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What is the prevalence of Major Depression?

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16% Lifetime Prevalence

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When is the onset of Major Depression

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Late teens, early 20s

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Symptom of Major Depression

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Sad Affect, Anhedonia, Weight Changes, Sleep Disturbance, Psychomotor Changes, Loss of Energy, Feeling of Worthlessness, Difficulty Focusing, Suicidal Thoughts

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Anhedonia

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Loss of interest or loss of pleasure in usual activities

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Psychomotor Changes Examples

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Agitated, Fidgeting, Visible slowing down

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What are the 2 symptoms an Individual must needs 1 of to have to be diagnosed with depression

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Sadness or Anhedonia

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What is the total amount of symptoms needed to be diagnosed with depression

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5

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What is the minimum duration of these symptoms

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2 weeks

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Average Duration before Getting Help

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5-9 months

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How many people will have a 2nd episode in their life

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40-50%

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Persistent Depressive Disorder

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Combination of chronic depressive disorder and dysthymia

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Persistent Depressive Disorder Symptoms

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Depressed for most of the day most days, for 2 years

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Bipolar Disorder

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Depression Mania Alterate

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Bipolar Prevalence

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1% of the US

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Average age of onset for Bipolar

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18 years old

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What percentage of people with Bipolar make a suicide attempt

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25%

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Depression in Bipolar

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Shorter, Mild, More Frequent

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Mania

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Depends, may last days - months

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Mania Symptoms

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Elevated, Euphoric, Irritable, Increase in activity, Rapid Speech, Racing thoughts, Decreased need for sleep, Inflated self esteem, distractibility and impulsive

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Minimum Duration of Bipolar

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One Week

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What does 5-HTT do

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Brains production of serotonin, carries it from one gene to the next

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What theory is connected to Norepinephrine

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Catecholamines Theory

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A low amount of norepinephrine results in

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Unipolar Depression

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Too much Norepinephrine results in

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Bipolar disorder

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What theory is connected to Serotonin

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Indolamean Theory

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Low serotonin levels cause

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Mania and Depression

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Permissive Hypothesis

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Depletion of serotonin promotes or omits norepinephrine levels

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What is Dopamine

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Important in the reward system of the brain, feelings of pleasure, motivation, and energy

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Amygdala

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Almond-shaped structure, involved in perceiving a threat, directing attention, and expressing negative emotions/memories

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What do scans indicate

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Activity and blood flow are 50% greater in this area among those who have depression

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Hippocampus

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Learning, memory, helps control reaction to stress

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What does prolonged depression do to the hippocampus

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This leads to a decrease in the hippocampal value

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What important role does the endocrine system play

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Regulates person’s response to stress

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What do increased cortisol levels do

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Prepare to respond to stress

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When do levels of cortisol increase

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Sharply and for 30-40 mins after people wake up

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What are normal Variations of Cortisol

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Higher During the week, Lower During the weekend

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Beck’s Theory

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Depression is the result of the tendency to interpret everyday events is a negative way

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Selective Perception

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See only the negative features of an event

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Magnification

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Exaggerate the importance of undesirable events

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Personalization

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Incorrectly pointing to yourself as a cause for negative events

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Negative Cognitive Triad

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The tendency to make cognitive errors in thinking negatively about themselves, their world, and their future

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Learned helplessness

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Believed that depression is a result of feeling helpless and having a lack of control

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Attribution

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Explanation for events

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Internal vs External Attribution

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My fault I failed vs. I failed because of the teacher

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Stable vs. Unstable Attributions

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I mess everything up vs I did not study enough but I can turn this around

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Global vs Specific Attribution

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I am going to fail all tests vs. Only had trouble with one

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Hopelessness Depression Cause

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Is the expectation of hopelessness

48
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4 Interpersonal Problem Areas

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  1. Interpersonal Loss (experience death of a parent, death of a spouse)
  2. Interpersonal Role Dipute
  3. Interpersonal Role Transition (Retirement, baby, marriage)
  4. Interpersonal Deficits (Shy people lacking social skills)
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When do Gender Differences Emerge for MDD

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13-15 years old

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5 Explanation for Gender Differences

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  1. Artifact Theory (false result and observation)
  2. Hormone Explanation
  3. Life-Stressor Theory (maybe women are more stressed)
  4. Lack of control theory (Women feel less control of their live)
  5. Cognitive Vulnerability
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Beck’s Cognitive Therapy

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Increasing pleasurable activities (Unipolar treatment)

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Behavioral Action Therapy

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Increasing participation in things that use to bring joy

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3 Antidepressant Categories

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  1. MAO Inhibitors
  2. Tricyclics
  3. Selective Serotonin Re-up-take inhibitors
54
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What is best treatment while taking antidepressants

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Therapy and Meds

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ECT therapy

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Sends current through the brain to create a seizure, 6-12 treatmednts

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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

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Electromagnetic coil is placed against the scalp

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Most common drug for bipolar

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Lithium

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Anxiety

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Apprehension over anticipated problem

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Specific Phobia 4 Criteria

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  1. Intense fear of object, situation, must be out of proportion to the actual threat
  2. Avoidance of phobic stimulus
  3. Symptoms persist for 6 months
  4. Fear needs to cause significant distress or impairment
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