🧠 psychology - :(

Question 1

Whats another word for mood disorder?

Answer 1

Affective disorder

Question 2

Define mood disorder

Answer 2

Mental disorder characterisd by disturbances of mood that are intense and persistent enough to be clearly maladaptive

Question 3

What are the two types of mood disorders?

Answer 3

Bipolar and depressive disorder

Question 4

What are the primary types of mood episodes?

Answer 4

Depressive episodes, manic episodes, mixed episodes, hypomanic episodes

Question 5

What are the two types of unipolar depression?

Answer 5

Single episode depressive disorder and Recurrent depressive disorder.

Question 6

What is unipolar disorder?

Answer 6

Also known as clinical depression, it is depression that affects a person’s perfomance for a prolongued time.

Question 7

What are the characteristics of single episode depressive disorder?

Answer 7

• Presence or history of one depressive episode, with no prior history
• No manic, hypomanic, or mixed episodes have occured

Question 8

What are the characteristics of recurrent depressive disorder?

Answer 8

• At least two depressive episodes seperated by at least several months without significant mood disturbance
• No manic, hypomanic, or mixed episodes have occured

Question 9

What is a depressive episode?

Answer 9

A period of almost daily depressive mood / diminished interest in activities for at least 2 weeks

Question 10

What are characteristics of a depressive episode?

Answer 10

• Difficulty concentrating
• Feelings of worthlessness
• Excessive guilt
• Hopelessness
• Recurrent thoughts of death or suicide
• Changed in appetite and sleep
• Psychomotor agitation or retardation
• Reduced energy or fatigue.