Clinical Psychology - Lecture 3: Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Suicide

Question 1

DSM‐5 Criteria - Major Depressive Disorder

Answer 1

Five (or more) of the following symptoms have been present during the same 2-week period and represent a change from previous functioning:
- Depressed mood
- Marked diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities
- Significant weight loss/gain or decrease/increase in appetite
- Insomnia or hypersomnia
- Psychomotor agitation or retardation
- Fatigue or loss of energy
- Feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt
- Diminished ability to think or concentrate, or indecisiveness
- Recurrent thoughts of death, recurrent suicidal ideation without a specific plan, or a suicide attempt or a specific plan for committing
suicide

Question 2

To be diagnosed with major depressive disorder, at least one of the 5 symptoms has to be what?

Answer 2

• Depressed mood

- Marked diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities

Question 3

Major Depressive Disorder

Answer 3

• The symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning
• The episode is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance or to another medical condition and not better explained by another mental health problem (e.g., Bipolar Disorder)