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mood disorder (95 cards)

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what are the characteristics of mood disorders?

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serious the typical emotional state
significant disturbances on emotion other or elation/irratation
dysfunction on social and occupational realms

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what do mood disorders affect in life?

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physical, perceptual, social, biological and thought processes

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what are mood disorders not due to?

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not due substance use

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what are the emotional symptoms of major depressive disorder

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depressed mood

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what are the motivational symptoms of major depressive disorder?

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loss of desire to do usual activities lack of drive

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what are the behavioural symptoms of major depressive disorder?

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less active and productive
move and speak slowly
physically agitated

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what are the cognitive functioning of major depressive disorder?

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negative self evaluation, indecisiveness, thoughts of death or suicide

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what are the physical functionings of major depressive disorder?

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headaches, indigestion, pain , eating disturbances, sleep disterbances

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what is the criteria to get diagnosed with major depressive disorder?

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must have one of the 2 core symptoms and 4 other common symptoms

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what are the 2 core criteria for major depressive disorder?

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  1. sad or blue mood most of the day or every day
  2. loss of pleasure for two weeks to longer (anhedonia)
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what is the prevalence of major depressive disorder?

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life time rates: 5.2% –> 17.1% (thought to be higher)
2x more common in women than men

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why is major depressive disorder more common in women than men?

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men tend to distract themselves
women tend to ruminate

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what is the objectification theory for the gender difference in major depressive disorder?

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women being viewed and evaluated as an object, reduces self esteem

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what is mixed depression?

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may have low grade symptoms of mania that doesn’t meet criteria for hypomania or mania

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are married men happier than signal men?

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yes

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are married women happier than single women?

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no

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what is persistent depressive disorder?

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depressive mood for most of the days than not, for more than 2 years or longer
doesn’t need the 2 core symptoms of depression

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what is double depression?

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person with persistent depressive disorder can have one or more episodes of major depressive disorder

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what is postpartum depression?

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happens after giving birth
lots of anxiety
common after dramatic birth

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what is bipolar disorder?

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very biologically based

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what is the prevalence of bipolar disorder?

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4.4% of the population
average onset is in 20s
occurs equally as often in men and women

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what are the women differences in bipolar disorder?

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episodes of depression are more common

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what are the men differences in bipolar disorder?

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episodes of mania are more common

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what is bipolar 1 disorder?

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depression that meets MDD and at least one episode of mania or mixed episodes include both mania and depression

