Mood Disorders - Hill Flashcards
what is the most common psychiatric illness?
depression, followed by generalized anxiety disorder and bipolar
- 8 million American adults (9.5% of population)
- 3.4 million under the age of 18
- according to WHO, second-most disabling disease (after heart disease)
major depressive disorder
10-25% of patietns with what, have a first-degree relative with a mood disorder
mood disorder
50% of patients with what, have first-degree relative with a mood disorder
bipolar disorder
this NT down-regulates beta-receptors
- abnormal function in depression
NE
- lack of NE in synaptic terminal causes symptoms
this NT is decreased in depression and increased in mania (and coke/meth/stimulants)
dopamine
this NT is also decreased in depression
- SSRI’s proved effective as anti-depressants (they “numb” emotion
5HT
inhibitory NT
- site of action for anxiolytic agents and benzodiazepines
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
excitatory NT
- involved in dementia
- its receptor, (NMDA) involved in current antidepressant studies
glutamate
at least 5 of the following for a TWO-week period with either depressed mood or loss of interest/pleasure
- depressed mood
- diminished interest/pleasure in all or almost all activities
- significant weight loss/gain
- insomnia/hypersomnia nearly every day
- psychomotor agitation/retardation
- fatigue or loss of energy
- feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt
- diminished ability to think/concentrate
- recurrent thoughts of death/suicide
major depressive episode
- symptoms not caused by direct effects of substance and are not accounted for by loss
diagnosis requires the presence of one or more major depressive episodes and the absence of any manic, hypomanic, or mixed episodes
associated features:
- psychotic
- anxious distress
- melancholic
- catatonic
- peripartum onset
major depressive disorder
what are the ddx of major depressive disorder?
- substance abuse disorder
- mood disorders from general medical condition
- normal grief (bereavement)
what is the tx of major depressive disorder?
hospitalization, ECT, transcranial magnetic stimulation, somatic therapies: - TCA's -MAOI's - SSRI's - triazolipyridines - buproprion - SNRI's - mirtazapine
this drug produces dissociative anesthesia
- NMDA antagonist
- overdose may lead to panic attacks and aggressive behavior, rarely seizures, increased ICP and cardiac arrest
- very similar in chemical makeup to PCP, but is shorter acting and less toxic
- 50% reduction in suicidal thoughts in 24hrs
ketamine
off-label use for treatment-resistant depression
- administered by psychiatrist
- 45-60 minute infusion time
- 4-6 infusions over 2-3 periods ($400-1000 per infusion)
- maintenance infusions
ketamine clinics
FDA approved nasal spay for treatment-resistant depression
- 800 health centers have been approved to administer this medication
- rapid-acting
- expensive
spravato (esketamine)
depressed mood for most of the day **(for at least two years in adults, 1 year in children) that has not been severe enough to meet criteria for major depressive episode
- symptoms are continuous during 2 years (cannot be without symptoms for >2 months at a time)
- patients must never have met criteria for manic episode, mixed episode, or hypomaniac episode
persistent depressive disorder (disthymia) KNOW this
what is double depression?
dysthymic disorder and major depression can occur simultaneously
what is the treatment for persistent depressive/dysthymic disorder?
SSRI’s, SNRI’s, MAOI’s (last resort)
- cognitive behavioral therapy
onset and remission of major depressive episodes at characteristic times of year
- often with change of seasons
- sleep more and eat more, fatigued
- can do light therapy
depression with season pattern
- formerly known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
- most cases begin in fall or winter and remit in summer
mood instability with anxiety, depression, irritability
- occur the week before menses
- consisten pattern over the year
premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)