Depression PPO Flashcards
depression
A mental disorder characterised by low mood and low energy levels
behavioural
Ways in which people act
emotional
Related to a person’s feelings or mood
cognitive
refers to the process of ‘knowing’ including thinking, reasoning, remembering, believing
Psychomotor agitation
depression can lead to opposite effect
DMS-5 categories of depression
All forms of depression are characterised by changes of the mood. These are the latest categories of depression:
* Major depressive disorder (severe, short term)
* Persistent depressive disorder (long term)
* Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder ( children’s tantrums)
* Premenstrual dysphoric repression ( mood changes before or during period)
acitivity levels
behavioural characteristic
- Lethargic from low energy levels has a knock on effect with work
- Can be so severe to keep people restricted to bed
- Can lead to opposite effect, psychomotor agitation
- Lead to pacing up and down a room
disruption to sleep and eating behaviour
behavioural characteristic
- Can experience reduced sleep (insomnia), particularly premature waking, or an increased need for sleep (hypersomnia)
- Appetite and eating may increase or decrease leading to weight gain or loss
- Behaviours are disrupted by depression
aggression and self harm
behavioural characteristic
- Often irritable and aggressive both physically and mentally
- Can be directed against the self
- Suicidal thoughts
lowered mood
emotional characteristic
Lowered mood is still defining emotional element of depression but is more pronounced than in the daily kind of experience of feeling lethargic and sad
anger
emotional characteristic
- Directed at others of themselves
- Aggressive or self harming behaviour
lowered self esteem
emotional characteristic
- Emotional experience of how much we like ourselves
- Can be quite extreme with some people with depression describing a sense of self loathing
poor concentration
cognitive characteristic
- Unable to stick with a task
- Find it hard to make decisions
- Interfere with individuals work
attending to and dwelling on the negative
cognitive characteristic
- Ignore the positives
- Glass half empty
- Bias towards recalling unhappy events
absolutist thinking
cognitive characteristic
- Situations are not all good or not all bad
- Black and white thinking
- Unfortunate situations are seen as an absolute disaster
