PSYC 2011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Learned Helplessness, Mania, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
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Premenstrual dysphoric disorder pms : controversial; only recently being characterized as a disorder, dsm definition, characterized by, at least 4 or 5 of the following symptoms, marked affective lability, marked depressed moods, feeling of. Years: not as severe as major depression, presence of at least two of the following symptoms: Manic episodes: distinct period of abnormal and persistent elevated or expansive irritable mood or goal directed activity, present most of the day for at least one week, at least 3 of the following symptoms: Inflated self-esteem or sense of grandiosity: decreased need for sleep, unusually talkative, racing thought or flight of ideas, distractibility, psychomotor agitation. Intense need for sexual agitation: excessive involvement of activities with possible painful/dangerous consequences, spend money. Impairment in normal functioning: psychotic features may be present, believe no harm will happen to them, out of touch with reality.
