PSYC30014 Lecture Notes - Spring 2018 Lecture 7 - Metabolic disorder, Anhedonia, Cognitive therapy
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Unipolar one polar mood (ie. depression: major depressive disorder, dysthymia. Bipolar two polar moods fluctuating between periods of depression and mania: bipolar i, bipolar ii, cyclothymia. Epidemiology of depressive disorders: disruptive mood dysregulation disorder can only be diagnosed in children, diagnostic criteria. Severe recurrent temper outbursts manifested verbally (eg. verbal rages) and/or behaviourally (eg. physical aggression toward people or property) that are grossly out of proportion in intensity or duration to the situation or provocation. Temper outbursts are inconsistent with developmental level. Temper outbursts occur, on average, three or more times a week. Mood between temper outbursts is persistently irritable and angry most of the day, nearly every day, and is observable by others. Increase in diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children was noticed in the late (cid:1013)(cid:1004)(cid:859)s through to (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:859)s. Though bipolar disorder cannot be formally diagnosed in children. No criteria for bipolar diagnosis in children has been established.
