Psychopathology - depression Flashcards
all forms of depression and depressive disorders are charcaterised by
low mood and low energy levels
BEHAVIOURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DEPRESSION DESCRIBE
how behaviour changes when we experience an episode of depression
what are the three behavioural charcateristics of depression
activity levels
disruption to sleep and eating behaviour
aggression and self harm
BCOD - desctibe activity levels of the depressed
reduced energy levels, making them lethargic
BCOD - true or fasle reduced energy levels has a knock on effect
true
BCOD - describe knock on effect of low levels of energy
people tend to withdraw from
work
education
social life
BCOD - what happens in extreme casses of low energy levels due to depression
so severe person cannot get out of bed
BCOD - depression can lead to low energy levels but also
have the opposite effect
BCOD - what is it called when depresion can lead to hihg energy levels
psychomotor agitation
BCOD - describe psychomotor agitation individuals (Agitated individuals )
struggle to relax and may end up pacing up and down room
BCOD - when a person has depression describe changes to tehri sleep
insomnia - particularly premature waking
hyperinsomnia (increased need for sleep )
BCOD - explain what can happen to a perosn eaing when their suffering with depression
appetite and eating may increase or decrease
causing weight gain or loss
BCOD - what is the key point about sleeping and eating when it comes to depression
these behaviours disrupted by depression
BCOD - in terms of aggression and self harm , descirbe people with depression
often irritable
and in some cases
can become
verbally and physically aggressive
BCOD - peoplr with depression are irritable and can become aggressive what can this cause
+ example
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
BCOD - true or false depression can lead to physical aggression directed against the self
true
BCOD - depression can lead to physical aggression directed against the self , this includes
self harm
often in form of cutting or suicide attempts
What are the emotional characteristics of depression
lowered mood
anger
lowered self esteem
ECOD - When we use word depressed what are we describing
having lowered mood
in other words
feeling sad
ECOD - Lowered mood is still a defining emotional element of depression but its more
pronounced than daily kind of experinece of feeling lethargic and sad
ECOD - in terms of lwoered mood people with depression often describe themselves as
worthless
empty
ECOD - anger - people with depression xp more negative than +ve emotions during episodes of depression but -ve emotions not limited to
sadness
ECOD - people with depression frequently experience
anger
sometimes extreme
ECOD - this anger can be directed at
self
or others
ECOD - explain why some emotional charcteristics such as anger (/Aggresion) appear under behavioural characterstics as well
such emotions lead to aggressive or self harming behvaiout
ECOD - what is self esteem
emotional xp of how much we like oursleves
ECOD - descirbe and explain self esteem in people with depression
reduced
tehy liek themselves less than usual
can be extreme , some people with depression describing sense of self loathing
cogntiive charcteristics of depression concerned with
ways which people process info
people xp depression or xped depression tend to process..
process info about several aspects of the world quite diff from normal ways people w/o depression think
What are the cognitive characteristics of depresssion
poor concentration
attending to and dwelling on the negative
absolutist thinking
CCOD - depressino can be associated with poor levels of
concentration
CCOD - what 2 things may a person with poor levels of concentration experience
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
CCOD - in terms of poor levels of concentraiton what can poor conc & therfore / poor DM do
interfere wit individuals work
CCOD - in terms of attending to and dwelling on the negative - when xp a depressive episode what might a person w depression do
inclined to pay more attention to negative aspects of situation and ignore positives
CCOD - A2&DON - what bias do people with depression have
bias towards recalling unhappy events rather than happy ones
CCOD - The bias towards recalling unhappy events rather than happy ones is opposite to
bias most people have when not depressed
CCOD - AT - how do people with depression think
think situations all good or all bad
black and white thinking
POV : i have depression and have had an unfortunate situation how would i see it
as an absolute disaster
