Depressive Disorders

Question 1

Major depressive disorder

Major Depression

Answer 1

2 week+

Melancholic = can’t experience pleasure 
Catatonic = activity 
Peripartum = pregnancy & post birth 
Seasonal = time of year
Mixed = elevated mood + depression 
Anxious distress = significant anxiety 

1 or more major depressive episodes

Question 2

Persistent depressive disorder

Answer 2

2+ years

Dysthymia

Question 3

Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder

Answer 3

Severe outbursts

Mostly in children with anger problems

Question 4

Australian alternative sub typing model

Answer 4

Psychotic, melancholic = biological

Non-melancholic = life stressors

Question 5

Kraeplin

Answer 5

Manic depressive insanity

Question 6

Leonhard

Answer 6

Distinction between depression and bipolar

Question 7

Depressive disorders

Answer 7

Onset - young as 3 / median age 30

50% recover in first 6 months

Suicide = 75% suffered depression

GAD, panic disorder & social disorder often precede

Poor immune functioning = Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer

Shorter allele of 5-HTTLPT gene sequence

Question 8

Aaron Beck

Answer 8

Negative triad =
Negative view of:
The self
The world
The future

Arbituary inference- draws conclusions without evidence
Magnification & minimisation
Personalisation
Overgeneralisation

Question 9

Unipolar

Answer 9

Depression

Question 10

Depression and mania are…

Answer 10

Constructs

Question 11

Episodes

Answer 11

Major depressive
Manic
Hypomanic

Question 12

3 helplessness/hopelessness theories of depression

Answer 12

Learned helplessness
Attributional reformulation
Hopelessness