DEPRESSION

Glance at the SpecificationUNIT 4

Two main types of depression

Major depressive disorder (unipolar)

Bipolar depression

• Do you know the difference between the two types?

• Do you know other types of depression?

Quiz on major depression

1.What is the prevalence rate of depression in the UK?•17% of the population will experience depression at some time in their life

2.Are males or females more likely to be diagnosed with depression?•Females are twice as likely to be diagnosed.

3. At what age is onset most likely to occur?•20-50

4.Are people in some countries more prone to depression than others?•Depression is found with similar frequency in all countries

LO: Outline the clinical characteristics of depression

So what do we mean by characteristics?

Task: Identify five characteristics of

the following physical illness’s

Tonsillitis

Flu

Food poisoning

Measles

Characteristics of depression

• Characteristics are the ‘symptoms’ or ‘common traits’ of an illness (mental/physical)

Activity

1.Look through the characteristics of different mental disorders and highlight the characteristics of major depression.

2.Can you work out the other mental disorders? Write the mental disorder underneath the symptom

The symptoms can be categories into……• Emotional symptoms• Cognitive symptoms• Physical symptoms• Behavioural symptoms

Task - Can you categorise the characteristics into emotional, cognitive,

physical & behavioural symptoms

Who diagnoses patients with depression?• Doctors or Clinicians. They require classification systems

to help them make accurate diagnosis. • The two most widely used classification systems are ICD-

10 and DSM-IV.

Diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder according to the DSM-IV

Task - According to the DSM-IV1.What are the 2 core symptoms of clinical depression? 2.Do both of the core symptoms have to be present in order to be diagnosed with depression?3.How many symptoms overall must be present to be diagnosed with clinical depression?4.How long must the symptoms be present in order to be diagnosed with clinical depression?5.In order to be diagnosed, what must the symptoms not be due to?6.What must the symptoms cause significant distress to?

Activity• Using the DSM – IV Criteria, decide whether the person

should be diagnosed as clinically depressed.

Prep work

Prepare for the exam question: Outline the clinical characteristics of depression (8)