PSYC 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cognitive Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Major Depressive Episode
7 Feb 2017
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Bipolar i disorder- manic or mixed episodes. Bipolar ii disorder- major depressive episode with hypomanic episodes. Dysthymia- a chronic, less severe unipolar depressive disorder. Cyclothymia- two or more years of alterations between hypomanic and depressed symptoms. Major depression is different from (cid:498)normal(cid:499) depressed mood: Major depressive (mdd) affects 1. 35 million people in canada. Who projects mdd will be second leading cause of disability worldwide by 2020. Mdd accounts for 70% of all suicides and increases risk for suicide 4-fold. Direct and indirect costs of mdd in canada= . 4 billion/yr. Age 18-25 is the prime time for the onset of serious psychiatric conditions. Vast majority of first episodes do not seek treatment. Major depression is recurrent in 75-90% of cases. Untreated depression- lower graduation rates, below average grades, lower occupational status, physical health problems, relationship problems, substance abuse, etc. At least one from 1 & 2 is necessary. A total of 5 or more out of 9.
