PSY 3604-6

Question 1

Depression

Answer 1

Emotional state characterized by extraordinary sadness and dejection.

Question 2

Mania

Answer 2

Emotional state characterized by intense and unrealistic feelings of excitement and euphoria.

Question 3

Unipolar Depression

Answer 3

Mood disorder in which a person experiences only depressive episodes

Question 4

Bipolar Disorder

Answer 4

Mood disorders in which a person experiences both manic and depressive episodes.

Question 5

Season Affective Disorder (SAD)

Answer 5

a form of severe depression in which feelings of despair and hopelessness increase during the winter and lift during the rest of the year

Daily exposure to bright lights may improve the mood of individuals with ___

Question 6

Major Depressive Disorder

Answer 6

Moderate-to-severe mood disorder in which a person experiences only major depressive episodes but no hypomanic, manic, or mixed episodes. Single episode if only one; recurrent episode if more than one.

Question 7

Hypomanic episode

Answer 7

A condition lasting at least 4 days in which a person experiences abnormally elevated, expansive, or irritable mood. At least three out of seven other designated symptoms similar to those in a manic episode must also be present but to a lesser degree than in mania.

Question 8

manic episode

Answer 8

A condition in which a person shows markedly elevated, euphoric, or expansive mood, often interrupted by occasional outbursts of intense irritability or even violence that lasts for at least 1 week. In addition, at least three out of seven other designated symptoms must also occur.

Question 9

Norepinephrine

Answer 9

A neurotransmitter involved in arousal, as well as in learning and mood regulation; undersupply can depress mood

Question 10

serotonin

Answer 10

A neurotransmitter that affects hunger,sleep, arousal, and mood.

Question 11

Learned Helplessness

Answer 11

A theory that animals and people exposed to uncontrollable aversive events learn that they have no control over these events and this causes them to behave in a passive and helpless manner when later exposed to potentially controllable events. Later extended to become a theory of depression.

Question 12

Cyclothymic disorder

Answer 12

Mild mood disorder characterized by cyclical periods of hypomanic and depressive symptoms.

Question 13

Bipolar I

Answer 13

A form of bipolar disorder in which the person experiences both manic (or mixed) episodes and major depressive episodes.

Question 14

Bipolar II

Answer 14

A form of bipolar disorder in which the person experiences both hypomanic episodes and major depressive episodes.

Question 15

MAOIs

Answer 15

Monoamine-oxidase inhibitors
Class of antidepressant drugs sometimes used for treating depression.

Question 16

SSRIs

Answer 16

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
A medication that inhibits serotonin and is used in the treatment of depression.

Question 17

ECT

Answer 17

Electroconvulsive therapy
Use of electricity to produce convulsions and unconsciousness; a treatment used primarily to alleviate depressive and manic episodes. Also known as electroshock therapy.