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15 Mood Disorders Flashcards

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1
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mental illness results from the combination of _____________ and ___________

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biological predispositions and experieces

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absence of _______ is more reliable symptom than increased sadness

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happiness

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people with 2 short forms of the genes, increasing numbers of stressful experience led to big _______ in probability of depression

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increase

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2 long forms stressful events ______ increased risk

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hardly

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link between gene and stress?

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no, need more studies

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viral infection of farm animals, which produces periods of frantic activity alternating with periods of inactivity

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Borna disease

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what does Borna disease illustrate

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that many different causes can lead to similar behavioral results

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types of antidepressants

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tricyclics, SSRIs, MAOIs, atypical antidepressnts

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operate by blocking transporter proteins that reabsorb, serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine, into the presynaptic neuron after their release

keeps the neurtransmitter in the postsynaptic neurons

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tricyclics

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side effects of ______

drowsiness, dry mouth, difficulties with urination, and heart irregularites

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tricyclics

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similar to tricyclics

produce milder effects than tricyclics but about the same in effectiveness

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selective serotonin reuptate inhibitors (SSRIs)

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block the enzyme MAO, a presynpatic terminal enzyme that metabolizes catecholamines and serotonin into inactive forms

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MAOIs

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when MAOIs block enzyme, presynpatic terminal has more of its _____ available fore release

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transmitter

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block reuptake of serotonin- prolongs presence of serotonin in the ______ cleft, where it continues to stimulate the _______ cell

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presynaptic, postsynaptic

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inhibits reuptake of dopamine but not serotonin

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bupropion (Wellbutrin)

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people with depression have approximately ______ levels of release of neurotransmitters

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normal

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antidepressant drugs produce effects with in hours, but mood elevation does not occur for ____ weeks

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two or more

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most people with depression have lower than average levels of:

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brain derived neurptropic factor (BDNF)

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BDNF is important for synaptic plasticity, ______ and _________ of new neurons in hippocampus

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learning, and proliferation

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most people with depression have _______ than average hippocampus

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smaller

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T/F BDNF by itself does not automatically elevate mood

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true

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do antidepressants elevate mood in normal people?

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no, only people with depression

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effectiveness of antidepressants is

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limited

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drugs or psychotherapy

dysthymia- long term depression

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drugs

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drugs or psychotherapy patients who have suffered abuse, negelect, or other trauma, during early childhood
drugs ineffective
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psychotherapy is more likely to have long-term benefits because it
reduced likelihood of a relapse at the end of treatment
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electrically induced seizure
electroconvulsive therapy
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T/F most people with depression fall asleep but awaken early and are unable to get back to sleep
true
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people with depression have ____ than average number of eye movement per minute during REM sleep
more than average
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people vary between normality and depression
unipolar depression
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people alternate between depression and mania
bipolar depression
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characterized by restless activity, excitement, laughter, self-confidence, rambling speech, and loss of inhibitions
maina
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during mania, use of ______increases in brain, during depression it decreases
glucose
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people with full blow episodes of mania
Bipolar I disorder
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people have milder maniac phases (hypomania), which are characterized mostly by agitation or anxiety
Bipolar II disorder
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attention deficits, poor impulse control, impairments of verbal memory are effects of
bipolar disorder
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T/F antidepressants drugs are appropriate treatments for bipolar disorder
false, antidepressants drugs are not appropriate treatments for bipolar disorder
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common treatment for bipolar disorder:
lithium salts
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stabilize mood, preventing relapse into either mania or depression
lithium
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decrease the number of glutamate receptors in hippocampus
valproate (Depakene)
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excessive ________activity is responsible for some aspects of mania
glutamate
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depression that recurs during a particular season
seasonal affective disorder
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patients with SAD have phase-______ sleep temperature rhythms
delayed
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treatments for SAD
very bright lights for an hour or more a day
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behaviors that are present that should be absent hallucinations
positive symptoms
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behaviors that are absent that should be present
negative symptoms
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according to Andreason, schizophrenia is result from abnormal interactions between the _____, _______. and _______
cortex, thalamus, and cerebellum
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t/f schizophrenia has genetic basis but for not depend on any single gene
true
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controls production of dendritic spines and generation of new neurons in the hippocampus
DISCI
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hypothesis that schizophrenia is based on abnormalities in the prenatal or neonatal development of the nervous system
neurodeveolpmental hypothesis
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t/f if mother is Rh-negative and the baby is Rh-positive the baby's Rh-positive blood factor may trigger an immunological rejection by the mother
true
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parasite from cats that can infect humans and can impair brain development and lead to memory disorder, hallucinations, and delusions
toxoplasma gondi
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on average people with schizophrenia have ____ than average grey and white matter and ____ than average ventricles
less, larger
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strongest deficits in people with schizophrenia found in
left temporal and frontal areas of the cotrex
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thalamus is _____ than average in people with schizophrenia
smaller
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people with schizophrenia have deficits with
working memory and attention
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people with schizophrenia have ______ than normal activity in the left hemisphere
lower
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abnormalities are found ______ in development | disorder usually diagnosed after age
early, 20
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relieves positive symptoms for most patients
chlorpromazine (thorazine)
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drugs that rend to relieve schizophrenia and similar conditions
anti-psychotic or neuroleptic drugs
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holds that schizophrenia results from excess activity at dopamine synapse in certain brain areas
the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia
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characterized by hallucinations and delusions | results from repeated doses of amphetamine, methamphetamin, cocaine, and LSD
substance-induced psychotic disorder
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the problem related in part to deficient activity at glutamate synapses, especially in prefrontal cortex
glutamate hypothesis of schizophrenia
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in many brain areas, dopamine ______ glutamate release
inhibits
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drugs that block dopamine synapses produce their benefits by acting on neurons in the
mesolimbocortical system
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set of neurons that project from the midbrain tegmentum to the limbic system
mesolimbocortical system
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drugs also block dopamine neurons in the mesotriatal system, which projects to the basal ganglia results in: involuntary movements and tremors
tardive dyskinesia
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schizophrenia is neither a one ____ disorder nor one ______disorder
gene, neurotransmitter

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