PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cyclothymia, Pharmacotherapy, Cortisol

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3171
• Professor: Terry Howard

Document Summary

Hippocrates was the first to extend ideas regarding the relationship between bodily fluids and emotional temperament, including depression. Roman physician galen thought depression was a result from an excess of black bile. Freud conceptualized depression as a result of fixation at the oral stage. There are 2 important criteria for clinical diagnosis of mood disorder: duration, severity. Major depressive disorder requires a total of 5 symptoms for at least 2 weeks for a diagnosis: major depressive disorder. Mood disorders are classified by the dsm-iv-tr into 2 broad categories: unipolar. Loss of interest or ability to feel pleasure (anhedonia) 8% of canadians suffer from depression at one point in their lives. Major depressive disorder is about twice as high for women as for men. Some community samples show 12% prevalence for men and 25% for women. Overlapping with mdd may be poor concentration, irritability, hypervigilance, fatigue, guilt, memory loss, sleep difficulties, worry, etc.