Common psych histories - low mood Flashcards
1
Q
What would you want to ask about the symptom of low mood?
A
- Mood
- Anhedonia
- Sleep
- Low energy
- Low concentration
- Sleep distrurbance
- Hopelessness
- Suicidal ideation
- Guilt
- Elevated mood/hypomania
- Previous episodes/triggers
2
Q
What associated psychiatric symptoms would you ask about in somenoe with low mood?
A
- Delusions/hallucinations
- Risk
3
Q
What features of low mood would suggest Bipolar disorder?
A
- Normal mood with episodes of low/elevated mood
- Manic episodes
4
Q
What features of low mood would suggest adjustment disorder?
A
- Triggered by stressful lifestyle
- Stress, upset, anxiety, hopelessness
- Reaction greater than expected for the event
5
Q
What are features of mania?
A
- Irritable
- Elevated mood
- Fast speech
- Flight of ideas
- Grandiosity
- Excessive spending
- Auditory hallucinations
- Delusions of wealth/power/religion
6
Q
What features of low mood would suggest psychotic depression?
A
- Psychotic features
- Depression
7
Q
What features associated with low mood would suggest postnatal depression as a cause?
A
- DEpression days/weeks after birth
- Often recurrent
8
Q
What are psychiatric causes of low mood?
A
- Depression
- Bipolar
- Adjustment disorder
- Psychotic depression
- Postnatal depression
9
Q
What are organic causes of low mood?
A
- Hypothyroidism
- Drug side effects
- Intracranial lesion
- Grief reaction
