Depression Flashcards
Define euthymic
Normal mood
Define hyperthymic
Elevated mood
What is the name given to variable mood?
Cyclothymic
What is the name given to an extrovert?
Sanguine
Define malancholic
Perfectionist, worrier
What is the name given to someone who is self-content, kind?
Phlegmatic
What is the name given to leaders in charge?
Choleric
State the name given to loss of enjoyment/pleasure
Anhedonia
What does anergia mean?
Lack of energy
What is the name given to lack of motivation?
Amotivation
What term is used to describe mood that varies over the day?
Diurnal variation
What is classed as early morning wakening?
2 hours before normal waking time
Define psychomotor retardation
Subjective/objective slowing of thoughts and movements
Define stupor
Absence of relational functions
In depression what will the patients appearance and behaviour look like?
Reduced facial expression, frowning, reduced eye contact, limited gesturing, difficult to establish rapport
What can be observed in the speech of a depressed patient?
Slow, lower pitch, reduced volume, monotonous, increased latencies - longer time between question and answer, limited content (short and brief)
How will mood and affect appear in depressed patients?
Mood - low, down, miserable, sad, unhappy, flat, empty
Affect - depressed, reduced range and limited reactivity may report emotional paralysis
What are the findings in depressed patients - form, flow and content of thought?
Form - normal
Flow - slowed, pondering or even absent
Content - negative, self-accusatory, guilt, pessimism
Suicidal thoughts and delusions can occur
What themes of delusions may occur in depression?
Guilt, poverty, nihilism, hypochondriasis
Describe the perception in depressed patients
Mainly normal, increased feeling of people looking/talking about them
What hallucinations are more likely in depression?
Auditory second person reflect negative themes - derogatory
Describe the cognition in a depressed patient
Subjectively slow with poor memory, pseudo-dementia can occur compounded by anxiety
Describe the insight in a depressed patient
Typically preserved, aware of symptoms and abnormalities. Attribution often affected and blame their symptoms on past actions
What is the general criteria for depression?
Episode should last at least two weeks with no hypomania or manic symptoms at any time in the patients life
