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Depressive disorders - notes
Abnormal Psychology (PSY 412)
Campbellsville University
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DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS (mood disorders)
- Most common worldwide
- Manic disorder (less prevalent than depression)
Depression/bipolar
Depression vs. grief
Grief - Natural response to losing something at value to you - Occurs in waves - Tied to thoughts and reminders - Accompanied by humor and positive emotions - Preoccupation with thoughts of a person - Self-esteem preserved - Joining the loved one Clinical depression - More constant - Not tied to thoughts and reminders - Not feel the positive emotions - Critical of self & pessimistic - Feels worthless - Wants end to their own pain
Depression disorders
● Adjustment disorder with depressed mood → mildest diagnosis.
- Does not mean seriously ill or will get worse. (identifiable precipitating event within 3 months) something happened to you, and you have hard time adjusting. (trouble sleeping, eating too little/too much, not feeling good) not suicidal!
- social/occupational dysfunction: dysfunction in social environment or work (marriage, kids, family, work)
- Lasts up to 6 months
- Most benign diagnosis
● Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia)
- Mild - moderate level of depression
- social/occupational, more dysfunction
- Chronic & will last long if no help is done (up to 5 yrs)
- Peaks at midlife for most
- To be diagnosed - have to have symptoms for a couple of years or
more (a year for children, 2 for adults)
- Not every day, but more days than not
- Not much joy as used to be in people, they dont think they are that
bad for therapy
- Sometimes an identifiable event; sometimes not
- Could be chemical imbalance
- Want to keep peace with everyone which can lead to this. They wont
say anything to “rock the boat” which allows depressed mindset.
They do not see what they are doing. Friends take advantage,
husband, children. Usually “happy” people who dont want to burden
people with their own problems so they dont speak on it
Major depressive disorder - Symptoms all day, nearly every day, for 2 weeks or more - Absolutely awful, dont feel like getting up, cant study, cant raise kids, cant be a good friend to someone in need, may be eating too much/not at all, sleeping too much/too little, find no joy in anything. - Sometimes an identifiable event; sometimes not (husband wants divorce=wife goes into major depression) - If not identifiable event (chemical brain imbalance) or bad circumstances + born with chemical imbalance - Also cognitive & motivation problems “i think im losing my mind” mental fog - Often recurrent/episodic ● Double depression : major and persistant depression
Depressive disorders - notes
Course: Abnormal Psychology (PSY 412)
University: Campbellsville University
