Mood Disorders

Question 1

mood disorders

Answer 1

include depression and mania

Question 2

depression

Answer 2

low, sad state in which life seems dark and challenges overwhelming
- 8% of adults in a given year

Question 3

mania

Answer 3

state of breathless euphoria or frenzied energy
- dramatic inappropriate rises in mood

Question 4

major depressive episode

Answer 4

5 or more symptoms of depression for at least 2 weeks
- can also be categorized as seasonal, peripartum, catatonic, melancholic, with psychotic features

Question 5

major depressive disorder

Answer 5

one or more MDE with no history or mania

Question 6

persistent depressive disorder

Answer 6

depression for 2 years or more

Question 7

premenstrual dysphoric disorder

Answer 7

depression symptoms nearly every month, only in the week before menstruation

Question 8

Bipolar

Answer 8

mixed depression and mania, bipolar I more common than bipolar II

Question 9

manic episode

Answer 9

one week or more period of abnormally, persistently elevated or irritable mood and abnormally, persistently increase activity or energy for most of day nearly every day

Question 10

bipolar I

Answer 10

full manic and major depressive episodes

Question 11

bipolar II

Answer 11

hypomanic episodes alternate with major depressive episodes, no manic episodes

Question 12

rapid cycling

Answer 12

4 or more episodes in a one year period

Question 13

cyclothymic disorder

Answer 13

depressive symptoms and hypomania but no manic or major depressive episodes, lasting for 2+ years