depression

Question 1

what is depression?

Answer 1

-mental disorder characterised by low mood and energy levels

Question 2

what does DSM(5) recognise?

Answer 2

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
-categories of depression and depressant disorders

Question 3

what are the types of depression?

Answer 3

-major depression= severe and short term
-persistant depressive disorder= long term or reoccuring depression including sustained major depression
-disruptive mood dysregualtion disorder= childhood temper tantrums
-pre menstrual dysphobic disorder= disruption to mood before and after menstruation

Question 4

what are the behvaioural characterstics of depression?

Answer 4

-activity levels, disurption to sleep and eating behaviour , agression and self harm

Question 5

what is activity levels?

Answer 5

-reduced energy
-lethargic
-withdraw from work and ED
-cant get out of bed
-opposite= depression may lead to psychomotor agitaiton = individuals cant relax and pace and up and down

Question 6

what is disruption to sleep and eating behaviour?

Answer 6

-insomania= reduce sleep
-increases sleep= hypersomnia
-appetite and eating may increase or decrease - leading to weight gain or loss

Question 7

what is aggresion and self harm?

Answer 7

-irritable- verbal and physical
-may end a RS or quit a job
-physical agression at self e.g self harm, cutting and suicide attempts

Question 8

what are emotional charactertics of depression?

Answer 8

-lowered mood, low self esteem, anger

Question 9

what is lowered mood?

Answer 9

-may feel sad
-feel ‘worried’ and ‘empty’

Question 10

what is low self esteem?

Answer 10

-how much we like ourselves
-people w depression dont rlly like themselves
-hate themselves

Question 11

what is anger?

Answer 11

-extreme anger at self or others
-agression or self harm

Question 12

cognitive characteristcs of depression?

Answer 12

poor concentration, dwelling on negative, absolutist thinking

Question 13

what is poor concentration?

Answer 13

-cant stick with tasks they normally do
-hard to make striaghtforward decisons
-interfere w individuals work

Question 14

what is dwelling on negative?

Answer 14

-no notice to positives
-bias towards recalling unhappy events rather than happy ones

Question 15

what is absolutist thinking?

Answer 15

-blank and white thinking
-when a situation is unfortunate they see it as a complete disaster