3. Mood Disorders Flashcards
2 Main types of mood disorders
- Depression
2. Mania
2 Main types of depression disorders
- Major depressive disorder
2. Bipolar disorder
MDD is distinguished from “normal” depression by its Severity, Persistence, D______, and presence of characteristic symptoms
Duration
3 Types of symptoms in MDD
- Affective
- Behavioural
- Cognitive
DF: Cyclic disorder characterised by mood disturbance with episodes of either mania or depression
Bipolar disorder
Manic/depressed episodes in Bipolar tend to last for _____
Days
Dysthymia & Cyclothymia is a milder and less severe, but chronic form of _____
Depression & Bipolar disorder
Depression has a lifetime risk of 25% of ______ and 12% for ______ with an onset during the late 20s.
Women; Men
Bipolar disorder has a lifetime risk of ___ with an onset during the 20s.
1.2%
Theory of Depression: Depression occurs as a result of love levels or serotonin
Chemical imbalance theory
Theory of Depression: An individual becomes passive, pessimistic and apathetic after repeated attempts to exert control and positively influence events
Learned helplessness - Seligman
Theory of Depression: Depressed people lack the social skills to extract pleasure/reinforcement from their envirnment
Behavioural theory - Lewinsohn
Theory of Depression: A person becomes depressed because of their view on the world, and they have learned pessimistic ways of thinking
Cognitive theory - Beck
Cognitive distortions in Depression: drawing conclusions on the basis of inadequate information
Arbitrary inference
Cognitive distortions in Depression: Focusing on one part of a larger and more complex situation
Selective abstraction
