PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Ice Storm, Cognitive Therapy, Wild Mood Swings
10 Nov 2016
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Non-suicidal self harm is the term used when a person engages in self injurious behaviour. Early detection of chronic traumatic encephalopathy cant prevent suicide. The new antidepressants are not responsible for increasing suicide rates intended to cause death but does not do so. Hopelessness is a main predictor of suicide. Mood disorders disturbances in emotion that include sadness and irritability. Having a disorder along with a mood disorder increases the severity of the disorder. In studies of how individuals experience the symptoms of depression, montreal researcher. Lawrence kirkmayer in 2001 found that people from most cultures emphasize the somatic symptoms of depression. The same study identified a term called psychologizers this refers to people who emphasize the psychological side of depression. According to lawrence kirmayer only 15% of depressed primary care patients in canada tend to emphasize the psychological aspects of depression. Engaging in more purposeful activity would be an uncommon symptom of depression.
