PSYC 350 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mental Disorder, Common Cold, Major Depressive Disorder

• School: University of Kansas
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 350
• Professor: All

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Psyc 350 - exam #2 review depressive disorders. Affects between 20% and 25% of women. Affects between 9% and 12% of men. Depression is very widespread, difficult to treat, and extremely debilitating. The 2007-2008 statistics at headquarters counseling, here in lawrence, reported. Depression has been called the common cold of psychology, but it is really much more serious than that! The symptoms (six major symptoms): mood, feelings of worthlessness and guilt, loss of interest in pleasure, problems with thinking (memory, concentration, slowed thoughts) This occurs because there is decreased activity in the frontal lobe of the brain: physical symptoms. ( masked depressions ) sometimes, people think they have other medical problems, when it is actually all prompted by an underlying depressive disorder. The text gives an example of a well-known news reporter (mike wallace of sixty. Seconds) who began having problems after an upsetting situation, because he was sued for a large sum of money.