PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lithium Carbonate, Anesthesiologist, Heritability
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Two major categories: major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, at least five symptoms must occur for at least two weeks, bipolar disorder: fluctuation between mania and depression. In order to be diagnosed, it needs to be exaggerated and protracted for a long time. Ultimate symptom: dysfunction of having the strong will to die. Dealing with continuum of mood leading to the terminal end. History perspective: hippocrates first to extend ideas on relationship between bodily fluids and emotional temperament, including depression. During the time, depression thought to result from an excess of black bile: during the early twentieth century freud conceptualized depression in terms of his psychodynamic theory of personality. Depression result of fixation at the oral stage: balance of different fluids and humours in the body, the severity and duration of mood changes required for a diagnosis is much. Depressive disorders stronger than a (cid:498)normal(cid:499) variation: there are two major categories of depressive disorders:
