PSYC2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Major Depressive Episode, Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Ii Disorder
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Periods of mania alternate with periods of depression. Emotional rollercoaster: elation to despair to elation to despair. Manic depression is an old name for bipolar disorders. A distinct period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive or irritable mood activity or energy, lasting at least 1 week and present most of the day, nearly every day. 3 or more of the following (4 if mood is only irritable): Flight of ideas or subjective experience of racing thoughts. Increase in goal-directed activity (socially, at work, or sexually) or psychomotor ag. Excessive involvement of activities with a high potential for painful consequence foolish business investments) The mood disturbance is sufficiently severe to cause a marked impairment in social or to prevent harm to self or others or there are psychotic features. Same definition as manic episode but it needs to last at least 4 days rather than 1 wee.
