Mood Disorder Flashcards
Mood Disorders
Mood disorders are disturbances of emotions that are severe or prolonged enough to cause impairment of functioning. These conditions are magnifications of our normal reactions.
Bipolar Disorders
Manic Symptoms: elation euphoria desire for action hyperactive multiple ideas
Type o Bipolar Disorders
Types: Manic Episode hypomanic episode bipolar I disorder bipolar II disorder Cyclothymic Disorder
Bipolar I disorder
Full manic and major depressive episodes
Most sufferers experience an alternation of episodes
Some experience mixed episodes
Bipolar II Disorder
Hypomanic episodes and major depressive episodes
What is Anhedonia: inability to experience pleasure
- in anticipation of or response to rewarding stimuli
- likely to emerge during adolescence
“Echolalia: is Repeating words and phrases that have been uttered by someone else.
Pressured speech: unrelenting, rapid, often loud talking without pauses
Tangentiality: is the tendency to speak about topics unrelated to the main topic of discussion. While most people engage in tangentiality from time to time, constant and extreme tangentiality may indicate an underlying mental health condition, particularly schizophrenia.
“Echolalia: is Repeating words and phrases that have been uttered by someone else.