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Abnormal Psychology Flashcards

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1
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How many depressive episodes on average per person?

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4

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What is the kindling hypothesis?

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the more depressive episodes you have, the more likely you’ll have them in the future

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Gender ratio of unipolar depression in childhood vs adolescence/adulthood?

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1:1 and 2:1 (women:men)

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Persistent Depressive Disorder is characterized by…

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Low grade depression (milder version), but chronic (at least years). Up and down in moods.

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Double Depression

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Going back and forth between PDD and MDD

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Depressogenic reaction

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When stressed, you will react a certain way, which will make it more vulnerable to developing depression

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5-HTT Alleles affect depression 3 ways:

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  1. Dysfunction in serotonin system (5-HT)
  2. Neuroticism
  3. Hyperresponsive reaction to aversive stimuli & stress (vulnerability for depression & anxiety)
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Low Serotonin in depression causes these symptoms (4)

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  1. Sad & Depressed mood
  2. Obsessive quality of grief
  3. Feelings of worthlessness & guilt
  4. Recurrent thoughts of death and suicide
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Low Dopamine in depression causes…

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Loss of interest/pleasure

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Low Norepinephrine in depression causes…

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Psychomotor retardation

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Indirect effect of serotonin in depression causes…

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Decrease in norepinephrine & dopamine
OR
increase in norepinephrine & dopamine.

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Permissive Theory

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Serotonin regulates other transmitters (like NE & DA), and when there is a decreased serontonin, there is a decrease in norephinephrine & dopamine which causes depression. It causes mania when there is an increase of NE & DA due to increased functioning of serotonin.

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Direct effect of serotonin in depression is…

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Depletion of trypotophan, which causes a relapse.

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Trypotophan’s role

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Put serotonin together

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SSRIs cause increase availability of serotonin, yet on the body, it has 2 mysterious effects on the body:

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  1. Downregulation of serotonin receptors, in attempt for the body to return to homeostasis.
  2. Decreased metabolite levels are not consistently found
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Metabolite

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Pieces of neurotransmitters broken down

17
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Left PFC activity decreased in depression affects…

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Turns off amygdala, less reaction to approach, less emotional regulatory

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Increased activity in the right PFC in depression affects…

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Avoid, inhibit, negative attitude

19
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Increased amygdala in depression affects…

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FEAR

20
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Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) decreased activity in depression causes…

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Selective attention on error-related rewards & losses

21
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Decreased hippocampal volume in depression causes…

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Memory & learning are affected, as well as ACTH regulation

22
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What is Beck’s Cognitive Theory for depression?

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Negative interpretations of the situations/events causes feelings of depression, which then causes the negative interpretation again, rinse and repeat.

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What is the diathesis and stressor in the Beck’s Cognitive Model?

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Diathesis: Dysfunction beliefs
Stressor: Negative incident

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Negative Cognitive Triad

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Describes patterns of negative thoughts that are based on 3 things:

  1. Self (i’m unlovable)
  2. World (no one loves me)
  3. Future (i will never be loved)
25
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Learned helplessness theory

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Lack of perceived control over life events, due to pessimistic attributional style

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What are the 3 depressive attributional styles?

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  1. Internal Attributions: negative outcomes are one’s own fault
  2. Stable attributions: future negative outcomes will be one’s fault
  3. Global attributions: negative events disrupt many life activities, which increase the sense of hopelessness.
27
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Learned hopelessness theory

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no hope for the future, due to pessimistic attributional style + negative life event + experience of state of hopelessness => Depression

28
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Why are women more likely to become depressed? Give bio, psycho, and social reasons.

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Bio - More cortisol found in women
Psycho - More tendency to ruminate, feeling sad (a passive form of emotion versus anger that is more active form of emotion, felt by men)
Social - More likely to experience chronically stressful events such as sexual harassment, trauma, poverty; more likely to care about those who are going through difficulty and get burnt out

29
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Name at least 3 biological treatments for unipolar depression

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  1. SSRIs
  2. Light therapy
  3. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
30
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What’s the benefit and risk of ECT?

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Benefit: Works quickly when it works
Risk: Memory loss, confusion

31
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What’s the benefit and risk of TMS?

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Benefit: Non-invasive
Risks: Still relatively new

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