PSYCH261 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Postpartum Depression, Endocrine System
28 Nov 2015
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Major depression (feel sad and helpless every day for weeks at a time) Little energy, feel worthless, contemplate suicide, trouble sleeping, cannot concentrate, find little pleasure, can hardly imagine being happy again. Decreased response to happy facial expressions + likely reward. Childhood depression ( equally common for boys and girls beyond about age 14, more common in females) First episode (generally longer than most of the later ones can identify highly stressful event that triggered the first episode) Later episodes (less and less likely to identify triggering event as if brain learns how to be depressed and gets better at it) Like epilepsy and migraine headaches (more often you have an episode, the easier it is to start another one) Early-onset depression (before age 30 high probability of other relatives with depression, anxiety disorder, add, alcohol/marijuana abuse, ocd, bulimia, migraine headaches, irritable bowel syndrome) Late-onset depression (after age 45-50 high probability of relatives with circulatory problems)
