01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Major Depressive Disorder, Panic Disorder, Panic Attack

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Dr. Brynildsen

Document Summary

Causes subjective feelings of distress or disability. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm) Used to make diagnoses of clinical syndromes. Psychiatric diagnosis is a way of labeling individuals a society considers deviant. Rosenhan (1973): on being sane in insane places. Characterized by intense, frequent, or continuous anxiety. Generalized anxiety disorder: global, persistent, chronic and excessive anxiety. Panic disorder: attacks of intense fear and feelings of doom or terror not justified by the situation (panic attack) Recurrent obsessions and compulsions that cause distress and significantly interfere with an individual"s life. Depressed mood may emerge without clear trigger. Physical symptoms: disturbances in appetite, sleep, energy. Extreme mood swings - alternating between depression and mania. Severe disorder of thought, emotion, and perception associated with psychotic symptoms. Delusions: strongly held, fixed beliefs that have no basis in reality. Hallucinations: sensory perceptions that distort or occur without an external stimulus. Disorganized speech: skips from topic to topic.