PSYB32H3 Chapter 8: Mood Disorders and Suicide
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Depression: an emotional state marked by great sadness and feelings of worthlessness and guilt: symptoms includes withdrawal from others and loss of sleep, appetite, sexual desire, and interest and pleasure in usual activities. Paying attention is exhausting for depressed people: have trouble paying attention, cannot take in what they read, speak slowly, using few words, low monotone voice. Neglect personal hygiene and appearance and make numerous complaints of somatic symptoms with no apparent physical basis. Differences based on age: depression in children often results in somatic complaints, such as headaches or stomach aches. In older adults, depression is often characterized by distractibility and complaints of memory loss. Mania: an emotional state or mood of intense but unfounded elation accompanied by irritability, hyperactivity, talkativeness, flight of ideas, distractibility, and impractical, grandiose plans. Depression may at times suddenly become manic. May last from several days to several months. Pee(cid:272)h is diffi(cid:272)ult to i(cid:374)terrupt a(cid:374)d re(cid:448)eals the (cid:373)a(cid:374)i(cid:272) perso(cid:374)"s flights of ideas.
