Mood Disorders Flashcards
Major depressive episodes must have either of these 2 symptoms
depressed mood (or irritability in adolescents anhedonia (loss of enjoyment)
In depression, appetite is typically ____
reduced
In depression, sleep is typically _____
reduced
differences between mania and hypomania:
mania requires a week of elevated symptoms; hypomania = 4 days mania requires marked impairment in function; hyopmania does not
define Mixed episode
patient satisfies criteria for both manic episode and major depressive episode over a 1 week period
____ (women or men) are more likely to have depression
women
Define Bipolar 1 disorder
1 manic episode with or w/o a hypomaniac or depressive episde
Define bipolar 2 disorder
history of depression with hypomanic episodes
Define cyclothymic disorder
cyclic dysthymia and hypomania lasting at least 2 years
What is the Kindling Effect in bipolar disorders?
over time, episodes are more easily stimulated–>increasing susceptibility to an event
What are some classic causes of drug-related depression?
Catecholamine depletion/blockers
Cholinergic agonists
CNS depressants
Steroids
Depression with melancholia is characterized by 1 of the following ______ + 3 of the following ______
Anhedonia/non-reactivity
Being worse in the AM
depressed mood
early AM awakenings
excessive guilt
Disorder characterized by 2 years of depressed mood most of the day, more days than not
Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia)
Persistent depressive disorder is ____ resistant to treatment that major depression
more
Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
severe, recurrent temper outbursts grossly disproportionate to the situation; inter-episode mood is typically irritable
ages 6-18 only
In bipolar disorder, 60% of manic episodes immediately ____ a Major depressive episode
precede
Bipolar episodes tend to ____ in frequency and duration with age
increase
There can be no manic or depressive episodes to be classified as _____ disorder
cyclothymic
___ disorder develops in response to a stressor (within 3 months of stressor)
adjustment
Adjustment disorders terminate within ___ months of the end of the original precipitating stressor
6
Disorder characterized by irritable/anxious/labile mood prior to menstruation that improves within onset of menses
premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Acronym for symptoms of major depressive disorder:
SIG E CAPS
MDD: the S in SIG E CAPS stands for
sleep disturbane
MDD: the I in SIG E CAPS stands for
loss of interest (anhedonia)
