Subtypes of Depression, Atypical Depression and Melancholic Depression Differences

Explore the distinctions between atypical depression and the melancholic depression differences within the broader category of subtypes of depression.
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The video provides a comparative analysis between atypical and melancholic depression. It clarifies that atypical depression is not uncommon but distinct from melancholic depression, which was initially considered the primary form. While melancholic depression differences are characterized by neurovegetative symptoms and non-reactive mood, atypical depression exhibits mood reactivity and a unique symptom cluster including weight gain and hypersomnia. These distinctions are crucial as they influence treatment responses. Historically, melancholic depression responded better to TCAs and ECT, whereas atypical depression showed positive responses to MAOIs. Biological correlates reveal differences in HPA axis activity and brain hemispheric processing. Atypical depression patients demonstrate heightened right hemisphere sensitivity, particularly to interpersonal rejection. The summary also touches upon the prevalence and demographics of both depression types, noting that atypical depression is more common in outpatient settings, often seen in younger women, and associated with earlier symptom onset and chronicity.
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Chapters:
00:00 🧠 Understanding Atypical and Melancholic Depression
00:41 📋 Criteria for Melancholic and Atypical Features
01:53 🧬 Biological Correlates and Historical Background
03:04 💡 Additional Information about Atypical Depression
4:37 Antidepressant Course
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  • @jadeportillo138
    @jadeportillo1385 ай бұрын

    Your videos are so intricate, well spoken and entertaining to watch. I would love to buy an online course from you! Wish u the best :)

  • @PsychoFarm

    @PsychoFarm

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the kind words and your support! 🥰

  • @joseph8468
    @joseph84683 ай бұрын

    The upcoming course sounds impressive. Thank you for this clear and well thought out video.

  • @MultiSciGeek
    @MultiSciGeek5 ай бұрын

    Wish you all the best on your course btw! And thanks for uploading these videos.

  • @jpie78
    @jpie785 ай бұрын

    Another great video!!!

  • @FlowersHereGrow
    @FlowersHereGrow5 ай бұрын

    What a helpful channel! 🙏

  • @PsychoFarm

    @PsychoFarm

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @James-qg9jr
    @James-qg9jr4 ай бұрын

    Thanks doc

  • @MultiSciGeek
    @MultiSciGeek5 ай бұрын

    Man even this video depresses me. I want to learn about this, but anything related to mental illness or depression puts me back in that state and instantly shuts me down. But it's much better now... I can watch documentaries and feel "uplifted", go for walks, eat etc. But just dealing with these flashbacks. I don't know what it's called or what to do about it. EDIT: But learning about it really helps! It's just a bunch of chemicals in the brain, easily treatable, a negative perspective that can be changed as well I suppose - think happy times in the past. Ultimately I try to see it as like a flu - yes it's bad, but it's not the ned of the world. The really bothersome thing is rationally realizing it, and even more so "feeling" it - gotta stay mentally strong, that's just not the issue with physical sickness.

  • @Pegamax
    @Pegamax5 ай бұрын

    Thanks

  • @maestro9765
    @maestro97655 ай бұрын

    You can't have both Hypersomnia AND Loss of appetite, right? I'm was trying to convince my psychiatrist that hypersomnia and loss of appetite together cannot be depression and that I should be evaluated for Narcolepsy instead. He insisted that you can have depression with hypersomnia and loss of appetite, but I don't think that it works like that. Not to mention that I don't have low mood. My "mood" is just being tired all the time. Which to me sounds a lot more like Narcolepsy.

  • @pvn271

    @pvn271

    5 ай бұрын

    You can ...not saying u don't have narco but you can and the dx criteria for narcolepsy is pretty specific about other things not just hypersomnia

  • @YouTuber-2077

    @YouTuber-2077

    4 ай бұрын

    Are you saying that you know more than the doctor himself ? 🫤

  • @maestro9765

    @maestro9765

    4 ай бұрын

    @@KZreadr-2077 I actually had a sleep study done recently and while no final conclusion has been reached, a neurologist told me that it is very likely I do have a sleep disorder.

  • @pipp972
    @pipp9725 ай бұрын

    Will this course, including the PDF version, be as in-depth and full of great lesser known details as your videos, or more tailored towards traditional material, like a normal good course on antidepressants?

  • @PsychoFarm

    @PsychoFarm

    5 ай бұрын

    I’ve put a lot of effort into making it in depth and insightful, so I hope I succeed in making it more the former… but it’s hard to be a judge of your own work.

  • @owenkelchner5387
    @owenkelchner53875 ай бұрын

    What about SSRI’s? Typically they’re the first options for MDD

  • @jicalzad
    @jicalzadАй бұрын

    do you really see major differences in medication treatment strategies between these 2 subtypes?