depression

Question 1

define depression

Answer 1

a mental disorder characterised by low mood and energy levels

Question 2

behavioural characteristics of depression

Answer 2

activity levels
disruption to sleep/ eating behaviours
aggression and self harm

Question 3

activity levels ( behavioural characteristic )

Answer 3

typically depressed people will have low energy levels, making them withdraw from work, education and social life
some get the opposite - psychomotor agitation - hard to relax and pace around rooms

Question 4

disruption to sleep and eating behaviour (behavioural characteristic)

Answer 4

may experience insomnia or hypersomnia and may have changes in appetite making them lose or gain weight - behaviours are disrupted by depression

Question 5

aggression and self harm (behavioural characteristic)

Answer 5

depressed people are normally irritable and become verbally/physically aggressive - can also lead to aggression against the self through self harm

Question 6

emotional characteristics of depression

Answer 6

lowered mood
anger
lowered self esteem

Question 7

lowered mood (emotional characteristic)

Answer 7

defining emotional element of depression but is more pronounced than in the daily feelings of sadness

Question 8

anger (emotional characteristic)

Answer 8

people with depression experience anger that can be directed at themselves or others with emotions becoming behaviours

Question 9

lowered self esteem (emotional characteristic)

Answer 9

people with low self esteem like themselves less than normal people - can be extreme to the point where depressed people describe it as a sense of self hatred

Question 10

cognitive characteristics of depression

Answer 10

poor concentration
dwelling on the negatives
absolutist thinking

Question 11

poor concentration (cognitive characteristic)

Answer 11

a person may find they are unable to stick with a task for as long as they usually would or find it harder to make straightforward decisions

Question 12

dwelling on the negative ( cognitive characteristic )

Answer 12

depressed people are more likely to dwell on the negatives and ignore positives - pessimistic
bias to recalling negative events

Question 13

absolutist thinking

Answer 13

always thinking to the extreme - seeing in black and white - small unfortunate event is the end of the world