Psychology 2030A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Disease Burden, Polyphagia, John Bowlby
8 Jul 2018
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Syndromes whose predominant feature is a disturbance in mood. Disturbance can take form of mood that is abnormally low (depression) or abnormally high (mania) = when both episodic depressed mood and episodic mania are present; dramatic shifts. Mania = high mood that is clearly excessive. Often accompanied by : between the 2 emotional poles , energy, and ability to function long-term. Extremely rare that recurrent mania would occur w/o any depressive episodes. Categorized as either bipolar i or bipolar ii main difference is the degree of mania. Bipolar i = full-blown mania alternates w episodes of major depression (includes a. Bipolar ii = hypomania alternates with episodes of major depression single manic episode with or without periods of depression) Hypomania = a mood elevation clearly abnormal, but isn"t as extremely elevated. May be overly talkative, excitable, or irritable; but no impulsive acts or gross as frank mania mild mania lapses of judgment.
