorder
26 Oct 2016
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*affective disorders = emotional disorder that prevents you from living a typical life. *can occur at any time in your life not developmental, but early life traumas can increase likelihood. Symptom spectrums (based on beck & hamilton scales) *women experience mood on the right side (anhedonia, hopelessness, suicidal thoughts). *men don"t show sadness; they show irritability or anger so they don"t reach criteria for mood. On manic side, person is very happy and giddy. On depressed side, person has anhedonia (no pleasure), no hope, suicidal thoughts. On manic side, person makes reckless decisions, has racing thoughts, delusions. On depressed side, person can"t make decisions, ruminations, obsessions, memory & learning deficits, no intuition. On manic side, no need for sleep (can trigger mania), increased energy, increased psychomotor, loss of appetite. On depressed side, fatigue, decreased libido, motor slowing, pain, nausea, weight changes. *anterior cingulate: gets info from environment that can make you happy or sad and gets info from cortex.
