PSY 3100 Lecture 14: Lecture 14

• School: Vanderbilt University
• Department: Psychology (A&S)
• Course: PSY 3100
• Professor: Olatunji Olubunmi(bunmi)

Document Summary

Significant weight loss/gain or change in appetite. Recurrent thoughts of death or suicidal ideation: cardinal features. Vegetative symptoms (changes in sleep, appetite, psychomotor activity: hallucinations, delusions. No history of manic episodes: single episode vs. recurrent depression, 85% have recurrent episodes. Twice as common in women: gender differences disappear by age 65, mean age of onset 25. Manic episode: one-week period of elected expansive or irritable mood, during period. More talkative than usual or pressured speech. Excessive involvement in pleasurable activities with potentially negative consequences. Symptoms are not substance-induced or due to medical condition. Person may or may not have a history of major depressive episodes. Episode not part of a psychotic disorder. Lifetime prevalence = 1. 3: no gender differences, age of onset 18-22. Stressful life events - context and meanings: death of loved one, breakup of relationship. More negative life events = greater risk of depression: marriage and interpersonal relationships.