UniPolar Depression
There are different levels of negative thoughts that lead to the depression. It is the reason that the depressed mood from a Major Depressive Episode MDE can lead to a major depressive disorder MDD. In this paper difference between both MDE and MDD will be discussed as well as relevance between negative thinking and biological components will also be analyzed.
The reason to analyze the link or relevance between negative thinking and biological factors is that negative thinking leads to various mental disorders such as MDD. Hales, Rapaport, & Moeller (2012) also highlighted this point that depression has strong biological component. The reason is that strong emotions are initiated through cognitive factors that bring change in behavior, and then extreme behavior can affect the mental health due to which individual face depressive episode (Ramirez, 2013).
Continuous depressive mood brings change in brain activity, neurochemical processes, hormones, and sometimes body arousal. However, it will not be incorrect to state that cognitive and biological factors both work together to produce an emotional response to deal with a situation (Barnard & Teasdale, 2014). The strong emotional/negative feelings become a reason for depression and frequent depressive mood within the six months period known as major depressive disorder. Then, the extended major depressive episode cause Major depressive disorder (Depressive Disorders: DSM-5® Selections, 2015).
Herein, it should be noted that main and major difference in MDE and MDD is chronicity and causality. There are specific symptoms that help to identify Major dispersive episode. However, symptoms and effects of depression are different in MDD and MDE. The reason is that MDD has a lasting impact on the human brain which results in other chronic diseases as well such as anxiety, bipolar disorder, and heart diseases. It can be said that socio-economic factors contribute to both MDE and MDD (Hales, Rapaport, & Moeller, 2012).
References
Barnard, P., & Teasdale, J. (2014). Affect, Cognition and Change: Re-Modelling Depressive Thought. New Jersy: Psychology Press.
Depressive Disorders: DSM-5® Selections. (2015). New York: American Psychiatric Pub.
Hales, D. J., Rapaport, M. H., & Moeller, K. (2012). Major Depressive Disorder: Maintenance of Certification Workbook. New York: American Psychiatric Pub.
Ramirez, J. G. (2013). A New Foundation for Representation in Cognitive and Brain Science: Category Theory and the Hippocampus. New York: Springer.
