Depression A2 biological approach

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Created on: 13-06-11 16:03

Who is more succeptable to depression?

Women, teenagers and the elderly

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What is the classification system used to diagnose depression?

The Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders

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According to this system what criteria does the patient have to fill to be diagnosed with MDD

5 or more symptoms over a two week period, including lack of pleasure and/ or depressed mood

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Who found that using this classification system may not be reliable

Beck

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And what did they find?

2 psychiatrists only agreed 54% of the time diagnosing patients

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Who studied twins and found that Monozygotic twins shared a 46% concordance rate opposed to Dizygotic twins who had 20%

Mcguffin

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Who studied Adopted children with depression?

Wender

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Low levels of ..................... have been linked to depression

Serotonin

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who found impaired serotinergic transmission in people with depression?

Mann et al

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