Depression

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  • Depression
    • Mood/affective disorder involving prolonged + fundamental disturbance of mood + emotion
    • Behavioural: Lower activity levels, inability to sleep/ increase in sleep, weight loss/gain
      • Can have opposite effect - psychomotor agitation
      • Can be irritable, physically/verbally aggressive, can lead to self-harm or suicide attempts
    • Emotional: Sadness, anger, loss of interest, lowered mood, feeling lethargic
    • Cognitive: Negative automatic thoughts (NATs), 'black and white' thinking, poor concentration
      • E.g. glass half empty rather than half full

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