PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Major Depressive Disorder, Prodrome, Mental Disorder

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Caroline F Pukall

Document Summary

Afects between 4-8 of every 1000 adults worldwide. A mental disorder involving characterisic symptoms: breaks from reality, lack of integraion of thoughts and emoions, problems with atenion and memory. Symptom paterns can vary: start and progress slowly vs. quick onset and escalaion, can get worse over ime, have ups and downs, be mild throughout. Age of onset: psychoic features between late teens and the mid-30s, males: early to mid-20s, females: late 20s. Three disinct phases: prodromal, acive, residual, might cycle through once vs. many imes. Prodromal: may become easily confused, trouble organizing thoughts, lose interest/ withdraw from social circle, lose moivaion, withdraw from life aciviies, spend a lot of ime alone, engrossed in thoughts. Acive: delusional thoughts, hallucinaions, disorganizaion paterns of thoughts, emoions and behaviour. Residual: predominant symptoms have lessened/disappeared, may simply be withdrawn, have trouble concentraion, lack moivaion. Persecutory: belief that one is going to be harmed, harassed by an individual, organizaion or other group.