PSYCH 2AP3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Negative Affectivity, Pharmacotherapy, Positive Affectivity

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2AP3
• Professor: Geoffrey Hall

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The dsm approach to the classification of mood disorders. In the dsm, depression and mania are described in the category of. The diagnostic categories are the same for children, adolescents and adults. Mood disorders are sometimes described as unipolar (one mood is experienced, typically depression) Research findings indicate that different groups of youths may or may not be designated as depressed, depending on how depression is defined and assessed. It is not possible at this point to make definitive statements about the correct definition of depression. Major depressive disorder the primary dsm category for defining: described by the presence of one or more major depressive. Dysthymic disorder other principal depressive disorder included in depression episodes the dsm: a disorder in which many of the symptoms of a major depressive episode are present in less severe form but are more chronic. Double depression employed to describe instances in which both dysthymia and a major depressive episode are present.