Psychology 2310A/B Final: Lecture Eight: Ch 8- Mood Disorders

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: N Maiolino

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The person must not be suffering from other disorders that may present as depression, such as. 41: schizoaffective disorder, or a delusional disorder, persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) manifests many of the same symptoms as major depressive disorder, except that they are less severe. It persists for at least two years, with only brief interludes of normal mood: disruptive mood dysregulation disorder - recurrent tempered outburst - verbal and physical aggression, way out of proportion to what the situation warrants. Symptoms must cause clinically signi cant distress or impairment in functioning: nb depression is a syndrome . Presence of major depressive episode (at least one: no history of manic or hypomanic episodes. 41: with seasonal pattern seasonal affective disorder (sad) common in the winter (possible changes in melatonin levels causing the changes in mood with the seasons) Prevalence has increased dramatically over the past century.