Mood Disorders and Suicide Flashcards
What are mood disorders?
Group of disorders involving severe and enduring disturbances in emotionality ranging from elation to severe depression
What is a major depressive episode?
Involving one or more major depressive episodes
Define Mania
Period of abnormally excessive elation or euphori, associated with some mood disorders
What is a hypomanic episode?
Less severe and less disruptive version of a manic episode that is one of the criteria for serveral mood disorders
What is a unipolar mood disorder?
Individuals who experience either depression or mania
What are mixed features?
Condition in which the individual experiences both elation and depression or anxiety at the same time
What is a major depressive disorder?
Involving one or more major depressive episodes
What is a persistent depressive disorder?
Mood disorder involving persistently depressed mood present for at least 2 years, with no absence of symptoms for more than 2 months
Define double depression
Individuals who suffer from both major depressive episodes and persistent depression with fewer symptoms
Define hallucination
A psychotic symptom in which individuals see and hear things that aren’t there
Define delusion
Psychotic symptom in which individuals have strongly held but inaccurate beliefs
What is catalepsy?
A serious condition that involves an absence of movement, in which the muscles are waxy and one’s arm’s/legs remain in the position they are placed
What is a seasonal affective disorder?
Episodes that occur during certain seasons
Define integrated grief
The finality of death and its consequences are acknowledged and the individual adjusts to the loss
What is complicated grief?
The presence of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors reflecting excessive or distracting concerns about the circumstances of the death
