PSYCH 333 1nd Edition Lecture 9 Outline of Previous Lecture I Quiz 5 Chapter 6 Outline of Current Lecture I II Mood Disorders Depressive Disorders Current Lecture Mood Disorders Mood disorders use to be referred to as depressive disorders affective disorders and depressive neuroses all were categorized to have gross deviations in mood depression and mania If untreated a major depressive episode lasts around 4 9 months Treatment shortens duration intensity of an episode it can decrease chances of new episodes Major Depressive episode extreme depression for 2 weeks impairing cognitive symptoms physical dysfunction anhedonia when your interests don t interest you anymore inability to function in daily activities Manic episode exaggerated elation joy euphoria that is linked to nothing lasts 1 week or less cognitive symptoms of unrealistic beliefs duration when untreated is 3 4 months Hypomanic episode not same level of impairment as manic episode less debilitating Unipolar disorders depression or mania alone typically depression mania alone is rare Bipolar disorders depression and mania dysphoric manic episodes mixed manic episodes Depressive Disorders These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Major Depressive Disorders single episode no mania hypomania single episode is rare Major Depressive Disorder recurrent 4 7 episodes in lifetime on average duration is 4 5 months Euthymic means neutral mood The most common and severe mood disorder is major depressive disorder Persistent Depressive Disorder Dysthymia milder symptoms 2 years chronic persistent difficult to treat within 2 year period the person isn t without symptoms for more than 2 months mood doesn t go back to baseline Double Depression dysthymia that goes to major depression and back to dysthymia severe psychopathology poor course without return to baseline environmental usually triggers and maintains disorders has biological vulnerability Symptom Specifiers psychotic features hallucinations delusions sometimes mimics schizophrenic symptoms anxious distress comorbid disorders or anxiety symptoms more common for women mixed features at least 3 symptoms of mania but not all symptoms melancholic severe somatic symptoms literally can t atypical features oversleeping or insomnia overeating or can t eat at all happen consistently catatonic features catalepsy seems like you re in a coma rare peripartum onset 13 19 meet criteria for depression around time of giving birth either right before or right after can be dangerous for mother and child seasonal pattern Seasonal Affective Disorder SAD affects 2 7 of population melatonin phototherapy and CBT suspected to be causal