HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Major Depressive Episode, Psychomotor Agitation, Bipolar Disorder
5 Sep 2018
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January 22nd+23rd, 2018: from all accounts, we seem to be amidst an epidemic of depression, rates of bipolar disorder also seemed to have climbed in last decades. Is depression something that can be a response that happens to someone or should it be thought of as something out of thin air. Not yet: when you can use something from the body to make a clear determination, a sign that lets you know something exists. Bipolar disorder: cycling between manic and depressive episodes, mania exaggerated good mood, flipside of depression, unrealistic belief in own abilities, extra creativity, talkativeness, gregariousness, and flirtatiousness, decreased need for sleep, psychomotor agitation. Increase in goal-directed activity (socially, professionally: excessive involvement in pleasurable activities with high potential for painful consequences, crash. Individual may experience psychosis: hypomania (cid:862)super-functional semi-(cid:373)a(cid:374)ia(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:271)ipolar ii(cid:895) If perso(cid:374) does(cid:374)(cid:859)t ha(cid:448)e that (cid:272)rash, (cid:449)hat (cid:373)akes this a (cid:373)ental disorder: from 1996-2004, 56% spike in bd diagnoses.
