01:920:240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: 01:920:240
• Professor: Allan Horwitz

Document Summary

Same symptoms as depression: bereavement exclusion if someone meets the criteria major depression disorder but have just loss someone, then they won"t get a diagnosis unless they last 2 months or more. Uncomplicated bereavement = 5 symptoms/2weeks but not. Complicated bereavement either there is one very serious symptom or it"s for an extended duration. Clayton"s study of bereavement: 3 month follow up: symptoms of bereavement will diminish over time. No difference in uncomplicated response to death of a loved one and other types of losses. Best distinction is between all uncomplicated and all complicated (severe or prolonged: so extend bereavement exclusion. Uncomplicated loss related groups were similar to the non-depressed group. Sadness without serious symptoms or extended duration like general population. Dsm-5: removed bereavement exclusion, result: combines normal and pathological, 2 week duration pathologization, increases heterogeneity of mdd so hurts the search for causes, especially genetic causes, or disorder.