HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Major Depressive Episode, Psychomotor Agitation, Major Depressive Disorder
6 May 2019
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Mood disorders: mental disorders that primarily impact a person"s mood, depression epidemic, bipolar disorder rates have also increased in the last 10 years. Insomnia or hypersomnia: depressed mood most of the day, anhedonia, psychomotor agitation or retardation. Feeling of worthlessness or excessive guilt: diminished ability to think or concentrate, recurrent thoughts or death, recurrent thoughts of suicide, grieving lasts 2 months, persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) is chronic, but is a less severe version of mdd. Bereavement exclusion: removed from dsm-5, people argued that this is more culturally sensitive, we ignore grieving and instead we like to make the diagnosis of depression. Bipolar disorder cycling between manic and depressive episodes: mania: exaggerated good mood, unrealistic belief in own abilities, extra creativity, talkativeness, gregariousness and flirtatiousness, decreased need for sleep, psychomotor agitation. Increase in goal-directed activities (socially, professionally: excessive involvement in pleasurable activities with high potential for painful consequences, crash.
