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Mood Disorders
Ch 7 + Suicide
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Negative Cognitive Triad and its relation to depression | - negative views about yourself, the world, and future can cause negative beliefs which can lead to depressive episodes/symptoms or bad coping strategies or learned helplessness |
| Dysphoric Mood | sadness, heaviness, numbness |
| Elevated Mood | feelings of confidence, energy, enthusiasm, & success |
| Euthymic Mood | normal mood |
| Expansive Mood | inflated self-importance & excessive behaviors |
| Irritable | easily annoyed & provoked to anger |
| Mood | pervasive, sustained emotional climate |
| Affect | fluctuating changes in emotional weather |
| Broad Affect | normal; wide variety of emotional expressions |
| Restricted Affect | reduction in expressive range & intensity |
| Blunted Affect | displays little emotion in emotional contexts |
| Flat Affect | no displays of emotion or facial expressions |
| Inappropriate Affect | emotional reactions don't match context |
| Labile Affect | rapid changes in affect that don't seem to be related to external stimuli |
| Anhedonia | lost interest of everything in life |
| Psychomotor Retardation | slowed movement |
| What disorder may be influenced by some of the same genes involved with bipolar disorder? | schizophrenia |
| Learned Helplessness | frequent stressful events can make people believe their situation is uncontrollable |
| Three demographic factors are especially relevant to sociocultural theories of depression | cohort effects, gender, and ethnic/racial background |
| People with bipolar II disorder experience episodes that meet the criteria for major depression, but have... | milder episodes of mania - hypomania |
| Mania | a prolonged state where one is in an elevated mood, consistent w/ rapid thoughts, speech, movements, impulsive actions, & grandoise self-esteem |
| Major Depressive Disorder | depressive symptoms lasting for TWO WEEKS or MORE |
| Persistent Depressive Disorder | milder depressed mood for most of the day for at least TWO YEARS |
| What was Persistent Depressive Disorder formerly known as? | Dysthymia |
| What is the time frame for diagnosing Persistent Depressive Disorder in children & adolescents? | symptoms for at least ONE year |
| Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) | Experience & fully recover from major depressive episodes occurring seasonally for at least TWO years |
| Peripartum Onset | Subtype of major depressive or manic episode used when the episode occurs DURING pregnancy or in the FOUR weeks after childbirth |
| What kind of person is at the greatest risk for suicide? | an older, white, man |
| What personality characteristic best predicts suicide? | impulsivity |
| What is the purpose of nonsuicidal self-injury? | - influence the social environment - release tension - draw support & sympathy from others |
| Bipolar I Disorder | Elevated, expansive, or irritable mood lasting more than 1 week & additional symptoms (must have 1 full manic ep) |
| Bipolar II Disorder | Severe depression & at least one Hypomanic Episode (ever) |
| What is and isn't required for a Bipolar II diagnosis? | - required, depression - not required, mania |
| Cyclothymic Disorder | alternating between periods of hypomanic & depressive symptoms chronically for at least TWO years |
| Rapid Cycling Bipolar I or Bipolar II Disorder | Four or more mood episodes that meet criteria for manic, hypomanic, or major depressive episode WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder | Chronic irritability plus severe temper outbursts that are grossly out of proportion in intensity & duration to a situation & inconsistent w/ developmental level |
| What psychosocial factors might trigger a manic episode? | - stressful events or relationships - high sensitivity to reward - changes in bodily rhythms |
| Will depressive episodes eventually resolve without treatment? | yes, but it takes long 2 weeks to 9 months |
| Is bipolar disorder more or less common than depressive disorders? | less common! |
| Which of the following are psychosocial contributors in bipolar disorder? - lack of goal striving situations; stressful situations; changes in routine; sensitivity to reward | - changes in routine - stressful situations - sensitivity to reward |
| What chemical is a norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitor? | - buproprion |
| Lithium is successful in the WHAT and WHAT of mania | - prevention & treatment |
| Deep Brain Stimulation | biological treatment in which electrodes are surgically implanted into specific areas of the brain to reduce depression |
| Behavioral Therapy focuses on WHAT positive reinforcers and WHAT aversive experiences | - increasing & decreasing |
| What are suicide intervention programs? | - crisis intervention services - dialectical behavior therapy |