Depression

Question 1

What are externalizing disorders?

Answer 1

psychosocial problems are manifested in a turning of the symptoms outward, as in aggression or delinquency

Question 2

What are psychosocial problems that are manifested in a turning of the symptoms inward, as in depression or anxiety?

Answer 2

internalizing disorders

Question 3

what is comorbid?

Answer 3

co-occurring, as when an individual has more than one problem at the same time

Question 4

What is the most significant internalizing problem that has its onset in adolescence?

Answer 4

depression

Question 5

When does severe anxiety usually make their first appearance?

Answer 5

childhood

Question 6

What is depression categorized by?

Answer 6

• low-self esteem
• decreased motivation
• sadness
• difficulty in finding pleasure in formerly pleasurable activities

Question 7

What is a depressed mood?

Answer 7

feeling sad

Question 8

What is having depressive syndromes?

Answer 8

• having multiple symptoms of depression

Question 9

What is depressive disorder?

Answer 9

having enough symptoms to be diagnosed with the illness

Question 10

When does prevalence of depressive feelings increase?

Answer 10

around the time of puberty

Question 11

When are teens at the highest risk of depression?

Answer 11

middle adolescence

Question 12

Who is more likely to exhibit depressive symptoms before adolescence?

Answer 12

boys

Question 13

After puberty who experiences depression more?

Answer 13

girls

Question 14

Why do girls experience depressive symptoms after puberty?

Answer 14

-gender roles
- poor body image

Question 15

What is oxytocin?

Answer 15

a hormone is known to influence emotional bonding to others

Question 16

Who has higher oxytocin levels and what does it to them?

Answer 16

girls and it causes them to be more sensitive to relationships

Question 17

What is the diathesis-stress model of depression?

Answer 17

a perspective on depression that posits that problems are the result of an interaction between a preexisting condition (the diathesis) and exposure to a stressful event or condition

Question 18

What are some causes of the diathesis?

Answer 18

• may be biological in origin
• due to an activity in the brain and nervous system
• may be caused by cognitive style

Question 19

What are three examples of the stress in the model?

Answer 19

• having high conflict & low cohesion family
• being unpopular
• reporting more chronic and acute stressors

Question 20

What is primary control strategies?

Answer 20

-coping strategies in which an individual attempts to change the stressor

Question 21

What is secondary control strategies?

Answer 21

coping strategies that involve attempts by the individual to adapt to the stressor