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What are mood disorders

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Unusually SEVERE of PROLONGED DISTRUBANCES in mood

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What are the two DSM catagories for mood disorders

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Depressive and bipolar

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What is the history of depression

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Hippocrates MELANCHOLY, most people masked well and were not seen as crazy

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What is the criteria for major depressive disorder

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2-week period, change from past functions, depreeed mood or loss of interest or pleasure

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What is the list of criteria for major depressive disorder

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DEPRESSED mood, diminished INTEREST, weight LOSS, SLOWING down, FATIGUE, WORTHLESSNESS, loss of ability to THINK, thoughts of DEATH

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What is the most common psychological disorder

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Depression

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Why is diagnosiing depression hard

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Most people think they can just snap out of it

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How many people are affected by depression

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10-25% women, 5-12% men

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What are the types of risk factors for depression

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SES, biological

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What is problem-focused coping

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Fixing the problem

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What is emotion-focused coping

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Maybe you can’t solve problem but learning how to live with it

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What can happen when a person who has depression has self-efficacy problems

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Downward spiral

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What is the catecholamine hypothesis

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Norepinephrine imbalance

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What is the indolamine hypothesis

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Serotonin imbalance

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Does recent studies show that serotonin’s role is overstated

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Yes

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If not serotonin how might SSRI drugs work

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Placebo effect and improved self-efficacy

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What are the other theories of depression

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Social, Cognitive, Diathesis-Stress model, learned helplessness

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What is learned helplessness (seligman)

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Person learns they can’t help themselves so they don’t which leads to worsening problems

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What is attributional style and locus of control

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Personality and internal or external (depressed) control

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What is the interactional theory

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First receive unconditional SUPPORT, then people get ANGERY, and REJECTION with leads to worse DEPRESSION

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What is Beck’s cognitive triad theory of depression

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negative view of ONESELF, ENVIROMENT, FUTURE: which leads to maldaptive thinking that happening AUTOMATICALLY

22
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What is the most common reatment for depression

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SSRIs and talk therapy

23
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What can be used for treatment of seasonal affective disorder

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Phototherapy

24
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What happens as meds are becoming more skeptical to take

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People take depression less SERIOUS

25
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Are SSRIs overprescribed

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They test on small groups and then it’s prescribed largely because the lake of regard to the dignostice criteria

26
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What did Zimmerman find

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86% of people who get SSRIs would not have been in cluded in the study

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What is bipolar disorder

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Mood disorder characterized by mood swings between DEPRESSION and MANIA

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What are depressive episodes

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The lows similar to depression

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What are manic episodes

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The high

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What is a full manic episode

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Elevated or irritable mood with goal-directed behavior lasting at least 1 week

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What are some of the characteristics of a manic episode

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Increased SELF-ESTEEM, decreaed need for SLEEP, TALKATIVE, RACING thoughts, DISTRACTIBLE, GOAL-DIRECTED activity, RISKY behavior

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What makes manic episodes bad

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Impairment in socila or occupational functioning, may need hospitalization

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What is bipolar I

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Inculdes depression and fully mania

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What is bipolar II

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Includes manily depression but hypomania

35
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What is a hypomanic episode

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Last at 4-6 days

36
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How many people are affected by bipolar and when does it appear

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1-2%, early adulthood

37
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Is it equally common in men and women

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Yes, men start with manic and women start with depressive

38
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What is the rate of suicide for people with bipolar disorder

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20%

39
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What are the biological issues with bipolar disorder

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Brain self-CORRECTS extremly, problems with inhibition and disinhibition of the pleasure center

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What is disinhibition going to lead to

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Act on impulses

41
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Why is bipolar probably inherited

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5X more likely and high rates for older fathers

42
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What drug alleviates all or most symptoms for 80% of individuals

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Lithium carbonate

43
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What do anticonvulsant meds do

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Can help with the depressive episodes but are costly

44
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What are the negatives of lithium

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DOSING must be right, damage to HEART and KIDNEYS, pts are not CONSCIENTIOUS

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What is the psychodynamic perspective of bipolar disorder

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Unconscious feelings, INTERPERSONAL THERAPY focuses on unresolved issues

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What is the humanistic perspective of bipolar disorder

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Don’t have self-fulfillment, loss of self-esteem

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