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symptoms of depressive episode 1) depression (irritable) mood
2) diminished interest in typical activities (anhedonia)
3) significant weight loss or weight gain
4) insomnia or hypersomnia
5) psychomotor agitation
6) fatigue or loss of energy
7) feelings of worthless
8) difficulty thinking, concentrating, or making decisions
9) recurrent thoughts of death, suicide attempt, suicide plan
additional considerations - shares symptoms with other problems (inattention; anxiety)
- comorbidity around 90%
- for major depressive disorder: needs to persists for at least 2 weeks; needs to be impairing but
also a change in function
- dysthymia (persistent depressive disorder): less severe but prolonged sadness
- most common age of onset: 13-15 years old
what does youth depression look like? - often unrecognized/ untreated
- preschool (rare): excessive clinginess, somber/ tearful
-school-age: above and increased irritability, tantrums, behavior problems
- pre-teen/ teen: self-blame, low self-esteem, persistent sadness, social withdrawal
, suicide - attempted suicide: more common among women; adolescents
- completed suicide: more common in males; adults
suicide risk factors - lack of future orientation/ hopelessness
- plan and access to the plan
- low regard for personal safety
- thwarted belongingness
- perceived burdernsomeness
- changes in social habits
- preoccupation with death
- giving away possessions
associated impairments of depression: academic problems lower concentration, motivation,
lower grades
associated impairments of depression: cognitive biases -attributional style (internal, global,
stable for negative events)
- rumination, self-critical automatic thoughts
associated impairments of depression: peer problems feelings of loneliness/ isolation; fewer
close friendships
associated impairments of depression: family fewer family support/ more conflict
etiology: biological factors - genetic risk
- temperamental factors ( ex. sensitivity to negative stimuli, negative emotionality
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symptoms of depressive episode 1) depression (irritable) mood
2) diminished interest in typical activities (anhedonia)
3) significant weight loss or weight gain
4) insomnia or hypersomnia
5) psychomotor agitation
6) fatigue or loss of energy
7) feelings of worthless
8) difficulty thinking, concentrating, or making decisions
9) recurrent thoughts of death, suicide attempt, suicide plan
additional considerations - shares symptoms with other problems (inattention; anxiety)
- comorbidity around 90%
- for major depressive disorder: needs to persists for at least 2 weeks; needs to be impairing but
also a change in function
- dysthymia (persistent depressive disorder): less severe but prolonged sadness
- most common age of onset: 13-15 years old
what does youth depression look like? - often unrecognized/ untreated
- preschool (rare): excessive clinginess, somber/ tearful
-school-age: above and increased irritability, tantrums, behavior problems
- pre-teen/ teen: self-blame, low self-esteem, persistent sadness, social withdrawal
, suicide - attempted suicide: more common among women; adolescents
- completed suicide: more common in males; adults
suicide risk factors - lack of future orientation/ hopelessness
- plan and access to the plan
- low regard for personal safety
- thwarted belongingness
- perceived burdernsomeness
- changes in social habits
- preoccupation with death
- giving away possessions
associated impairments of depression: academic problems lower concentration, motivation,
lower grades
associated impairments of depression: cognitive biases -attributional style (internal, global,
stable for negative events)
- rumination, self-critical automatic thoughts
associated impairments of depression: peer problems feelings of loneliness/ isolation; fewer
close friendships
associated impairments of depression: family fewer family support/ more conflict
etiology: biological factors - genetic risk
- temperamental factors ( ex. sensitivity to negative stimuli, negative emotionality
