Summary lectures Brain Diseases Depression, Anxiety, BD, PTSD (UPDATED)

Type of disorder Example

Cognitive Dementia

Psychotic Schizophrenia

Affective Depression, bipolar

Anxiety disorders GAD, PTSD


Addictive disorders Substance abuse

Eating disorders Anorexia/bulimia nervosa

Developmental disorders Autism, ADHD

Personality disorders Borderline




Lecture - Depression

Basic Symptoms
knowledge - Worthlessness
(definition, - Sadness/unhappiness
symptoms) - Suicidal thoughts attempts
- Guilt ashamed
- Delusions
Severity

, - Can be mild, moderate, severe
- Can be psychotic → severe (differs from psychotic mania)

Etiology




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In some parts there is overactivity, in other part there is underactivity

Frontal cortex → rumination/cognitive symptoms
Basal ganglia/hippocampus → emotional symptoms

Parts involved
Brain parts involved (mood)

, - Prefrontal cortex →
- Entorhinal cortex
- Hippocampus →
- Amygdala → emotional regulation/mood
- Basal ganglia




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Epidemiology Prevalence → Netherlands 500,000 to 800,000 persons. 4th on list of chronic diseases
(population, Gender → women > men, but number committing suicide is higher in males
gender ratio) Age