PSYCH 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Psychomotor Retardation, Heritability, Penis Envy
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Mood lasts longer, for a day or longer (cid:498)feeling blue(cid:499) Emotional trait just the way about them, characteristic (cid:498)melancholy(cid:499) Emotional plot relationship between people that is governed by an emotion (cid:498)mourning(cid:499) Emotional disorder (cid:498)depression(cid:499: sad mood or loss of interest or pleasure (anhedonia) classic dsm. Symptoms are present nearly every day, most of the day, for at. Diagnosis least 2 weeks: plus four of the following symptoms: Poor appetite and weight loss, or increased appetite and weight. Features: episodic: symptoms tend to dissipate over time, recurrent: once depression occurs, future episodes likely. Average number of episodes is 4: light sensitive. Diagnosis: depressed mood for at least 2 years, 1 year for children/adolescents, plus 2 other symptoms: Diagnosis: in most menstrual cycles during the past year, at least five of the following symptoms were present in the final week before menses and improved within a few days of menses onset.
