Psychopathology - depression

Question 1

all forms of depression and depressive disorders are charcaterised by

Answer 1

low mood and low energy levels

Question 2

BEHAVIOURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DEPRESSION DESCRIBE

Answer 2

how behaviour changes when we experience an episode of depression

Question 3

what are the three behavioural charcateristics of depression

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activity levels

disruption to sleep and eating behaviour

aggression and self harm

Question 4

BCOD - desctibe activity levels of the depressed

Answer 4

reduced energy levels, making them lethargic

Question 5

BCOD - true or fasle reduced energy levels has a knock on effect

Answer 5

true

Question 6

BCOD - describe knock on effect of low levels of energy

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people tend to withdraw from

work

education

social life

Question 7

BCOD - what happens in extreme casses of low energy levels due to depression

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so severe person cannot get out of bed

Question 8

BCOD - depression can lead to low energy levels but also

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have the opposite effect

Question 9

BCOD - what is it called when depresion can lead to hihg energy levels

Answer 9

psychomotor agitation

Question 10

BCOD - describe psychomotor agitation individuals (Agitated individuals )

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struggle to relax and may end up pacing up and down room

Question 11

BCOD - when a person has depression describe changes to tehri sleep

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insomnia - particularly premature waking

hyperinsomnia (increased need for sleep )

Question 12

BCOD - explain what can happen to a perosn eaing when their suffering with depression

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appetite and eating may increase or decrease

causing weight gain or loss

Question 13

BCOD - what is the key point about sleeping and eating when it comes to depression

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these behaviours disrupted by depression

Question 14

BCOD - in terms of aggression and self harm , descirbe people with depression

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often irritable

and in some cases

can become

verbally and physically aggressive

Question 15

BCOD - peoplr with depression are irritable and can become aggressive what can this cause

+ example

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serious knock on effects on a number of aspects in their life

e.g someone xp depression may display verbal aggression by ending a relationship or quitting a job

Question 16

BCOD - true or false depression can lead to physical aggression directed against the self

Answer 16

true

Question 17

BCOD - depression can lead to physical aggression directed against the self , this includes

Answer 17

self harm

often in form of cutting or suicide attempts

Question 18

What are the emotional characteristics of depression

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lowered mood

anger

lowered self esteem

Question 19

ECOD - When we use word depressed what are we describing

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having lowered mood

in other words

feeling sad

Question 20

ECOD - Lowered mood is still a defining emotional element of depression but its more

Answer 20

pronounced than daily kind of experinece of feeling lethargic and sad

Question 21

ECOD - in terms of lwoered mood people with depression often describe themselves as

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worthless

empty

Question 22

ECOD - anger - people with depression xp more negative than +ve emotions during episodes of depression but -ve emotions not limited to

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sadness

Question 23

ECOD - people with depression frequently experience

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anger

sometimes extreme

Question 24

ECOD - this anger can be directed at

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self

or others

Question 25

ECOD - explain why some emotional charcteristics such as anger (/Aggresion) appear under behavioural characterstics as well

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such emotions lead to aggressive or self harming behvaiout

Question 26

ECOD - what is self esteem

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emotional xp of how much we like oursleves

Question 27

ECOD - descirbe and explain self esteem in people with depression

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reduced

tehy liek themselves less than usual

can be extreme , some people with depression describing sense of self loathing

Question 28

cogntiive charcteristics of depression concerned with

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ways which people process info

Question 29

people xp depression or xped depression tend to process..

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process info about several aspects of the world quite diff from normal ways people w/o depression think

Question 30

What are the cognitive characteristics of depresssion

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poor concentration

attending to and dwelling on the negative

absolutist thinking

Question 31

CCOD - depressino can be associated with poor levels of

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concentration

Question 32

CCOD - what 2 things may a person with poor levels of concentration experience

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find the,selves unable to stick with task as they usually would

might find it hard to make descisons that they would normally find straightforward

Question 33

CCOD - in terms of poor levels of concentraiton what can poor conc & therfore / poor DM do

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interfere wit individuals work

Question 34

CCOD - in terms of attending to and dwelling on the negative - when xp a depressive episode what might a person w depression do

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inclined to pay more attention to negative aspects of situation and ignore positives

Question 35

CCOD - A2&DON - what bias do people with depression have

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bias towards recalling unhappy events rather than happy ones

Question 36

CCOD - The bias towards recalling unhappy events rather than happy ones is opposite to

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bias most people have when not depressed

Question 37

CCOD - AT - how do people with depression think

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think situations all good or all bad

black and white thinking

Question 38

POV : i have depression and have had an unfortunate situation how would i see it

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as an absolute disaster