PSY 139 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Mania, Borderline Personality Disorder, Major Depressive Episode
24 Dec 2016
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Significant change in functioning as the result of depressive symptoms (depressed mood and/or loos interest or pleasure in activities) Abnormally and significantly elevated level of arousal and energy significant deviation for normal that tend to last for a longer time. Only applies if you never had a manic/hypomanic episode, if you did it is considered bipolar disorder. Same pattern depressive episode, come back up to their prior level of. 5+ symptoms lasting 2+ weeks (most of the day, nearly every day) and representing a change from prior functioning: Diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities. Significant weight loss/gain; increase/decrease in appetite people can be more agitated and lose weight too. Insomnia or hypersomnia sleep a lot or not at all. Feelings of worthlessness; excessive or inappropriate guilt, ex: i"(cid:373) (cid:374)ot (cid:449)orth it, it"s all (cid:373)y fault, i"(cid:373) a terrible person. Recurrent thoughts of death, recurrent suicidal ideation.
