Depressive Disorders

Question 1

Tobias

What are the key features of disruptive mood dysregulation disorder?

Answer 1

• Tobias is a child of 8 y.o with a pattern of outbursts, of verbal and beavioural levels as a response to frustration
• He is frequently angry or irritable between outbursts, almost chronic
• Happens several times a week, both at home and in school

Question 2

Agda

What are the key features for Major Depressive Disorder?

Answer 2

• Agda have been suffering a while with feeling down and lacking interest to knit like she has always liked before
• She has started to loose weight as she hasnt eaten much the last 2 weeks, and she always stays in bed due to no energy but she also doesnt want to feel like this all the time
• Everything seems to go slower than usual, Agdas children complains she doesnt listen anymore
• Agda is wondering if life is worth living anymore

Question 3

Arvid

What are the key features of Persistent Depressive Disorder?

Answer 3

• Arvid hasnt been himself for a long time, and even when he feels better, he slips down short afterwards
• Its been at least 2 years
• He is suffering from hopeless, lowe-selfesteem och he isnt sleeping too well
• Over the last months, he has been eating more than usual, often junkfood thats accompied with no activity

Question 4

Elin

What are the key features for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder?

Answer 4

• For as long as Elin can remember, her mood change for the worse at least once amonth
• As quickly as its there, as quickly is it gone
• She has some mood swings, cries more easily than usual, but she also argoes way more with her boyfriend
• Some days she just wants to stay in bed, others she feels quite restless and keyed up
• Elin also looses some interests in her hobbies and struggles to learn the content in school, but she blames that on her problems of sleeping
• She often feel bloated, but she often doesnt feel hungry