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Mood and anxiety and disorders

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Mood way below normal depressive- depressive dissorder
mood just below normal dysthymic- dysthymic disorder
mood way above normal manic
mood just above normal and just below normal hypomanic
mood up and down at same time mixed mood- bipolar
Major Drepressive diorder (MDD) emotional: sad, tearful motivational: loss of interest, not motivated, poor initiation cognative: poor conentration, guilt, death thoughs somatic: appetite change, sleep changes, lack of energy, weight change lifetime= 16% woman twice as likely
Compenents of major depression BIOLOGICAL: genetics, deficiency in monoamines( inhibit reuptake of serotonin) SITUATIONAL: life stresses, interpersonal relationships COGNiTIVE: learned helplessness, negative cognitive triad
monoamines dopamin, serotonin.. regulate emotion
Negative cognitive triad SELF :"im no good" WORLD/ SITUATION: "everythings no good" FUTURE: "nothing will get better"
Bipolar disorder prevalence= .4-1.6% lifetime
Bipolar manic episode EMOTIONAL : euphoria MOTIVATIONAL: excitement, talkative COGNITIVE: expansive, racing thoughts SOMATIC: little sleep, agitation ** MOOD HIGH IS BAD**
Bipolar associated features -first episodes in 20s usually - rapid escolation over days - procedes/ precedes a depressed state
Seasonal Affective Disorder - depression that comes at a certain kind of year - risky - sadness, loss of interest, lack of concentration, appetite change
anxiety **Apprehension or fear in response to real or perceived danger ** disorder when intense or frequent or leads to impairment
Anxiety disorders generalized anxiety disorder phobia panic disorder post-traumatic stress disorder OCD
General anxiety disorder - constantly worried -minor things - always on alert
Panic disorder - sudden panic attacks
Phobias -exaggerated, persistent, irrational fears -recognized as excessive - phbic stimulus avoided or faced with dread -can cause life impairments
Preparedness of phobias - genetically prepared to be wary of dangerous things - phobias related to survival are more common
OCD - recurrent obsessions -lead to compulsions compulsions are: time consuming known unreasonable distressing or impairing
obsessions -persistent, thoughts, impulses, -intrusive - known productof own mind
compulsions actions on obsessions
OCD facts 2.5% men get earlier than woman
Post traumatic stress disorder -stems from severely traumatizing events -inability to forget (flashbacks or nightmares) - sleeplessness, irritability, guilt (survivors guilt)
Components of anxiety BIOLOGICAL: inhibited "shy" children are more likely to be anxious SITUATIONAL: learned fears COGNITIVE: percieve nuetral things as threatening more often
Gender differences woman: anxiety and depression men: aggression or antisocialness
potential reasons for gender differences: - women ar more likely to talk about it - body reactions to stress between genders are actually neutral - differences in social roles (women more likely to be povern, be discriminated, be sexually abused) - women roles in house is sometimes stressful
woman vs. men responding to stress women: internalize----> depression men: externalize------> aggression
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