6 Mood Disorders And Suicide

Question 0

Major depressive episode

Answer 0

Most common insecure experience of depression, including feelings of worthlessness, disturbances in bodily activities such as sleep, loss of interest, and inability to experience pleasure, persisting at least two weeks.

Question 1

Mood disorders

Answer 1

One of a group of disorders involving severe and enduring disturbances in emotionality ranging from elation to severe depression.

Question 2

Mania

Answer 2

Period of abnormally excessive elation or euphoria associated with some mood disorders.

Question 3

Hypomanic episode

Answer 3

Less severe and less disruptive version of a manic episode that is one of the criteria for several mood disorders.

Question 4

Mixed manic episode or dysphoric manic episode

Answer 4

Condition in which the individual experiences both elation and depression or anxiety at the same time. Also known as dysphoric manic episode.

Question 5

Major depressive disorder, single or recurrent episode

Answer 5

Mood disorder involving one major depressive episode; mood disorder involving multiple (separated by at least two months without depression) major depressive episodes.

Question 6

Dysthymic disorder

Answer 6

Mood disorder involving persistently depressed mood, with low self-esteem, withdrawal, pessimism, or despair, present for at least two years, with no absence of symptoms for more than two months.

Question 7

Double depression

Answer 7

Severe mood disorder typified by major depressive episodes superimposed over a background of dysthymic disorder.

Question 8

Hallucinations

Answer 8

Psychotic symptoms of perceptual disturbance in which something is seen, heard, or otherwise sensed although it is not actually present.

Question 9

Delusions

Answer 9

Psychotic symptoms involving disorder of thought content and presence of strong beliefs that are misrepresentations of reality.

Question 10

Catalepsy

Answer 10

Motor movement disturbance seen in people with some psychosis and mood disorders in which body postures can be “sculpted” to remain fixed for long periods.

Question 11

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

Answer 11

Mood disorder involving cycling of episodes corresponding to the seasons of the year, typically with depression occurring during the winter.

Question 12

Pathological or impacted grief reaction

Answer 12

Extreme reaction to the death of a loved one that involves psychotic features, suicidal ideation, or severe loss of weight or energy or that persists more than two months. Also known as impacted grief reaction

Question 13

Bipolar II disorder

Answer 13

Alternation of major depressive episodes with hypomanic episodes (not full manic episodes).

Question 14

Bipolar I disorder

Answer 14

Alternation of major depressive episodes with full manic episodes.

Question 15

Cyclothymic disorder

Answer 15

Chronic (at least two years) mood disorder characterized by alternating mood elevation and depression levels that are not as severe as manic or major depressive episodes.

Question 16

Neurohormones

Answer 16

Hormone that affects the brain and is increasingly the focus of study in psychopathology.

Question 17

Learned helplessness theory of depression

Answer 17

Martin Seligman’s theory that people become anxious and depressed when they make an attribution that they have no control over the stress in their lives (whether or not they actually have control).

Question 18

Depressive cognitive triad

Answer 18

Thinking errors by depressed people negatively focused in three areas: themselves, their immediate world, and their future.

Question 19

Mood-stabilizing drug

Answer 19

A medication used in the achievement of mood disorders, particularly bipolar disorder, that is effective in preventing and treating pathological shifts in mood.

Question 20

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

Answer 20

Biological treatment for severe chronic depression involving the application of electrical impulses through the brain to produce seizures. The reasons for its effectiveness are unknown.

Question 21

Cognitive therapy

Answer 21

Treatment approach that involves identifying in altering negative thinking styles related to psychological disorders such as depression and anxiety and replacing them with more positive beliefs and attitudes – and, ultimately, more adaptive behavior and coping styles.

Question 22

Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT)

Answer 22

Brief treatment approach that emphasizes resolution of interpersonal problems and stressors, such as role disputes in marital conflict, forming relationships and marriage, or a new job. It has demonstrated effectiveness for such problems as depression.

Question 23

Maintenance treatment

Answer 23

Combination of continued psychosocial treatment, medication, or both designed to prevent relapse following therapy.

Question 24

Suicidal ideation

Answer 24

Serious thoughts about committing suicide.

Question 25

Suicidal plans

Answer 25

The formulation of a specific method of killing oneself.

Question 26

Psychological autopsy

Answer 26

Postmortem psychological profile of a suicide victim constructed from interviews with people who knew the person before death.