Unit 10 Mood Disorders

Question 1

Mania

Answer 1

Form of illness that is an exaggerated periods of euphoria or irritability, delusion, and overactivity.

Question 2

Hypomania

Answer 2

Individual will experience voracious appetites for social engagement, spending and activity, even indiscriminate sex. It’s a lower form of mania.

Question 3

Depression

Answer 3

Alert action in mood expressed by feelings of sadness, despair or pessimism.

Question 4

Rapid Cycling

Answer 4

4 or more mood episodes in a 12 month period. This is used to indicate more severe symptoms of bipolar disorder.

Question 5

Grandiosity

Answer 5

Inflated self regard

Is apparent in both the ideas expressed and the person behavior.

Question 6

Affect

Answer 6

An outward display of emotions. Includes nonverbal communication like body language and gestures.

Question 7

Euphoria

Answer 7

A state of intense happiness and self confidence

Question 8

Mood

Answer 8

The patients subjective experience of sustained state of well-being

Question 9

Anhedonia

Answer 9

Loss of ability to experience joy in living

Question 10

Transient Depression

Answer 10

Life’s everyday disappoints

Question 11

Anergia

Answer 11

Lack of energy

Question 12

Hypersomnia

Answer 12

Excessive daytime sleeping