8.3.2 Mood Disorders

Question 1

What are the characteristics of Bipolar II Mood Disorder?

Answer 1

Question 2

How does depression related to the HPA axis?

Answer 2

Hypersecretion of cortisol

Question 3

What are the adverse effects of SSRIs?

Answer 3

Question 4

What are the characteristics of Bipolar I Mood disorder?

Answer 4

Question 5

How is lithium used to treat bipolar?

Answer 5

Question 6

What are the characteristics of rapid cycling bipolar?

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Question 7

What happens to executive area of the brain in depression?

Answer 7

Question 8

How is bipolar disorder characterized by?

Answer 8

Diagnosed by presence of manic and hypomanic episodes

Question 9

What are the major modes of actions in antidepressants?

Answer 9

Question 10

What is Cyclothymic Disorder?

Answer 10

Question 11

What is the difference between mood and affect?

Answer 11

Mood - How the patient describes how they are feeling

Affect - the physical appearance of their mood

Question 12

How can depression present to different fields of medicine?

Answer 12

Question 13

What are the characteristics of Carbamazepine and Lamotrigine

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Question 14

What are the complications associated with bipolar disorder?

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Question 15

What is Valproic acid?

Answer 15

Question 16

What is the prevalence of depression?

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Men - 6%

Women - 12%

Lifetime prevalence is 9-14%

Question 17

What are the characteristics of Major Depressive Disorder?

Answer 17

2 Week duration

Question 18

What is anehedonia?

Answer 18

Loss of interest in activities once enjoyed

Question 19

What are the characteristics of pharmacotherapy for Bipolar?

Answer 19

Question 20

What are the characteristics of Post-Partum and Seasonal Affective Disorder?

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Question 21

What are the Bipolar Course Specificers?

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Question 22

What are the problems associated with lithium treatment?

Answer 22

Question 23

What is the neuroanatomy and neurochemistry associated with bipolar?

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Question 24

When does Bipolar tend to present?

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Question 25

How should a physician evaluate a patient with a mood disorder?

Answer 25

Question 26

What is the difference between short burst and chronic exposure of cortisol?

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Question 27

How does suicide compare in depressed population between men and women?

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Question 28

What are some other depressive disorders?

Answer 28

Question 29

What does the adrenal gland release in depression?

Answer 29

**Glucocorticoid**

Question 30

What are the clinical features of depression?

Answer 30

Question 31

What is the comorbidity associated with treatment of depression with antidepressants?

Answer 31

Suicide

Question 32

What are the characteristics of Persistent Depressive Disorder?

Answer 32

Question 33

What are the uses for Electroconvulsive Therapy?

Answer 33