Mood

Question 1

Major depressive episode:
HOw long?
Symptomes?
Severity?
Anhedonia?

Answer 1

Extremely depressed mood state that lasts 2+ weeks and includes cognitive symptoms and disturbed physical functions
 Feelings of worthlessness, indecisiveness
 Altered sleep patterns
 Changing appetite and weight
 Notable loss of energy
 General loss of interest
 Anhedonia: inability to experience
pleasure
 Behavioural and emotional shutdown
(Barlow et al.; Cengage, 2024)

Question 2

Manic episode
- How long?
Symptoms?

Answer 2

extreme pleasure in every activity for 1+ week
(or less if hospitalization required)
 Hyperactivity, rapid speech
 Flight of ideas
 Person may require hospitalization

Question 3

Hypomanic
Severity?
How long?

Answer 3

 Hypomanic episode: not as severe as a manic episode for 4+
days
 No marked impairment in social or occupational functioning
 “hypo” ~ below
(Barlow et al.; Cengage, 2024)

Question 4

Unipolar vs bipolar mood disorders:

Answer 4

Unipolar mood disorder:
 mood remains at one pole of
depression–mania continuum

Bipolar mood disorder:
 mood travels between
depression–elation poles

Question 5

Structure of mood disorders

Answer 5

1.) Mania (highest)
2.) Hypomania
3.) Euthymia (neutral)
4.) Dysphoria
5.) Major depressive (lowest)