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Abnormal psych chapter 9
Mood disorders
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
03/24/2010

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Emotional symptoms of depression
Definition
1. Most common sadness
2. Ahedonia, loss of interest in everything in life.
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Psych/ Behavioral symptoms of depression
Definition
Changes in apetite, sleep and activitity levels
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Psychomotor retardation
Definition
Phsyically slowing down
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Psychomotor agitation
Definition
a. Cannot sit still, agitated
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Cognitive symptoms of deprssion
Definition
1. Worthlessness, guilt, hopelessness, suicide, lose touch with reality
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Diagnosis of major depression
Definition
a. Person must expeierce depressed mood or loos of interest in usual activities
b. 4 other symptoms of depression for two weeks
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Dysthymic depression disorder diagnosis
Definition
a. Less severe more chronic depressed mood for 2 years
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Double depression diagnosis
Definition
1. Chronically dystmic and episodes of major
2. Less likely to respond to regular treatments
3. Half have other psych disorder
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Depression with melancholic features
Definition
a. Physiological symtoms of depression are prominent
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Depression with psychotic features
Definition
a. People experience delusions and hallucinations with psychotic episodes
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Depression with catonic feautures
Definition
a. Strange behaviors, catonia range from anxious movements to complete slowness
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Depression with atypical feautures
Definition
a. Odd assortment of features (weight gain, hypersomnia)
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Depression with postpartum onset
Definition
a. Depression 4 weeks after giving birth for women
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Seasonal Pattern depression
Definition
a. History of at least 2 years where major depressive episodes occur during one season
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Prevalence and course of depression
Definition
i. 16 percent, 15-24 year olds
ii. Very old depression goes up and is severe and chronic
iii. Women more likely, more willing to admit
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Bipolar mood disorders
Definition
i. Elated mixed with irritation and agitation
ii. Grandiose self esteem
iii. Thoughts, impulses spark ideas, person must get their way.
iv. Impulsive behaviors, sexual liasons
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Diagnosis of mania
Definition
i. Manic mood for more than one week plus 3 other symptoms, must impair ability to function
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Bipolar 1 diagnosis
Definition
i. Major depressive episdodes can occur but not necessary
ii. Mania is necessary
iii. Hypomanic episodes can occur but not necessary
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Bipolar 2 disorder
Definition
i. Major depressive episodes are necessary
ii. Mania cannot be present for diagnosis
iii. Hypomanic episodes are necessary for diagnosis
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Genetic abnormalities in mood disorders
Definition
1. People with abnormal seretonin transporter gene twice as likely
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Monamines
Definition
1. Neurepinepherine, seretonin, and dopamine
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Mood disorder brain abnormalities
Definition
1. Refrontal cortex, hippocampus, anterior amybigate cortex, amygdala
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Behavioral theories
Definition
a. Behavioral theories
i. Reaction to stressful negative events,
ii. No more positive reinforcements
iii. Learned helplessness theory
1. Uncontrollable negative events most likely to lead to depression
2. Learned helessness deficits
a. Low motivation as a result of helplessness
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Negative cognitive triad
Definition
1. Negative cognitive triad
a. Negative views of world, don’t see positives, unaware hold these views
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Causal attribution
Definition
a. Events become stable, global, blame themselves
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Depressive Realism
Definition
a. People with depression realistic about uncontrollable situations
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Rumiative response theory
Definition
a. Don’t make effort to become happy
i. More likely to beocome depressed
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Psychodynamic theory
Definition
i. People find themselves in unhealthy and destructive relationships
ii. Get in these relationships bcause in early chilhood was not taught strong sense of self
iii. Too scared to express rage, therefore become sad
iv. Introjected hostility theory
v. Self blame and hostility at others wrong
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Cohort effect
Definition
i. People born in one historical period are more at risk than other people for depression
ii. After 1970 more likely
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MAIO drugs
Definition
2. MAIO
a. Causes breakdown of monoamine inhibitors in synapse
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Behavior therapy
Definition
i. Increase positive reinforces and and decrease aversive events by teaching person new skills for managing interpersonal situations and enviorment
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Cognitive therapy
Definition
i. Challenge distorted thinking and help person learn more adaptive ways of thinking and new behavioral skills.
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Psychodynamic theory
Definition
i. Help person realize ncioncious hostility and fears of abandonment to facilitate change in self concept and behaviors
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