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Mood Disorders Explained

Today we're going to talk about four mood disorders . We talked about the five anxiety disorders which were generalized anxiety disorder phobias panic attacks OCD and PTSD today let's focus on mood disorders there are four that we're going to discuss today these include major depressive disorder dysthymia bipolar disorder and cyclothymia so let's get started what is major depressive disorder while you remember the symptoms of major depressive disorder by the acronym sig ecaps what a ciggy caps well s4 stands for sleep I for interest G for guilt E for energy C for concentration 8 for appetite changes or weight loss p for psychomotor agitation or retardation and last the s for suicidal ideation so remember siggy caps for the symptoms that will be present and major depressive disorder and in order to diagnose major depressive disorder five out of the eights and symptoms must be present for at least two weeks if there is suicidal ideation and a plan the patient needs to be ...