Depressive Disorders Flashcards

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Tobias

What are the key features of disruptive mood dysregulation disorder?

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  • Tobias is a child of 8 y.o with a pattern of outbursts, of verbal and beavioural levels as a response to frustration
  • He is frequently angry or irritable between outbursts, almost chronic
  • Happens several times a week, both at home and in school
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Agda

What are the key features for Major Depressive Disorder?

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  • Agda have been suffering a while with feeling down and lacking interest to knit like she has always liked before
  • She has started to loose weight as she hasnt eaten much the last 2 weeks, and she always stays in bed due to no energy but she also doesnt want to feel like this all the time
  • Everything seems to go slower than usual, Agdas children complains she doesnt listen anymore
  • Agda is wondering if life is worth living anymore
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Arvid

What are the key features of Persistent Depressive Disorder?

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  • Arvid hasnt been himself for a long time, and even when he feels better, he slips down short afterwards
  • Its been at least 2 years
  • He is suffering from hopeless, lowe-selfesteem och he isnt sleeping too well
  • Over the last months, he has been eating more than usual, often junkfood thats accompied with no activity
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Elin

What are the key features for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder?

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  • For as long as Elin can remember, her mood change for the worse at least once amonth
  • As quickly as its there, as quickly is it gone
  • She has some mood swings, cries more easily than usual, but she also argoes way more with her boyfriend
  • Some days she just wants to stay in bed, others she feels quite restless and keyed up
  • Elin also looses some interests in her hobbies and struggles to learn the content in school, but she blames that on her problems of sleeping
  • She often feel bloated, but she often doesnt feel hungry
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