HSS 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Seasonal Affective Disorder, Major Depressive Episode, Cognitive Therapy
19 Feb 2018
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Mental illnesses: disorders that disrupt your thinking, feeling, moods, and behaviour and cause a varying degree of impaired functioning in your daily life. 1 in 5 canadians will experience a mental illness in their lifetime. Can have a direct effect on on quality of life of the individual and those around them. Most common emotional disorder in canada with females at a greater risk. A major depressive episode is diagnosed when you are depressed and lose interest in most of your daily activities for at least two consecutive weeks. There are two forms of depression: endogenous: biochemical origin; neurotransmitters in the brain that are responsible for mood elevation become unbalanced for unknown reasons. If not treated it can become chronic: exogenous: caused by an external event such as the loss of a loved one. Can lead to chronic depression if they are unable to work through the grieving process.
