PSY240H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Electromagnetic Coil, Tricyclic Antidepressant, Cortisol
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Greek hippocrates first to point out r"ship bw bodily fluids & emotional temperament: mania= excessive warm and damp brain, depression= excess of black bile. Early 1900s freud"s psychodynamic theory of personality: considered depression a result of unmet needs during the oral stage of dvmt. Normal variation expected: severity and duration of mood changes required for diagnosis much stronger than normal variation. Two major categories: major depressive disorder (mdd, persistent depressive disorder (dysthymic disorder) Insomnia or hypersomnia: significant weight change (5%) or change in appetite nearly every day. The ep is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance or to another med condition. If use of substance (ex// cocaine) is related to depression, then it would be diagnosed as cocaine-induced depressive disorder . Ppl mourning recent death can be diagnosed w/ depression if symps meet criteria for depression. Show slower and less complete resp to treatment.
