L33 Psych 100B Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Seasonal Affective Disorder, Fugue State, Dissociative Identity Disorder
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (ssris) selectively increase another monoamine, serotonin, and are often used to treat depression. Seasonal affective disorder (sad) show a cyclical pattern of depression depending on the season; results in periods of depression that correspond to the shorter days of winter in northern latitudes. Cognitive triad negative thoughts about self, situation, and the future. Attributions explanations patients make for negative events refer to personal factors that are stable and global, rather than to situational factors that are temporary and specific. Bipolar disorders extreme depression and episodes of mania. Mania an elevated mood that feels like being on the top of the world ; vary in degree and is accompanied by major shifts in energy level and physical activity. True manic episodes last at least one week and are characterized by abnormally and persistently elevated mood, increased activity, diminished need for sleep, grandiose ideas, racing thoughts, and extreme distractibility.
