Mood disorders

Question 1

Characteristics of depressive thinking

Answer 1

Negative events has disastrous consequences
Internalizing cause, reflects something negative of self
Attributing cause to something stable that can’t be changed

Question 2

Rumination

Answer 2

Focusing on symptoms of distress and possible causes of these symptoms (doesn’t resolve in solution)

Question 3

Brain changes in depression

Answer 3

Used to think it was due to decrease serotonin and norephinephrine but effect of treatment is delayed. Now think might be cortisol that blocks growth of brain. Therefore takes a while to repond

Question 4

Bipolar I disorder

Answer 4

At least one manic episode

Question 5

Bipolar II disorder

Answer 5

At least one hypomania episode

Question 6

Schizophrenia

Answer 6

Delusional and
negative(catatonic) and
positive(delusion/hallucination) symptoms.
No two are the same, can differ greatly. Disorganised speech

Question 7

Concordence

Answer 7

Very high in schizo, twins have 50%, semi twins 17. Child of two schizo also 50