Anxiety and depression

Question 1

Mood disorders (4)

Answer 1

• major/unipolar depression
• bipolar (I and II)
• cyclothymia
• dysthymia (persistant depressive disorder)

Question 2

What are common screening tools for depression? (2)

Answer 2

The Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9)

Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology— Self Report

Question 3

Mood disorders are divided into (3)

Answer 3

• depressive
• bipolar
• etiology based (caused by general medical conditions and substances)

Question 4

For diagnosis of major depressive disorder criteria are _______

Answer 4

individual must have depressed mood or loss of interest and at least 4 other symptoms, most of the time, most days for at least 2 weeks

Question 5

Main anxiety disorders (5)

Answer 5

1. Panic disorder
2. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
3. Post-traumatic stress disorder
4. Phobias (social and specific)
5. Generalized anxiety disorder

Question 6

Early treatment of panic disorder prevents _______

Answer 6

agoraphobia

Question 7

Social phobia includes a ________

Answer 7

genetic factor

Question 8

Some phobias and what they represent

Answer 8

agoraphobia (fear of leaving home, going to public places, crowded)

claustrophobia (fear of enclosure)

acrophobia (fear of heights)

hydrophobia (fear of water)

pneumophobia (fear of suffocation)

Question 9

Medical treatment

Answer 9

SSRI’S (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)

TCA’S

Benzodiazepines