Treatments for Mood Disorders

Question 1

Unipolar depression

Answer 1

psychological: behavioral, cognitive (best one), CBT
sociocultural: couples and family therapy
biological: Meds, ECT

Question 2

behavioral

Answer 2

reintroduce pleasurable activities, reinforce non depressive behaviors, improve social skills

Question 3

cognitive

Answer 3

helps identify and change negative thoughts, works best with behavioral

Question 4

Cognitive behavioral

Answer 4

four phases: increasing activities/elevating mood, challenging automatic thoughts, identifying negative thinking/biases, changing primary attitudes

Question 5

Mindfulness based cognitive

Answer 5

for relapse prevention, learn to accept and feel sadness instead of trying to avoid

Question 6

sociocultural approaches

Answer 6

multicultural and family-social treatment

Question 7

Electroconvulsive therapy

Answer 7

controversial, electrical stimulation that causes seizure, effective but don’t know why, declined use because of memory loss side effects, frightening nature and emergence of drugs

Question 8

antidepressant medications

Answer 8

MAO inhibitors and tricyclics (old), near are second generation antidepressants
- work by blocking reuptake of neurotransmitters

Question 9

brain stimulation

Answer 9

vagus nerve, transcranial magnetic and deep brain stimulation

Question 10

bipolar treatments

Answer 10

mood stabilizers with adjunctive psychotherapy