Bipolar Disorder Flashcards
List the 5 disorders in the bipolar spectrum
- Major depression
- Sub-syndromal depression
- Sub-syndromal elevated mood
- Hypomania
- Mania
What disorders are included in Bipolar Disorder Type 1?
- Major depression
- Sub-syndromal depression
- Sub-syndromal elevated mood
- Hypomania
- Mania
What disorders are included in Bipolar Disorder Type 2?
- Major depression
- Sub-syndromal depression
- Sub-syndromal elevated mood
- Hypomania
What disorders are included in Cyclothymia?
- Sub-syndromal depression
- Sub-syndromal elevated mood
How do we know if the symptoms of a disorder are ‘normal’ subjectively?
List 3 questions we would normally ask
- Have I had them?
- Have my friends had them?
- Do they seem ‘normal’?
How do we know if the symptoms of a disorder are ‘normal’ objectively?
List 4 questions we would normally ask
- Are they on a continuum, i.e. part of a ‘normal’ distribution?
- Do people without a disorder experience them?
- Can a person experience them and function effectively?
- Can they be explained by within ‘normal’ accounts of cognitive functioning?
Describe of Udachina & Mansell’s (2007) study on Self-reported History of Hypomanic Symptoms in a Student Population
List 2 points
- Mood Disorder Questionnaire is a self-report inventory that screens for a lifetime history of (hypo)manic experiences
- Study sample (n = 167 first-year psychology undergraduate students)
What is a Mood Disorder Questionnaire?
A self-report inventory that screens for a lifetime history of (hypo)manic experiences
A self-report inventory that screens for a lifetime history of (hypo)manic experiences
This is known as…?
Mood Disorder Questionnaire
What are the 3 characterisations of mood episodes in bipolar disorder?
- The mood episode is associated with an unequivocal change in functioning that is uncharacteristic of the person when not symptomatic
- The symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning
- The disturbance in mood and change in functioning is observable by others
Mood episodes in bipolar disorder is associated with …?
An unequivocal change in functioning that is uncharacteristic of the person when not symptomatic
What are the symptoms of major depression?
List 3 points
- At least 2 weeks of:
Depressed mood, most of the day, nearly every day
and/or
- Markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities most of the day, nearly every day
- Plus at least three symptoms:
- Significant change in appetite or weight
- Insomnia or hypersomnia
- Psychomotor agitation / retardation
- Fatigue or loss of energy
- Feelings of worthlessness and/or inappropriate guilt
- Diminished ability to think of concentrate
- Recurrent thoughts of death, suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, or a specific plan for committing suicide
What are the symptoms of mania?
List 4 points
- At least 1 week of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive or irritable mood
And
- Abnormally and persistently increased activity or energy
- Plus at least three or more of:
- Inflated self esteem / grandiosity
- Decreased need for sleep
- More talkative than usual, pressure of speech
- Flight of ideas, thoughts racing
- Distractibility
- Increased in goal-directed activity/physical agitation
- Excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that may have high potential for painful consequences
- Mania must lead to marked impairment in social or occupational functioning, hospitalisation, or psychosis
Mania must lead to…?
List 3 things
- Impairment in social or occupational functioning
- Hospitalisation
- Psychosis
Leads to:
- Impairment in social or occupational functioning
- Hospitalisation
- Psychosis
Which disorder does this apply to?
Mania
What are the symptoms of hypomania?
List 3 points
- At least 4 days of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive or irritable mood
And
- Abnormally and persistently increased activity or energy
- Plus at least three or more of:
- Inflated self esteem / grandiosity
- Decreased need for sleep
- More talkative than usual, pressure of speech
- Flight of ideas, thoughts racing
- Distractibility
- Increased in goal-directed activity/physical agitation
- Excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that may have high potential for painful consequences
A milder version of mania that typically lasts for a shorter period
This is known as…?
Hypomania
What are the 4 predictors of relapse in bipolar disorder
- Stressful interpersonal life events
- High ‘Expressed Emotion’ (hostility, overprotectiveness, criticism) in family members
- Disrupted social rhythm events including sleep changes
- Goal-attainment Events *manic symptoms and not depression
- Stressful interpersonal life events
- High ‘Expressed Emotion’ (hostility, overprotectiveness, criticism) in family members
- Disrupted social rhythm events including sleep changes
- Goal-attainment Events *manic symptoms and not depression
What do these predict?
Relapse in bipolar disorder
What are the symptoms of cyclothymia?
List 3 points
- For at least 2 years:
numerous periods of hypomanic symptoms not meeting threshold for hypomanic episodes - Numerous periods of depressed mood / loss of interest that do not meet depression
- The symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment in:
- Social
- Occupational
- Or other important areas of functioning
What are the symptoms of other specified bipolar disorder?
List 8 points
- Short-duration hypomanic like episodes (2-3 days) and major depressive episodes
- Hypomanic-like episodes with insufficient symptoms and major depressive episodes
- Hypomanic episodes without prior major depressive episode(s)
- Short-duration cyclothymia
- Short-duration manic-like episodes
- Unable to determine whether bipolar or related disorder is primary
- Other (describe)
- Unspecified
What is the Bipolar At Risk (BAR) Criteria?
List 3 points
- Early detection of BD has focused on familial risk & identification of state-trait factors
- Standardised Bipolar At Risk (BAR) criteria developed by Bechdolf & colleagues (2010):
Youth (15-25) experiencing:
- Short duration (and/or less symptoms) high mood
- Short duration (and/or less symptoms) high & low mood
- First degree relative with BD plus low mood
- BAR criteria has predictive validity, can be reliably assessed in an NHS context, & holds clinical utility
Early detection of BD has focused on ____ and ____
- Familial risk
- Identification of state-trait factors
Early detection of ___ has focused on:
- Familial risk
- Identification of state-trait factors
Bipolar disorder