Week 6 - mood disorders

Question 1

Persistent Depressive Disorder

Answer 1

• chronicity as its defining symptom

Question 2

Disruptive Mood Dysregulation

Answer 2

• in children and adolescents
• persistently irritable or angry mood and frequent temper outbursts that are disproportionate to the situation and significantly more severe than the typical reaction of same-aged peers.

Question 3

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

Answer 3

• severe form PMS, follows a predictable, cyclic pattern

- begin in the late luteal phase of the menstrual cycle and end shortly after menstruation begins.

Question 4

Cyclothymic

Answer 4

• Highs and lows are not as severe as the mania or depression
• Shifting moods are destabilizing enough to present problems for a sufferer