Depression

Question 1

What is depression

Answer 1

A mental disorder that is characterised by low mood and low energy level which affects your daily life

Question 2

What are the 3 behavioural characteristics for depression

Answer 2

Activity levels, disruption to sleep and eating, aggression and self harm

Question 3

Describe activity levels as a behavioural characteristic of depression

Answer 3

Typically, people with depression tend to have low energy levels and more lethargic which impacts their daily lives but there can also be a flip side

Question 4

what is the flip side of one acting a certain way due to low energy levels ect..

Answer 4

Psychomotor agitation which is where agitated individuals struggle to relax and may end up pacing up and down a room

Question 5

Describe ‘disruption to sleep and eating behaviour’ as a behavioural explanation of depression

Answer 5

Changes in sleeping behaviours, insomnia, hypersomnia, drastic changes in weight

Question 6

Describe aggression and self harm as a behavioural characteristic of depression

Question 7

What are the 3 emotional characteristics of depression

Question 8

describe lower mood as an emotional characteristics of depression

Question 9

describe anger as an emotional characteristics of depression

Question 10

describe lowered self esteem as an emotional characteristics of depression

Question 11

What are the 3 cognitive characteristics of depression

Question 12

Describe poor concentration as a cognitive characteristic of depression

Question 13

Describe attending to and dwelling on the negative as a cognitive characteristic of depression

Question 14

Describe poor absolutist thinking as a cognitive characteristic of depression