clinical psychology pt 3

Question 1

depressive disorder

Answer 1

one of a group of mood disorders in which depression is the defining feature

Question 2

Bipolar disorder (commonly known as manic depression)

Answer 2

mood disorder characterized by mood states that vacillate between depression and mania

Question 3

major depressive disorder

Answer 3

commonly referred to as “depression” or “major depression,” characterized by sadness or loss of pleasure in usual activities, as well other symptoms

Question 4

suicidal ideation

Answer 4

thoughts of death by suicide, thinking about or planning suicide, or making a suicide attempt

Question 5

seasonal pattern

Answer 5

subtype of depression in which a person experiences the symptoms of major depressive disorder only during a particular time of year

Question 6

peripartum onset

Answer 6

subtype of depression that applies to women who experience an episode of major depression either during pregnancy or in the four weeks following childbirth

Question 7

persistent depressive disorder

Answer 7

depressive disorder characterized by a chronically sad and melancholy mood

Question 8

manic episode

Answer 8

period in which an individual experiences mania, characterized by extremely cheerful and euphoric mood, excessive talkativeness, irritability, increased activity levels, and other symptoms

Question 9

flight of ideas

Answer 9

symptom of mania that involves an abruptly switching in conversation from one topic to another

Question 10

hopelessness theory

Answer 10

cognitive theory of depression proposing that a style of thinking that perceives negative life events as having stable and global causes leads to a sense of hopelessness and then to depression