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and the notions of deviation, dysfunction
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and distress are built into these criteria.
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And I'm going to give you a couple of examples of these criteria
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when we talk about the specific types of mood disorder.
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So as I said, I'm going to use mood disorders as kind of a case example here
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of how we go about diagnosing and understanding psychopathology,
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but I also just want to impart some information because
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mood disorders are one of the most common problems that people face.
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As many as one in four women will have
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an episode of serious depression at some time in her life,
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and about 13% of men will have an episode of serious depression in their lives.
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So, these are extremely common kinds of problems