CH6 - Major Depressive Disorders

Question 1

A low, sad state marked by significant levels of sadness, lack of energy, low self worth, guilt or related symptoms

Answer 1

Depression

Question 2

______ is a state or episode of euphoria or frenzied activity in which people may hac an exaggerated belief that the world is theirs for taking

Answer 2

Mania

Question 3

A group of disorders marked by unipolar depression

Answer 3

Depressive disorders

Question 4

Unipolar depression

Answer 4

Depression without a history of mania

Question 5

A severe pattern of depression that is disabling and is not caused by such factors as drug or a general medical condition

Answer 5

Major depressive disorder

Question 6

A chronic for of unipolar depression marked by ongoing and repeated symptoms of either major or mild depressoon

Answer 6

Persistent depressive disorder

Question 7

T/F? People don’t inherit a predisposition to depression

Answer 7

False

Question 8

What gene plays a role in serotonin levels?

Answer 8

5HTT

Question 9

_____ of people will have a cooccuring disorder such as ________, _______, _______ or ________

Answer 9

70%, substance abuse, eating disorder, anxiety or panic disorder

Question 10

A disorder marked by repeated episodes of significant episodes of depression and related symptoms during the week before menstration

Answer 10

Premenstural dysphoric disorder

Question 11

Anxiety is the core symptom of _____

Answer 11

anxious distress

Question 12

______ features is when depression is worse in the _______, difficulty experiencing ______, marked psychomotor retardation and _______

Answer 12

Melancholic; morning, pleasure, weight loss

Question 13

Biochemical cause of depression:

–____ activity of ________ and ______

Answer 13

Low, norepinephrine, serotonin

Question 14

_______ levels are higher in people with depression

Answer 14

Cortisol

Question 15

The ________ is responsible for thinking, moticvation & attention

Answer 15

prefrontal cortex

Question 16

Anterior cingulate is responsible for

Answer 16

Stress response

Question 17

Too much _____ in the ______ will damage it overtime

Answer 17

Cortisol, hippocampus

Question 18

The ______ is enlarged in those with depression

Answer 18

amagdala

Question 19

T/F? In the behavioral perspective of depression, life stress isn’t believed to lead to depression

Answer 19

False

Question 20

Interpersonal and sociocultural perspective:

______ problems, ______ sensitivity, _____ & ____ differences

Answer 20

Relationship, rejection, gender & race

Question 21

T/F? In the psychodynamic perspective of depression, negative childhood events are correlated with adults that have depression

Answer 21

True

Question 22

3 common treatments for depression

Answer 22

SSRI’s, CBT, SNRI’s

Question 23

2 uncommon treatments for depression

Answer 23

Brain stimulation, ECT

Question 24

T/F? A combination of psychotherapy and drug therapy is not effective in those with depression

Answer 24

False

Question 25

______ is a manic episode of elevated expansive or irritable mood more than one week followed by a major depressive episode

Answer 25

Bipolar I

Question 26

Severe depression with episodes of hypomania

Answer 26

Bipolar II

Question 27

______ is 4 or more episodes that meet the criteria for manic, hypomanic or major depressive within one year

Answer 27

Rapid mood cycling

Question 28

T/F? Bipolar disorder is more common than depressive disorders

Answer 28

False

Question 29

T/F? Men and women are equally susceptible to bipolar disorder

Answer 29

True

Question 30

The onset of bipolar disorder is typcially

Answer 30

Late adolescence or early adulthood

Question 31

T/F? Artists have a higher than normal prevalance to bipolar disorder

Answer 31

True

Question 32

In people with bipolar disorder, they have a _____ basal ganglia & cerebellum as well as _____ abnormalities

Answer 32

smaller, white matter

Question 33

People with bipolar have ____ serotonin and ____ norepinephrine activity

Answer 33

low, high

Question 34

If there is a dysfunction in the flow of _____ and _____ ions the neuron may fire too easily resulting in _____ or not all resulting in ______

Answer 34

sodium and potassium, mania, depression

Question 35

40% concordance in ________

Answer 35

identical twins

Question 36

______ is a treatment for bipolar but comes with risks

Answer 36

Lithium

Question 37

4 treatments for bipolar

Answer 37

Mood stabilizers, therapy, regulating routines, family focused therapy

Question 38

In people with depression, there is a reduced amount of ________

Answer 38

grey matter

Question 39

What is rapid cycling?

Answer 39

When 4 or more episodes of illness occur in a 12 month period