Lecture 2: Major Disorders Flashcards
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Psychiatric Disorders (3)
- Mood disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Psychotic disorders
Disorder
disruption in normal functioning of a body part or system
Disease
pathophysiological response to external or internal factors
Mood Disorder (3)
- change in mood that is persistent
- accomp. by physical, emotional, and functional deficits
- may be intrinsic or related other factors like stressors, illness, or substance abuse
Quality of Mood
- exists on spectrum
- evaluated in discrete episodes that usually represent a clear departure from “normal”
Mania > euthymia (cheerfullness/tranquility) > depression
Major Depressive Episode overview
depresses, irritable on most days
anhedonia= lack of pleasure in previously pleasureable activities
anhedonia
lack of pleasure in previously pleasurable activities
Major depressive episode signs
- significant appetite disturbance or weight change
- sleep disturbance
- psychomotor agitation or retardation
- loss of energy/fatigue
- feelings of worthlessness
- decreased concentration or cognitive abilities
- recurrent thoughts of death or suicide
- self-rejection/better off dead
Dx major depresive disorder (6)
- symptoms of MDE for at least 2 weeks
- symptoms cause significant social, occupational, or interpersonal functioning
- exclude drug use, bereavement, or other primary mental disorders
- rate severity-mild, moderate, severe
- note psychotic features: hallucinations, negativisitc delusions, or paranoia
- note peri-partum onset (post partum depression)
Persistent Depressive Disorder (3)
- chronic depression without complete remission for 2 years or more
- Dysthymia/ melancholia
- includes episodes of major depression with incomplete remission between episodes
Adjustment disorder
- mood change in reaction to a stressor (job loss, illness, etc. )
with mild functional impairment - Symptoms are brief in duration, less than criteria for full disorders
- Generally do not require pharmacology except for symptomatic approach
- brief psychotherapy if beneficial
Manic Episode (11)
- elated, euphoric, giddy
- inflated sense of self-esteem or grandiosity
- though process races but goal-directed although tengentiality is common
- thought can be excessively focused on religion, business, sexuality, specialness, or persecution.
- speech pressured, difficult to interrupt
- lacks need for sleep
- excessive goal-directed activity with high risk behaviors (spending, sec, business or financial misadventures, chaotic relationships)
- impulsive, easily angered, can lash out physically
- mood lasts for 7 days, may be dx earlier if hospitalized
- may be triggered by medication, stress, drug use-or spontaneous
- significant functional impairment, causes chaos in family and workplace
Hypomanic episode
- similar to symptoms of manic episode but os less intensity and duration
- minimal functional impairment
Mixed specifier
- during either depressive or manic episode, at least 3 diagnostic criteria for the opposite mood episode are also present
- increase complexity of correct diagnosis and treatment
Bipolar I disorder (4)
- at least one documented manic episode
- major depressive episodes not common but not required
- dx may be difficult or delayed
- tx for depression may result in “flip” to mania
Bipolar (II) Disorder (2)
- at least one major depressive episode and at least one episode of hypomania
- no hx full manic episodes
Bipolar Disorders, DX tips (5)
- r/o substance induced origin
- r/o origin due to medical conditions
- r/o other mental disorders
- note psychotic freatures spcifier
- note anxious distress specifier
Mood Disorder Tx steps (4)
- diagnosis, include severity
- discuss tx modes with patient
- choose specific tx
- follow up and monitor
Treating Depression
1st line
2nd line
3rd line
- 1st line treatments: SSRI, SNRI w/ therapy
- 2nd line: atypical antidepressants, TCAs, mood stabilizer, augmentation, TMS
- 3rd line: MAOIs, ECT
Antidepressant pharmacology
SSRIs: fluoxetine, citalopram, sertraline, paroxetine, fluvoxamine, escitalopram, vilazodone, vortioxetine
SNRIs: venlafaxine, duloxtine, levomilnacipran
SGAs: ariprazole, quetiapine, lurasidone
Mood Stabilizers: lithium carbonate, divalproex, cabamezepine
SSRI (4)
Selective, Serotonin reuptake inibitor
- 1st line tx for depression
- ease of dosing, minimal toxicity in OD
- generally well tolerated
- patient preferences, past responses, or family responses considered in selection
SNRI
Serotonin and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor
- tx option that come clinicians consider first line with SSRIs
- NE receptor binding can help treat anxious distress of concentration issues assoc. with depression
- Duloxetine also indicated for anxiety and neuropathic pain disorders, increasing utility in patients with comorbid issuea
TCAs
tricyclic antidepressants
older class of ad.= impiramine, amitryptyline, doxepin
MAOIs
momamine oxidase inhibitors
react with high amnt. of tyramine to create potentially dangeroud hypertension
req. carefully controlled diet