Adult Psychopathology Chapter 7 Flashcards
Define mood disorders.
Group of disorders involving severe deviations in mood, ranging from elation to severe depression.
Mood disorders are composed of 3 pathological mood episodes.
- Major depressive episode.
- Manic episode.
- Hypomanic episode.
Diagnostic criteria for major depressive episode.
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What is anhedonia.
Inability to experience pleasure.
Define Manic episode.
Period of abnormally elevated mood, with 3 or more specific symptoms.
Mention the symptoms of manic episode (7).
- grandiosity
- decreased need for sleep
- more talkative
- racing thoughts
- distractibility
- increased goal-directed activity
- excessive involvement in high risk activities.
Diagnostic criteria for manic episode.
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Define hypomanic episodes.
Same symptoms as manic episode but milder, lasts at least 4 days, and there are no psychotic symptoms present.
Unipolar mood disorder.
Person feels either depressed or elated.
Bipolar mood disorder.
Person feels alterations between depressed or elated moods.
Mixed features in mood.
Person experiences both depressed and elated mood at the same time.
Define major depressive disorder.
Mood disorder involving one or more (separated by 2 months) major depressive episodes.
Diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder.
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What are the specifiers for major depressive disorder.
- With psychotic features
- With anxious distress
- With mixed features
- With melancholic features
- With atypical features
- With catatonia
- With peri-partum onset
- With seasonal pattern
Define persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) PDD.
Mood disorder involving persistently depressed mood for at least 2 years.
