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Psych
Mood and anxiety and disorders
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |