HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Major Depressive Episode, Major Depressive Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health, Aging and Society
• Course: HLTHAGE 2G03
• Professor: Mat Savelli

Document Summary

Affect is essentially the outward sign of mood. Mood disorders: mood disorders are primarily characterized by a disturbance in mood, mood has a halo effect it can colour both our current experience and even how we look at the past and future. Criteria for major depressive disorder: one or more major depressive episodes without mania, major depressive episode: Five + symptoms during two-week period that represent change from previous functioning. Must be present nearly every day: depressed mood most of the day. Bereavement exclusion: previously, if depressive symptoms followed within two months of the death of a loved one, a person could not receive a diagnosis of mdd. Bipolar disorder: bipolar disorders (formerly known as manic- depression) is marked by the cycling of mood between mania and depression, mania is the flipside of depression. Sort of super- functional semi-mania feels tremendous.