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E2 Mood Disorders: BPD and Depressive Disorder Flashcards

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1
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Major Depressive Disorders must have (2)

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  1. one or more depressive episodes
  2. FIVE or more of the NINE symptoms for atleast 2 weeks
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What are the two defining symptoms of depression

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  1. Depressed mood (overall sadness, empty, hopelessness)
  2. Anhedonia (diminished interest/pleasure in activities)
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What is diminished interest and/or pleasure in activities?

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Anhedonia

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What are the 4 physical symptoms of depression?

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  1. Sleep disturbance (insomnia v. hypersomnia)
  2. Psychomotor Disturbance (agitation V. retardation)
  3. Fatigue/low energy
  4. Significant weight/appetite change (too much too little)
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What are the 3 cognitive symptoms of depression?

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  1. Feelings of worthlessness/ inappropriate guilt
  2. Impaired ability to think, concentrate, or make decision
  3. Recurrent suicidal thoughts
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What is a longer lasting (2 years) depression with fewer symptoms (2 or more) W/O meeting MDD criteria

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Persistent Depressive Disorder

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What are the two main poles of Bipolar disorder?

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Manic depressive episodes VS. Major depressive episodes

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What is a persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood?

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Manic episode

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A manic episode must have 3 out of the 4 out of the following:

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  1. Inflated self-esteem
  2. Hyperactivity
  3. Excessive involvement in goal-directed activities
  4. Excessive involvement in high-risk activities
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In MDD, they are things called ____________ that are explained as subtypes of different MDDs

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Specifier

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A specifier that deals with delusions or any other hallucinations

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Psychotic Features

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A specifier that deals with feelings of tenseness, worry, or feeling like they are losing control

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Anxious Distress

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A specifier in which sometimes manic episodes have some depression integrated within

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Mixed features

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A specifier in which patients tend to overeat, oversleep

Also known as the opposite of melancholic depression

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Atypical (hyperactive) depression

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A specifier in which women have a depression from right before a baby is born

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Peripartum

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A specifier in which the sleep/weight increase in response to a new season

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Seasonal Depression

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What is the diathesis-stress approach to viewing the causes of mood disorders?

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Due to hereditary, certain individuals can develop MD in a stressful environment

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Are mood disorders genetic?

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Yes

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1st degree relatives to mood disorder are ________ more/less likely to develop an MD

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2-3x MORE

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Are identical or fraternal twins more likely to both have an MD

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Identical

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Anxiety and depression have similar/different genetic vulnerability?

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Similar

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Are people who are diagnosed with BPD genetically predisposed to having mania and depression?

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YES

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Do mania and depression have similar/different genetic vulnerabilities?

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Different

24
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Drugs cause an immediate increase in seratonin, BUT ______________________________________. This proves?

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it takes a couple weeks on ser to actually improve

Seratonin deficit isn’t the only thing controlling depression

25
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Are low levels of seratonin causing depression or being caused by depression?

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We don’t know!

26
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With low serotonin, other NTs are allowed to vary more widely

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Permissive Hypothesis (low ser PERMITS other NTS)

27
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What type of events are strongly related to the development of MDs?

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Social (public humiliation, social rejection)

28
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High cortisol results in damage to the __________

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hippocampus (memory)

29
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Cortisol

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Stress hormone

30
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Who first studied the learned helplessness model of depression?

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Seligman

31
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What did Seligman’s learned helplessness study do (steps)?

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Studied rats under three conditions
1. No shock
2. Shocked with control
3. Shocked without control

32
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What was the finding of learned helplessness ?

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The group that got shocked without control did not escape when given the chance

33
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If you fail multiple tests after studying hard, you will stop studying. This shows

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Learned helplessness

34
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What are the 3 types of depressive attribution styles?

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  1. Internal
  2. Stable
  3. Global
35
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Negative outcomes are MY fault- what type of attribution style?

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Interal

36
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The cause is unchangeable “I will NEVER succeed”- what type of attribution style?

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Stable

37
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Negative events are generalized (failing a math test and saying Im not smart)- what type of attribution style?

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Global

38
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What is the main treatment for depressive disorder?

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SSRIs

39
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Prozac, Lexapro, Paxil, Zoloft, Celexa are all examples of

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SSRIs

40
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What is the partial symptom relief rate of SSRIs? Full symptom relief rate?

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50%
25-30%

41
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The main side effect of SSRI is

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sexual dysfunction/desire

42
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SSRIs only work well on

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Severe Depression

43
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What is the difference between unipolar and bipolar disorder?

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Unipolar only has one side (only depression or only mania), while bipolar goes from one end to the other

44
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Condition in which the individual experiences both elation and depression or anxiety at the same time

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Mixed Features

45
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A specifier that involves an absence of movement

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Catatonic features

46
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Alternation of major depressive episodes with hypomanic episodes (not full manic episodes)

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Bipolar II

47
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Alternation of major depressive episodes with full manic episodes

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Bipolar I

48
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What do depressed 3-month old babies show about depression?

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Depression is a genetic condition

49
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What two age groups seem to express major depressive episodes commonly?

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Adolescence and elderly people

50
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Depression in adults is strongly tied in with gender and race. What is the most common race and gender for depression?

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White females (69.6%)

51
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the genetic patterns associated with bipolar disorder may also carry the spark of _____________

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Creativity

52
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True or False: Somatic symptoms characterizing mood disorders are nearly equivalent across cultures

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True

53
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True or False:
Stressful lives are very much related to mood disorders

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True

54
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Who suggested that depression may result from a tendency to interpret everyday events in a negative way?

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Aaron Beck

55
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Thinking errors in depressed people negatively focused in three areas: themselves, their immediate world, and their future

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Depressed Cognitive Triad

56
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True or False: Family therapy is a somewhat affective method of treatment for Bipolar

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True

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