Mood disorders Flashcards
When thinking about MOOD DISORDERS, what is the most basic distinction to think about?
Whether it is unipolar or bipolar
What’s the ‘meh’ form of sadness?
Dysthymia
What’s the name of being basically okay?
Euthymia
What is the main things that distinguishes normal vs clinical depression? (4)
- Intensity
- Absence of precipitants
- Quality
- Associated features (somatic, cognitive)
What led to the development of the DMDD condition in the DSM? (Disruptive Mood Dsyregulation Disorder)
The spike in diagnosis of bipolar in children
For MDE, what are the two things that must be present (one of)?
Depressed mood
Diminished pleasure
Why would a person with the ‘anxious distressed’ specifier of MDD not just get a diagnosis of anxiety?
Because they are only anxious in the context of their depression episodes
What is the leading cause of disability globally?
Depression
What is the rank of depression globally in ‘cause of years lived with disability’?
2
Is depression more common in rich or poor countries?
Same same
What percentage of people have a stable recovery from MDD?
~50%
Wth MDD, how many people exhibit a chronic course?
~15%
With MDD, how many people exhibit a recurrent course?
30-60%
For what subtype of MDD might you prescribe an SNRI?
Anhedonia types
What did we learn rom the STAR*D study?
- If you fail medication once, you very unlikely to have another one work
- the more treatments you fail, the more likely you are to fail other treatments