PSYC 342 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Frontal Lobe
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Is sad affect a bad thing: motivates us towards and away from stimuli---good for us either way. Becomes bad when: extended period of time, cannot function anymore. Causes of depression: genetics: close family members have significantly increased rates of developing. More common in women (women and men differ genetically: neurochemical: communication between cells in the brain---different levels in people who are depressed. Dsmiv: sadness over a period of time vs dsm5: intense sadness: normal to feel sad over the death of loved ones, but not normal to attempt suicide, according to dsm5. 20% lifetime prevalence rate vs 1% for schizophrenia. Maybe kill themselves since believed not going to end: most depression will go away since they are acute. Prevent suicide the main reason for treating it and make it go away quicker: chronic depression does not go away, it lasts longer than months and years (more than. Some argues it looks like a personality characteristic.
