exam 2 reverse cards Flashcards
- insomnia/hypersomnia
- psychomotor agitation or retardation
- feelings of worthlessness or guilt
- hard to think or concentrate
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
two ppl can have depression and have different symptoms
heterogenous presentation
loss of pleasure, despair, lack of mood reactivity
highly heritable and associated w childhood trauma
MDD with melancholic features
mood reactivity, weight gain, hypersomnia, leaden paralysis
MDD with atypical features
delusions or hallucinations
MDD with psychotic features
immobility to extensive psychomotor activity
mutism & rigidity
MDD with catatonic features
episodes occur and resolve at the same times, no other nonseasonal episodes
MDD with seasonal pattern
less intense, more chronic
worse outcomes, equal impairment
persistent depressive disorder
Manic episode
1. elevated, expansive, irritable mood
2. psychotic symptoms
3. lack of insight
4. circumstantiality (over-explaining)
5. tangentiality (not getting back to question)
6. clanging (alliteration & rhyming)
Bipolar I
Hypomanic episodes
shorter duration, no psychotic symptoms or grandiosity
Bipolar II
numerous period of hypomanic and depressive symptoms without meeting criteria for episodes
Cyclothymic Disorder
- helps slow down
- learn to avoid painful relationships
- make corrections for next time
how are low-level depressive symptoms adaptive
Nature
1. Genes (serotonin transporter gene)
2. Neurotransmitters (imbalance theory incorrect)
3. Hormones (cortisol, hyperthyroidism)
4. Brain influences
5. Biological rhythms (sleep, seasons)
Nurture
1. Stress
2. Psychological factors
Causes of MDD
Excluded in DSM-5 so someone depressed following bereavement can get diagnosed
Pathologizing grief
Issue of Bereavement
- CBT! Negative cognitive triad–about self, world, and future–maintained by errors in logic and thinking (excessive responsibility, fortune-telling)
- Behavioral activation: reduce withdrawal & avoidance, increase positive reinforcement (schedule activities)
Therapeutic Treatments of MDD
Tricyclics
SSRIs
Esketamine nasal spray
Psilocybin-assisted treatment
Pharmacological Treatments of MDD
Individualistic = higher manic
Collectivistic = higher depressive
Culture in Bipolar
- Neurotransmitters
- Brain structure (frontal-limbic)
- Hormones (HPA axis, thyroid)
- Genetics
- Biological rhythms
Causes of Bipolar
- Mood stabilizers (Lithium)!
- Family-focused treatment
- Psychoeducation
- CBT
Treating Bipolar
Add to typical functioning
1. delusions and hallucinations
2. disorganized speech and behavior
Schizo Positive Symptoms
Deficit in typical functioning
1. Flat affect (no facial express)
2. Anhedonia (cant experience positive emotions)
3. Asociality
4. Avolition (apathy)
5. Alogia (poverty of speech)
Schizo Negative Symptoms