PSYC 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Tads, Wicket-Keeper, Sertraline
6 Dec 2016
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Affect regulation: too much negative emotion and too little positive emotion. Low positive emotion specific to depression: external/caregiver regulation self-regulation, expansion of emotion/self-regulation around age 3-6, shift from behavioral to cognitive strategies with age. Major depressive disorder (mdd: depressed/irritable mood most of the day nearly every day and/or anhedonia loss of interest or pleasure in things one used to enjoy, 3-4 sx like: Changes in sleep, appetite, lower energy, poorer concentration/indecisiveness, negative thoughts about self, increased self- injury or thoughts about death, slowed motor or agitation/restlessness. Persistent depressive disorder (pdd) formerly dysthymia: characterized by sx of depressed mood that occur on most days and persist for at least one year. At least 2 somatic/cognitive sx: symptoms less severe but more chronic than mdd, poor emotion regulation. Constant feelings of sadness, being unloved, low self-esteem, self- deprecation, anxiety, irritability, anger & temper-tantrums: children w/ mdd and pdd together are more severely impaired than children w/ just 1 or the other.
