Depression - Unit 2 (1) Flashcards Preview

The inability to experience or even imagine any pleasant emotion

Strong resistance to suggestions or directions; exhibiting behaviors contrary to what is expected

Extreme slowdown of physical movements. Posture slumps; speech is slowed; digestion becomes sluggish. Common in severe depression

1. Younger women, older men
2. Poor and sometimes wealthy
3. More prevelant in caucasion more debilitating in niggers
4. Seratonin and norepinephrine chemical imbalance
5. Single men, married women
6. Chronic pain
7. Trauma

1. Decreased appetite
2. Tantrums
3. Not playful
4. Not emotional

1. Accident prone
2. Phobias
3. Excess in self-criticism

1. Vague physical complaints
2. Aggressive behavior
3. Clings to parents
4. Avoids new people

1. Morbid thoughts
2. Excess worry
3. Disappointed parents

1. Hyperactivity
2. Delinquency
3. School problems
4. Sleep difficulties
5. Social isolation
6. Suicidal thoughts

1. Sadness
2. Lonliness
3. Anxiety
4. Hopelessness
5. Inappropriate anger
6. Agressiveness
7. Running away
8. Sexual acting out
9. Substance abuse
10. Apathy
11. Loss of self-esteem
12. Sleep/eat difficulties
13. Physical complaints

1. Low self-esteem
2. Hopelessness
3. Helplessness
4. Bereavement overload
5. Memory loss
6. Confused thinking
7. Apathy
8. Restless

1. Risk for Suicide
2. Chronic low self-esteem
3. Complicated Grieving
4. Powerlessness
5. Hopelessness