PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Neurotransmitter, Major Depressive Episode, Hypersomnia
14 Mar 2017
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Involve mood swings prolonged to seriously disrupt life. Include syndromes of depression and mania, either separately or in combination. If the individual has experienced either a manic or hypomanic episode, then the diagnosis is changed to a bipolar disorder. Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia: essential feature = chronically depressed mood for at least 2 years, presence of two or more of: Bipolar and related disorders: bipolar i disorder. For a diagnosis of bipolar i disorder, the presence of at least 1 manic episode is required: bipolar ii disorder. For a diagnosis of a bipolar ii disorder, at least 1 hypomanic episode, and at least 1 major. Manic episode: period of abnormally elevated mood and abnormally and persistently increased goal-directed activity or energy - lasts at least 1 week, 3/7 symptoms are present. Symptoms same as manic: the symptoms represent a noticeable change from typical behaviour, not severe enough to cause impairment in social functioning or hospitalization.
