Mood Disorders - Ordinary People, Silver Linings Playbook Flashcards

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Emotion

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  • arousal defined by subjective states of feeling

* interpretations of somatic sensations

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Affect

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• pattern of observable behaviors

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Mood

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• pervasive and sustained emotional response that can color perception

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Clinical Depression

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• depressed mood accompanied by other symptoms such as loss of energy, loss of pleasure, fatigue, and change in sleep and appetite

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Dysthymia

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  • persistent depressive disorder
  • a chronic state of depression, with similar but less severe symptoms of major depression
  • persistent, lasting more than 2 years
  • leads to severe outcomes such as social isolation, high suicide risk, and being mislabeled
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Learned Helplessness

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• when there is no more effort made to try to get oneself out of a bad situation

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Ruminating Styles

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  • dwelling on negative thoughts
  • expressive
  • more common in women
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Distracting Style

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  • doing other things to stop unpleasant thoughts

* more frequent in men

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Antidepressants

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  • tricyclics
  • SSRIs
  • MAOIs
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Tricyclics

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  • imipramine and amitriptyline
  • more side effects than SSRI, like constipation, drowsiness, drop in BP, blurred vision
  • equal in efficacy to SSRIs
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SSRIs

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  • most frequently used antidepressant
  • easier to use than other antidepressants
  • fewer side effects
  • less dangerous in overdose
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MAOIs

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  • phenelzine (nardil)
  • not as effective
  • side effects: consuming foods with tyramine increases BP
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Emotional Symptoms of Depression

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  • depressed or dysphoric mood
  • irritability
  • anxiety
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Cognitive Symptoms of Depression

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  • slowed thinking
  • worthlessness
  • guilt
  • suicidal thoughts
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Somatic Symptoms of Depression

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  • aches and pains
  • changes in sleep and appetite
  • loss of sexual desires
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Behavioral Symptoms

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• psychomotor retardation

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Suicide

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  • highest rate among white men over 50 who were successful in their careers
  • the midwest is the suicide belt
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression

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  • focuses on helping patients replace self defeating thoughts with more rational statements
  • current experiences
  • effective for unipolar depression
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Interpersonal Therapy

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  • focuses on current relationships, especially familial

* attempts to improve relationships by building communication and problem solving skills

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Psychodynamic Therapy for Depression

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• revealing the unconscious motivations

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Bereavement

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  • death of a relative or friend

* used to not qualify for depression until 2 months after the loss, now removed

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Post-Traumatic Growth

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Working through issues and becoming emotionally more stable, closer to loved ones, mature

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Heterogeneity

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all patients do not have exactly the same set of symptoms, the same pattern of onset, or the same course over time

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Major Depressive Disorder

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  • persistent sad or low mood that is severe enough to impair a person’s interest in normally enjoyable activities
  • episodic illness
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Single Episode

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Lasts 2 weeks to several months

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Course and Outcome of Depression

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  • average age is 32
  • lengths of episodes vary
  • half of all unipolar patients recover in 6 months
  • must last at least 2 weeks
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No Meaning/No Growth

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  • Describes individuals who continue to search for meaning in loss
  • more likely to experience negative changes in worldview, seeing world as unfair or dangerous
  • get stuck in the process of loss, unable to experience personal growth
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Minimal Threat/Minimal Growth

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  • describes individuals who do not seek explanations or meaning in loss
  • do not attempt to process their emotions or identify how loss affects them
  • no changes in philosophy towards world, only adds an extension of existing views
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Bipolar Disorder

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  • involved manic or hypomanic episodes
  • cannot be comorbid with depression
  • bipolar I, bipolar II, or cyclothymia
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Bipolar I

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• At least one full blown manic episode

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Bipolar II

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  • at least one hypomanic episode
  • no full blown manic episode
  • does not disturb functioning
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Cyclothymia

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  • bipolar equivalent of persistent depressive disorder

* 2 years or more numerous hypomanic and depressive episodes

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Emotional Symptoms of Bipolar

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  • depressed or dysphoric mood
  • euphoria
  • irritability
  • anxiety
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Cognitive Symptoms of Bipolar

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  • slowed thinking
  • guilt and worthlessness
  • guilt
  • suicidal thoughts
  • sped up thoughts
  • grandiosity
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Somatic Symptoms of Bipolar

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  • aches and pains
  • changes in sleep and appetite
  • loss of sexual desire
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Behavioral Symptoms

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  • psychomotor retardation
  • psychomotor agitation
  • gregarious and energetic
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Course and Outcome of Bipolar

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  • occurs between 18-22
  • first onset can be depression or mania
  • average duration of a manic episode runs between 2-3 months
  • long term course is often intermittent
  • mixed long term prognosis
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Treatments for Bipolar

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  • lithium and anticonvulsants

* psychotherapy

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Lithium

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  • moderates glutamate levels
  • effective in manic symptom alleviation
  • 40% of patients dont improve
  • non compliance due to missing the highs of mania
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Euthymic

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Stop taking

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Anticonvulsants

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  • more than 50% respond to these drugs
  • used to treat rapid cycling
  • side effects
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Psychotherapy

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  • can be effective supplement to biological intervention
  • interpersonal therapy
  • social rhythm therapy
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Interpersonal Therapy Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT)

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Helps social rhythm and daily routine changes, setting a schedule

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Age of Onset for Depression

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32 years

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Age of Onset for Bipolar Disorder

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18-22 years