PSY240H1 Chapter Notes -Major Depressive Episode, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Bipolar Disorder
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Symptoms: emotional (anhedonia, sadness, irritability), physiological and behavioural (appetite and sleep disturbances, psychomotor retardation/agitation, catatonia, fatigue), cognitive (sense of worthlessness/guilt, suicidal thoughts, delusions (unrealistic beliefs), hallucinations ( / )) Major depression: depressed mood/anhedonia + 4 other symptoms + 2 weeks. Dysthymic disorder: less sever but more chronic form of depressive disorder; depressed mood + 2 other symptoms + 2 years. With melancholic features: physiological symptoms of depression prominent. With catatonic features: strange behaviours that range from complete lack of movement to excited agitation (catatonia) With atypical features: positive mood reactions to some event, weight gain/increase appetite, hypersomnia. With postpartum onset: emotional lability (unstable) first few weeks after giving birth. One of the most common psychological problems; number one source of disability in the canadian workforce. Study: major depression rate in a one-month period, 15-24 highest, 45-54 lower, Women are twice as likely as men to experience depressive symptoms gender differences in prevalence rates of major depression smaller when older.
