PSYC 3604 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Major Depressive Disorder, Major Depressive Episode, Psychomotor Agitation
18 Apr 2017
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Lecture 6 mood disorders & bipolar disorders. Mood, just like anxiety, undergo fluctuations. (chapter 8: it becomes a disorder when the fluctuation in mood becomes extreme, prolonged enough to seriously disrupt life, includes both the sadness of depression and the irritability of mania. Major depressive episode: depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day. a. i. a. ii. Indicated by subjective reports, or observations made by others. In children/adolescents, this can be irritable mood: markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities most of the day, nearly every day (subjective report or observation), significant weight loss (without dieting) or gain c. i. Decrease or increase in appetite nearly every day. Insomnia or hypersomnia d: psychomotor agitation/retardation excess/decrease of motor activity, fatigue, feelings of worthlessness or excessive, diminished ability to think/concentrate, recurrent thoughts of death, suicidal ideation without a specific plan or attempts. Feeling of hopelessness: symptom free for more than 2 months? d. i.
