Depression

Question 1

Depression definition according to DSM 5

Answer 1

At least 5 symptoms from category A for at least 2 weeks (must include A.1 or A.2) plus conditions B,C,D and E need to be met

Question 2

Prevalence and incidence of depression in the college student population

Answer 2

College students are 15% more likely to have depression

Question 3

Gender differences in prevalence of depression

Answer 3

females are more likely to have depression than males

Question 4

Interpersonal theories of depression

Answer 4

Early adversity and loss (Freud)

Transmission of maternal depression

Insecure attachment style linked with depression

Social skills deficit stress generation hypothesis

Question 5

Interpersonal theories

Relationship difficulties associated with :

Answer 5

Negative communications content

Less lively facial expressions

Decrease eye contact and non-verbal communication

Contagion of depressive symptoms in roommate dyads

Question 6

Social environment factors in depression

Answer 6

negative life events

Socioeconomic disadvantage

Question 7

Cognitive theories of depression

Answer 7

Negative life events predict depressive symptoms early on, but pessimistic explanatory styles and negative life events predict future depression once mood symptoms subside

Learned helplessness theory

Hopeless theory

Mood—>cognition OR Cognition —-> Mood?

Question 8

Identify the theory?

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              Negative cognitions 
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                         Future

Answer 8

Cognitive theory

Question 9

Treatment strategies in depression

Answer 9

Pharmacotherapy

Psychotherapy

Question 10

Pharmacotherapy

Answer 10

A science focusing on the use of drugs to treat a disease, condition , or disorder

Ex: (SSRIs) Prozac , Zoloft , lexapro

Question 11

Psychotherapy

Answer 11

Interpersonal therapy

Cognitive - behavioral therapy

Marital and family therapy

Question 12

Comorbidities between depression and physical health problems

Answer 12

Depression is associated with:

• higher rates of acute infectious illness
• Increased levels of smoking
• increased alcohol consumption
• suicidal ideation and suicide
• weight gain or weight loss

Question 13

Gene-by-environment interaction in depression

Answer 13

Depression occurs as a result of both genetic predispositions and environmental risk factors, which interact

Question 14

Biological theories of depression

Answer 14

Altered neural networks

Genetics and gene-by-environment interactions

Stress physiology in depression

The microbiome