Mood Disorders Flashcards
What distinguishes unipolar disorders from bipolar disorders?
Unipolar disorder:
- only depressive episodes
Bipolar disorder:
- manic and depressive episodes
What is the prevalence of unipolar & bipolar disorder?
- unipolar major depression is most prevalent and occurs most in women
- bipolar is less prevalent and has no sex differences
Distingiuish Dysthmia from Major Depressive Disorder
Dysthmia = depressed for most of day (2 years)
MDD = marked;y depressed, requires more symptoms for shorter episodes (2weeks)
What is the difference between “recurrence” and “relapse”?
recurrence = the disorder happaning again
relapse = return of symptoms because source of problem was nt resolved
What are the 3 specifiers of MDD?
- Major depressive episode
- episode not acounted for by another disorder
- Never a manic/ hypomanic/ mixed episode
What is double depression?
When major depression coexists with dysthmia
Beck’s Cognitive Theory
- Negative thoughts cause depression
Dysfunctional Beliefs = “I’m worthless”
- stem from adolescence
Beck’s Negative Cognitive Triad
- negative thoughts of self
- negative thoughts of experiences
- negative thoughts about future
Learned Helplessness
feelings of no control causes one to become unmotivated to respond in future.
Attributional Style of Learned Helpless
- internal/external
- global/specific
- stable/unstable
Cyclothymic Disorder
- less severe bipolar
- Depression Phase: loss of interest, pessimism
- Manic Phase: creative, productive
Bipolar I
- Manic episodes
- Mixed Episode (alternating depressed and manic)
Bipolar II
- hypomanic episodes
- major depressive episodes
Tx of Mood disorders
Unipolar & Bipolar: anitdepressants, SSRI’s
Bipolar: lithium
Psychotherapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: evaluate dysfunctional beliefs & correct biases or distortions
- Behavioral Activation Tx: positive reinforcement
- Interpersonal Therapy
