PSY240H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Reduced Affect Display, Heredity, Reuptake
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On dsm-5 these 2 are different sections got rid of the term mood disorders (mood=emotional state: unipolar disorder (depression, major depression, dysthymic disorder, melancholia, treatments, bipolar disorder (manic depression, mania, hypomania (cyclothymic disorder, treatments. Talking about intensity when talking about mood disorders: it is normal to feel sad. Dsm-4 also included duration had to extend over a period of time (3 weeks: dsm-5 says if you feel intense sadness at that moment need to be treatment. Dsm-4: had to be in response to a particular stimuli: dsm-5 says it does not have to be in response. However, being suicidal is not a pre-requisite to be diagnosed. One of the purposes of dsm-5 was to be more encompassing. Hall mark of depression: not interested in doing anything even things you found pleasurable doing in the past. Mood disorders have been defined by marked emotional disturbances: catatonic movement lack of movement or too much movement.
