Bipolar and Depressive Disorders Flashcards
Is Unipolar disorder more prevalent in males or females?
Females
Is Persistent Depressive Disorder more prevalent in males or females?
Females 2:1
What age in onset of Bipolar and Depressive Disorders?
Under 25 yo in 50% individuals
What specifics must be listed with Bipolar I Disorder?
- Most recent episode: Manic, hypomanic, depressed or unspecified
- Severity: mild, moderate, severe
- With psychotic features
- Remission: partial or full
What are additional features of Bipolar I Disorder?
- Melancholic features
- Anxious distress
- Mixed features
- Atypical features
- Catatonia
- Peripartum onset
- Seasonal pattern
- Rapid cycling
- Psychosis
What is the diagnosis of a Manic Episode?
- Distinct period of elevated, expansive, irritable mood and goal directed activity for at least 1 week.
- 3 or more of the following:
- inflated self esteem (grandiosity)
- decreased need for sleep
- increased speech, talkativeness or pressure of speech
- Flight of ideas/racing thoughts
- distractability (reported/observed)
- increased goal directed activities/psychomotor agitation
- excessive pleasureable activities with negative outcomes - Marked impairment in functioning/hospitalisation/psychotic features
- Not due to medical or substance abuse
What is a Hypermanic episode?
Only lasts for 4 days and does not interfere with functioning
What is a Major Depressive episode?
A. 5 or more of the following for 2 weeks with 1 or 2 present:
1. depressed mood
2. diminished interest or pleasure
3. significant weight loss
4. insomnia or hypersomnia
5. psychomotor agitation or retardation
6. fatigue
7. feelings of worthlessness or inappropriate/excessive guilt
8. diminished ability to concentrate/indecisiveness
9. recurrent thoughts of death/suicide
B. Significant distress and impairment in functioning
C. Not due to medical or substance abuse
What is needed for Bipolar I diagnosis based on most recent episode?
- Hypomanic
- Manic
- Depressed
- Unspecified
What is needed for Bipolar II diagnosis based on most recent episode?
- Major depressive episode
- Hypomanic
- NO Manic episode
What is Cyclothymic Disorder?
Mild bipolar disorder
What is clinical symptoms for Cyclothymic Disorder?
- Present at least 2 years (1 for children/adolescents) with hypermanic and depressive symptoms but NO episodes.
- Must have symptoms for 2 months
Is Cyclothymic Disorder more common in men or women?
Women 3:2
When does onset of Cyclothymic Disorder occur?
Late teens and early 20’s and most develop into Bipolar I.
What are differential diagnosis for Bipolar (Mania)?
- Medical Disorders: epilepsy, Huntington’s Chorea, AIDS, TBI
- Drugs: Amphetamines, Cocaine, Hallucinogens, Opiates
- Psychiatric Disorders: Schizophrenia, Personality Disorders (Borderline, Narcissistic, Histrionic)