Final Exam Flashcards
Biochemical messages that the body develops and uses to communicate with you about the world and ourselves.
Emotion
Expression of non-verbals
Affect
Short-term, transitory states (like the weather)
Emotion
A sustained emotional and affective state as perceived by the individual along a continuum of dysphoria to euphoria (season)
Mood
A sustained maladaptive state which leaves to extreme personal distress or psychosocial impairments
Mood Disorder
This category of mood disorder must have a dysphoric state
Depressive
This category of mood disorder must have a euphoric state
Bipolar
Where euphoric is extremely up and dysphoric is extremely down, this is typical or average.
Euthymic
Depressive disorder that is severe, acute and often short/moderate-term; can be single episode or recurrent
Major Depressive D/O
Depressive disorder that is mild/moderate and chronic, more than 2 years continuously.
Dysthymic D/O (Aka Persistent Depressive D/O)
Mood disorder that is severe, acute, short-term and disruptive and must include at least 1 full manic episode
Bipolar I
Mood disorder that is moderate and short-term. Must never have had a full manic episode, has had 1 or more hypomanic episodes and a major depressive episode as well
Bipolar II
Mood disorder that is mild/moderate and chronic. Same as dysthymic with intermittent hypomania
Cyclothymic D/O
T/F: Bipolar D/Os always supersede depressive disorders because they have the depressive component included
True
LPR of depressive D/Os
29%
LPR for MDD in women
10-25%
LPR for MDD in men
5-12%
T/F: The more you experience depression, the more likely you are to experience it again
True
Most commonly reported symptoms of clinical depression (3)
Dysphoric mood; loss of energy/fatigue; sleep change
Meaning less than diagnosable
Subsyndromal
LPR for Bipolar I
1%
LPR for Bipolar II
.5-1%
T/F: Bipolar II is required to have hypomania and depression
True
D/O characterized by dysthymia with subsyndromal hypomania
Cyclothymic D/O
A bodily state characterized by anticipatory symptoms of hyperarousal and future threat
Anxiety
LPR of Panic D/O
1-3%
LPR of OCD
2.5%
LPR of GAD
4-6%
Results from an event, or series of events, that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally threatening and that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and physical, social, emotional or spiritual well-being
Trauma
3 E’s of Trauma
Event, experience and effect
PTSD duration
1 month or longer
Acute Stress Disorder duration
3 days to 1 month
Adjustment Disorder duration
Has to occur within 3 months of stressor and does not persist for more than 6 months after stress or consequences have terminated
LPR of PTSD
1%
LPR of Adjustment D/O
2-8%
An individual’s characteristic, consistent, long-term way of responding to one’s environment
Personality
A pervasive, persistent cluster of maladaptive behavior patterns which are deeply ingrained and not attributable to another disorder
Personality Disorder
General characteristics of Personality Disorder (4)
- Problems in several areas of life
- Psychological rigidity
- Traits are usually ego syntonic
- Pervasive anxiety masked by psychological armor
Maladaptive behaviors are fused with the ego
Ego syntonic
Person can step outside of self to reflect and get perspective
Ego dystonic
LPR of all personality D/Os combined
6-10%