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what are the core symptoms required for a diagnosis of a manic episode?
distinct presence of a persistently elevated or irritable mood increase goal-directive activity or at least one week +3 additional symptoms
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how do you get a diagnosis of a manic episode?
core symptoms last at least one week and 3 more symptoms or 4 of if the mood is irritable
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what are some symptoms of manic episode?
less than usual amount of sleep needed inflated self esteem distractibility excessive involvement in pleasurable activities
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what is bipolar 2 disorder?
at least one episode of depression that meets criteria of MDD and one or more episodes of hypomania (last at least 4 days)
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what are core symptoms of hypomania?
presence of persistently elevated or irritable mood and persistently increased activity symptoms not due to the effects of a substances
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what is hypomania?
feel extra energetic. decrease need of sleep unusually optimistic, increase talkativeness , risky and impulsive behaviour
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what can hypomania affect?
damage to ruin relationships with friends, family and in the workplace
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what is bipolar disorder with rapid cycling?
person has four or more episodes mood disturbances in a year
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what is bipolar disorder 1 or 2 with mixed features?
combination of depression and mania or hypomania at same time
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what is bipolar disorder with predominant polarity?
alternating periods of depression and hypomania person spends significantly more times in one state over the other
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what are the symptoms of Cyclothymic disorder?
periods of hypomania with mild depression over a period of 2+ years (adults) or 1 year (children)
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what is the lifetime prevalence of Cyclothymic disorder?
0.04-1%
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what is seasonal affective disorder (SAD)?
involves depression in the winter, some experience in the summer can be bipolar or unipolar
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where does SAD more prominent in, K.W or Vancouver?
vancouver
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where are the higher rates of SAD?
higher rates in cloudy areas
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what is the psychoanalytic theory of depression?
depression seems to be like grief
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what is the psychoanalytic theory for people with introspective (self critical) depression?
feelings of inferiority, inadequacy, self criticism and guilt
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what is the psychoanalytic theory for anaclitic depression?
feelings of being unloved and unwanted
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what is the psychological theory for bipolar disorder?
largely neglected by scholars and clinicians
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what are interpersonal models of depression?
sparse social networks that provide little support
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what are the consequences of sparse social networks with interpersonal depression?
decrease in individual's ability to handle negative life events increase vulnerability to depression
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what is the self-certification theory of interpersonal models of depression?
seek confirmation from others that consistent with their negative self-view gravitate towards individuals who will evaluate them negatively
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what is the stress generation hypothesis of interpersonal models of depression?
depressed individuals tend to experience negative interpersonal situations
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what leads to schemata?
criticized excessively think they are incompetent expecting to fail
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what are schemata?
perceptual sets and influences how we perceive and understand the world
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what's one thing that can create negative schemata?
very critical parents
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what are dysfunctional attitudes?
negative conditions that distort how the person interpret situations that make them more valuable to depression after particular events
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what are dysfunctional events related to?
need for approval
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what does dysfunctional beliefs reflect?
need for achievement and perfection
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what is beck's negative cognitive triad for depression?
1. self worthlessness 2. future is hopeless 3. cannot cope/ helpless to change events in one's life
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what is the helplessness/ hopelessness theories of depression?
learned helplessness involves passivity and having a sense of being unable to act and control own circumstances
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what is hopelessness acquired through?
unpleasant experiences and traumas that they were unable to control at the time
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what are the attribution of learned helplessness?
attribution to stable factors attribution to internal characteristics global attributions
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what are attribution to stable factors?
could be something you can't change or something you can
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what are attribution to internal characteristics?
something you can't really change
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what is the hopelessness theory?
expectations that desirable outcomes will not occur
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what does hopelessness theory think helplessness is caused from?
negative life events interact with diatheses and lead to a state of hopelessness
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what vulnerabilities that the hopelessness theory include?
low self esteem and belief that negative life events will have severe negative consequences
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what are things around depression and relationships?
having a spouse who is critical puts the target of criticism at risk of depression as much as 10 years others become annoyed by partners who frequently seek reassurance
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what are stress generation behaviour?
frequent reassurance seeking create a stressful environment
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what is stress generation associated with?
depression in adolescent in girls
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what does interpersonal stress generation predict with depression?
predicted depression in girls with history of childhood maltreatment but not girls without a history of childhood maltreatment
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what are the social skills deficits and depression?
low social competence predict the onset of depression in children poor interpersonal problem solving predicts increase in depression in adolescents
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what are the advances in knowledge of biological processes in mood disorders?
genetic sequencing imagine have contributed to growth in knowledge structural differences found in schizophrenia
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what are the biological theories for MDD?
heritability =35% relatives of unipolar probands increase risk for unipolar depression serotonin transporter gene linked promoter region
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what are biological and environment risk factors for MDD?
many genes involved with onset of MDD childhood trauma negative styles of information processing
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what are the biological theories for bipolar disorder?
concordance rate is high as 85% strong heritable component gene on the 11th chromosome brain derived neurotrophic gene
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what is neuroimaging study?
decrease hippocampal volumes and neurocognitive impairment
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inconsistencies in biological findings in bipolar disorders?
gene 11th chromosome but not been consistently replicated BDNF thought to predict rapid cycling bipolar disorder but not ethically replicated
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what are biological theories (early theories)for bipolar disorder?
decreased levels of norepinephrine and dopamine lead to depression increase levels lead to mania
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what are the biological theories (serotonin theory) for bipolar disorder?
serotonin produces both depression and mania
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clues for theories based on drug effectiveness?
tricyclic drugs prevent some of the reuptake of norepinephrine monoamine oxidase inhibitors keep the enzyme from deactivating neurotransmitters selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
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what chemical in food increases serotonin?
tryptophan
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what neurotransmitters related to depression and mania?
serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine
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what makes the biological mechanisms not straight forward?
may not just be related to levels of neurotransmitters
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how might anti-depressents and mood stabilizer medication work?
changing the responsiveness of receptors for serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine
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what is the neuroendocrine system?
HPA axis may play a role in depression
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how might the HPA axis play a role in depression?
limbic area of brain affects hypothalamus which controls endocrine glands increase levels of cortisol in depressed patents
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what does it mean to have 4 Asus points
likely to die 20 years younger than most people
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what organ disorder seems to have coronation to bipolar disorder?
thyroid
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what can thyroid hormones induce?
can induce mania
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what brain brain dysfunction has correlation to bipolar disorder?
right hemisphere dysfunction
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what does right hemisphere dysfunction tend to do?
sense of indifference or flatness
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what are the main biological hypotheses about major depression?
genetic diathesis, low serotonin or high serotonin receptor dysfunction, high levels of cortisol
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what are the main biological hypotheses about bipolar disorder?
genetic diathesis, low serotonin or low norepinephrine in depressed phase, high norepinephrine in manic phase
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when are ECT used for depression?
if patient is suicidal and already tried medication
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when does the patient start to feel better when ECT is used for depression?
after 4 sessions max 10-12 sessions
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what are the biological treatments for depression that's not medication?
ECT for depression transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)
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what is ketamine use to treat?
used to treat sever depression
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what does ketamine do?
rapid growth of dendritic spines in prefrontal cortex really addictive
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what are some psychological therapies for mood disorders?
psychodynamic therapies cognitive and behaviour therapies mindfulness-based cognitive therapies

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