Mood Disorders

Question 1

What are mood disorders

Answer 1

Unusually SEVERE of PROLONGED DISTRUBANCES in mood

Question 2

What are the two DSM catagories for mood disorders

Answer 2

Depressive and bipolar

Question 3

What is the history of depression

Answer 3

Hippocrates MELANCHOLY, most people masked well and were not seen as crazy

Question 4

What is the criteria for major depressive disorder

Answer 4

2-week period, change from past functions, depreeed mood or loss of interest or pleasure

Question 5

What is the list of criteria for major depressive disorder

Answer 5

DEPRESSED mood, diminished INTEREST, weight LOSS, SLOWING down, FATIGUE, WORTHLESSNESS, loss of ability to THINK, thoughts of DEATH

Question 6

What is the most common psychological disorder

Answer 6

Depression

Question 7

Why is diagnosiing depression hard

Answer 7

Most people think they can just snap out of it

Question 8

How many people are affected by depression

Answer 8

10-25% women, 5-12% men

Question 9

What are the types of risk factors for depression

Answer 9

SES, biological

Question 10

What is problem-focused coping

Answer 10

Fixing the problem

Question 11

What is emotion-focused coping

Answer 11

Maybe you can’t solve problem but learning how to live with it

Question 12

What can happen when a person who has depression has self-efficacy problems

Answer 12

Downward spiral

Question 13

What is the catecholamine hypothesis

Answer 13

Norepinephrine imbalance

Question 14

What is the indolamine hypothesis

Answer 14

Serotonin imbalance

Question 15

Does recent studies show that serotonin’s role is overstated

Answer 15

Yes

Question 16

If not serotonin how might SSRI drugs work

Answer 16

Placebo effect and improved self-efficacy

Question 17

What are the other theories of depression

Answer 17

Social, Cognitive, Diathesis-Stress model, learned helplessness

Question 18

What is learned helplessness (seligman)

Answer 18

Person learns they can’t help themselves so they don’t which leads to worsening problems

Question 19

What is attributional style and locus of control

Answer 19

Personality and internal or external (depressed) control

Question 20

What is the interactional theory

Answer 20

First receive unconditional SUPPORT, then people get ANGERY, and REJECTION with leads to worse DEPRESSION

Question 21

What is Beck’s cognitive triad theory of depression

Answer 21

negative view of ONESELF, ENVIROMENT, FUTURE: which leads to maldaptive thinking that happening AUTOMATICALLY

Question 22

What is the most common reatment for depression

Answer 22

SSRIs and talk therapy

Question 23

What can be used for treatment of seasonal affective disorder

Answer 23

Phototherapy

Question 24

What happens as meds are becoming more skeptical to take

Answer 24

People take depression less SERIOUS

Question 25

Are SSRIs overprescribed

Answer 25

They test on small groups and then it's prescribed largely because the lake of regard to the dignostice criteria

Question 26

What did Zimmerman find

Answer 26

86% of people who get SSRIs would not have been in cluded in the study

Question 27

What is bipolar disorder

Answer 27

Mood disorder characterized by mood swings between DEPRESSION and MANIA

Question 28

What are depressive episodes

Answer 28

The lows similar to depression

Question 29

What are manic episodes

Answer 29

The high

Question 30

What is a full manic episode

Answer 30

Elevated or irritable mood with goal-directed behavior lasting at least 1 week

Question 31

What are some of the characteristics of a manic episode

Answer 31

Increased SELF-ESTEEM, decreaed need for SLEEP, TALKATIVE, RACING thoughts, DISTRACTIBLE, GOAL-DIRECTED activity, RISKY behavior

Question 32

What makes manic episodes bad

Answer 32

Impairment in socila or occupational functioning, may need hospitalization

Question 33

What is bipolar I

Answer 33

Inculdes depression and fully mania

Question 34

What is bipolar II

Answer 34

Includes manily depression but hypomania

Question 35

What is a hypomanic episode

Answer 35

Last at 4-6 days

Question 36

How many people are affected by bipolar and when does it appear

Answer 36

1-2%, early adulthood

Question 37

Is it equally common in men and women

Answer 37

Yes, men start with manic and women start with depressive

Question 38

What is the rate of suicide for people with bipolar disorder

Answer 38

20%

Question 39

What are the biological issues with bipolar disorder

Answer 39

Brain self-CORRECTS extremly, problems with inhibition and disinhibition of the pleasure center

Question 40

What is disinhibition going to lead to

Answer 40

Act on impulses

Question 41

Why is bipolar probably inherited

Answer 41

5X more likely and high rates for older fathers

Question 42

What drug alleviates all or most symptoms for 80% of individuals

Answer 42

Lithium carbonate

Question 43

What do anticonvulsant meds do

Answer 43

Can help with the depressive episodes but are costly

Question 44

What are the negatives of lithium

Answer 44

DOSING must be right, damage to HEART and KIDNEYS, pts are not CONSCIENTIOUS

Question 45

What is the psychodynamic perspective of bipolar disorder

Answer 45

Unconscious feelings, INTERPERSONAL THERAPY focuses on unresolved issues

Question 46

What is the humanistic perspective of bipolar disorder

Answer 46

Don't have self-fulfillment, loss of self-esteem