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Unipolar Depression

Explore the terminology and symptoms of unipolar depression, a pervasive mood disorder characterized by emotional, cognitive, somatic, and behavioral symptoms. Learn about clinical depression, its emotional, cognitive, somatic, and behavioral aspects, and the different types of unipolar depression.

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Unipolar Depression

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  1. Unipolar Depression

  2. Terminology • Mood • Pervasive and sustained emotional state • Made up of: • Emotion • State of arousal defined by subjective feelings • Affect • Pattern of observable behaviors associated with emotion

  3. Depression vs. Clinical Depression • Depression • mood • Clinical Depression (Unipolar Depression) • Clinical syndrome with a set of symptoms

  4. Emotional Symptoms • Dysphoric mood • Feeling gloomy, dejected, despondent, despairing

  5. Cognitive Symptoms • Slowed thinking/poor concentration • Guilt and worthlessness • Beck’s depressive triad – negative aspects of: • Self • Environment around them • Future • Suicidal thoughts and actions

  6. Somatic Symptoms • Fatigue, lethargy, aches and pains • Changes in appetite and sleep patterns • Anhedonia • Loss of sexual desire

  7. Behavioral Symptoms • Psychomotor retardation

  8. Types of Unipolar Depression • Major depressive disorder • At least one major depressive episode (at least two weeks in duration) without any manic episodes • Dysthymia • Less severe symptoms, but predominantly depressed mood for at least two years

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