NUR 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Headache, Anticholinergic, Etiology
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Mood: pervasive and sustained emotion that colors one"s perception of the world and how one functions in it. Affect: expression of mood: appropriate, blunted (dull, flat (no change in emotional expression) Inappropriate (affect does not match the emotion or event: common in psychosis, e. g. laughing at a funeral, labile (fluctuates, e. g. Bipolar disorder: restricted or constricted (narrowing of the affect, constricted affect. 297) *: disruptive mood dysregulation, major depressive disorder, single or recurrent (see key diagnostic. Characteristics, p. 297: persistent depressive (dysthymia) disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorders, substance/medication induced disorder. Insomnia or oversleeping: depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day, poor appetite or overeating, low energy or fatigue, low self-esteem, poor concentration or difficulty making decisions, feelings of hopelessness. Epidemiology and risk factors depression is extremely common: the prevalence of major depressive disorder within the united states population is approximately 7% within a 12-month time period.
