mood disorders Flashcards
mood disorder overview
Major Depressive Disorder Persistent Depressive Disorder Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder Bipolar I Disorder Bipolar II Disorder Cyclothymic Disorder
MDD prevalence
approximately 7%
- 18- to 29-year-old individuals»_space;> age 60 years or older
- Females experience 1.5- to 3-fold higher rates than males
Causes of Depression
- The biopsychosocial model
- Monoamine Hypothesis: due to deficiency of monoamines: serotonin, dopamine, NE
- Diathesis-Stress/Dual-Risk Model
MDD dx criteria:
5 (or more) symptoms have been present during the same 2-week period and represent a change from previous functioning;
at least one of the symptoms is either (1) depressed mood or (2) loss of interest or pleasure
- Depressed mood
- Anhedonia – loss of interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities
- Significant weight change (loss when not dieting or weight gain)
- Insomnia or hypersomnia
- Psychomotor agitation or retardation
- Fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day.
- Feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt
- Diminished ability to think or concentrate, or indecisiveness
- Recurrent suicidal thoughts
MDD criteria acronym
SIG E CAPS
Suicidal thoughts
Interests decreased
Guilt
Energy decreased
Concentration decreased
Appetite disturbance (increased or decreased)
Psychomotor changes (agitation or retardation)
Sleep disturbance (increased or decreased)
MDD subtypes
- With mood-congruent psychotic features
- With mood-incongruent psychotic features
- With catatonia
- With peripartum onset
- With seasonal pattern
MDD With peripartum onset
if full criteria are not currently met for a major depressive episode, most recent episode of major depression if onset of mood symptoms occurs during pregnancy or in the 4 weeks following delivery
MDD With seasonal pattern
DSM – IV Seasonal Affective Disorder
onset and remission of major depressive episodes certain time of year
Most episodes begin in fall or water and remit in spring
MDD dx
- Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression
- Beck Depression Inventory
Persistent Depressive Disorder Prevalence
2%
Persistent Depressive Disorder Criteria timeline
DSM-IV dysthymic disorder
Depressed mood for most of the day, for more days than not, as indicated by either subjective account or observation by others, for at least 2 years
Note: In children and adolescents >1 year.
Persistent Depressive Disorder Criteria
(DSM-IV dysthymic disorder)
2 (or more) of the following:
- Poor appetite or overeating.
- Insomnia or hypersomnia.
- Low energy or fatigue
- Low self-esteem
- Poor concentration
- Feelings of hopelessness.
more Persistent Depressive Disorder Diagnostic Criteria
During the 2-year period (1 year for children or adolescents) of the disturbance, the individual has never been without the symptoms in Criteria A and B for more than 2 months at a time.
- Criteria for MDD may be continuously present for 2 years.
- There has never been a manic episode or a hypomanic episode, and criteria have never been met for cyclothymic disorder
MDD/PDD tx: meds
Psychotropic medications:
SSRI – selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor – fluoxetine, sertraline
SNRI – serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor – venlafaxine, duloxetine
NDRI – norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitor – bupropion
MDD/PDD tx: therapy
CBT – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy
Interpersonal Therapy