MOOD DISORDERS

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Are characterized by disturbances in feelings, thinking and behavior that tend to occur on a continuum ranging from severe depression to severe mania.

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Mood Disorders

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A state in which an individual feels very sad and despondent and has no energy or sense of future.

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Depression

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characterized by increased psychomotor activity

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Agitated Depression

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characterized by prominent patterns of anxiety

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Anxious depression

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lasts longer than 2 years; about 10% of those diagnosed with depression fall into this category

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Chronic depression

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characterized by biological cause, without known external stressors

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Endogenous depression

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occurs in the person’s late 40’s and 50’s

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Involutional depression

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usually revealed during treatment of somatic complaints. mostly elderly

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Masked depression

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characterized by paranoid ideation

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Paranoid depression

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can occur after childbirth, in three stages

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Postpartum depression

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3 stages of postpartum depression

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First 3 to 4 days
3rd week after delivery
3 mos after delivery

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the patient may begin to feel ‘blue’ and sad

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first 3 to 4 days

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other symptoms of depression appear; these symptoms can last for about one year

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3rd week

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confusion and disturbances in thought processes begin to accompany other symptoms.

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3 mos

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characterized by hallucinations and delusions

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Psychotic depression

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associated with external stressors

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Reactive depression

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accompanied by decreased psychomotor activities

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Retarded depression

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occurs during a specific season of the year

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Seasonal depression

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results from patient’s use of prescription, over-the-counter, or other types of drugs

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Drug induced depression

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Causes of depression

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1. Genetic and biologic predisposition theory
2. Biochemical theory
3. Psychodynamic theory
4. Behavioral theory
5. Cognitive theory
6. Environmental theory
7. Interpersonal theory

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Biochemical theory

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*Biogenic amine hypothesis. Dec amt of nor epi and serotonin
*High level of cortisol
*low thyroid hormones

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Clinical symptoms of depression

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Mild
Moderate (Dysthymia)
Major

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The person may usually complain of physical discomfort and may be less responsive to the environment.

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Mild

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Is exhibited by affective symptoms of sadness or the ‘blues’- an appropriate response to stress.

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Mild

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Clinical symptoms are less severe compared to severe depression and do not include psychotic manifestation

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Moderate

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Person with this disorder may already manifests hallucination and delusion and may appear in a person with no known reason or cause.

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Major

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Persons with this disorder do not experience momentary shifts from one unpleasant mood to another.

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Major depressive

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The clinical symptoms interfere with social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

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Major depressive disorder

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Symptoms are not due to physiologic effect of a substance or due to a general medical condition

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Major depressive disorder

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Clinical symptoms of Major DD

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5 or more symptoms during same 2 week period

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are similar to those of the major depressive disorder or severe depression but are less severe.

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Dysthymic disorder

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There is no delusion, hallucination, impaired communication or incoherence.

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Dysthymic disorder

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Clinical symptoms of dysthymia

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2 yrs or more, continual or intermittent

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usually overly sensitive, often have intense guilt feelings, and may experience chronic anxiety.

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Dysthymia

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Bipolar Disorders

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Bipolar 1
Bipolar 11
Cyclothymic

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Is a recurrent disorder in which the individual may experience one or more manic episodes or mixed episodes.

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Bipolar 1

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the individual exhibits an abnormal, persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood that lasts for at least one week.

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Bipolar 1

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Impairment in various areas of functioning, psychotic symptoms, and the possibility of self-harm exist.

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Bipolar 1

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Is characterized by recurrent major depressive episodes with hypomania ( a mood between euphoria and excessive elation) episodes

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Bipolar 11

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Common in women

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Bipolar 11

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Diagnostic criteria require that the client have a presence or history of one or more major depressive episodes, alternating with manic episode

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Bipolar 11

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This diagnosis is used when an individual displays numerous periods of hypomanic symptoms and depressive symptoms that do not meet the criteria for a major depressive episodes

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Cyclothymic disorder

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Such symptoms occur for at least 2 years, during which they do not subside for more than 2 months.

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Cyclothymic disorder