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Title: Abnormal Psychology: Mood Disorders
Description: 3rd Year Psychology Undergrad notes for Abnormal Psychology ; This material contains notes from the first half of the lecture on Mood Disorders
Description: 3rd Year Psychology Undergrad notes for Abnormal Psychology ; This material contains notes from the first half of the lecture on Mood Disorders
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Mood Disorders
Depression: signs and symptoms
Affective
- sadness, guilt, worthlessness
- anhedonia (loosing feeling in pleasure)
Cognitive
-negative self thoughts
-Difficulty Making Desicions, PsychoMotor Retardation-thoughts (slow thinking), Suicidal
ideation
Psychological behaviour
-sleep, appetite and sexual desire
-PMR/ PMA
Mania: Signs and Symptoms
Affective
-intense elevated mood, sometimes irritability
Cognitive
-fight of ideas, distractivilty, self- appraisal
Psychological/ behavioural
-speech
-sleep (ie sleep 2 hours and feel well rested)
-activity level (typically high energy level), approach and type
Major Depressive Disorder (DSM 5)
- at least 5 symptoms persistently over at least 2 weeks
- at least 1 of 2 core symptoms
- depressed mood
- anhedonia
-at least 3 or 4 other symptoms
-sleep, appetite, psychomotor behaviour, energy
-concentration, negative self- appraisal
- SI
Bipolar Disorder (DSM 5)
-either mania or mixed episodes
-elevated/irritable mood and increased activity level persisten over 1 week ( less if
hospitalization is needed)
-3-4 symptoms
-grandiosity
-talkativeness/ pressured speech, distractibility, fight of ideas
-decreased need for sleep
- increased goal directed activity, excessive activities with undesirable
consequences
Title: Abnormal Psychology: Mood Disorders
Description: 3rd Year Psychology Undergrad notes for Abnormal Psychology ; This material contains notes from the first half of the lecture on Mood Disorders
Description: 3rd Year Psychology Undergrad notes for Abnormal Psychology ; This material contains notes from the first half of the lecture on Mood Disorders