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abnormal psychology
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Psychology
Post-Graduate
11/19/2009

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unipolar depression
Definition
depression without a history of mania
Term
triclyclins
Definition
an antidepressant drug under the biological treament
Term
symbolic loss
Definition

under the pscyhodynamic

Freud theory of the reason a person gets depress after lossing a valued object (example loss of employment) which can be uncousciosly interpret as the loss of a loved one.

 ALSO CALLED IMAGINESS LOSS

Term
() selective seratonine reuceptors inhibitors
Definition
ANTIDPRESSANTS DRUGS UNDER THE BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT FOR UNIPOLAR THAT INCREASE SERATONIN WITHOUT EFFECTING OTHER'S NEUROTRANSMITTERS
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MAO INHIBITORS
Definition
AN ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUG UNDER BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT THAT SLOW THE PRODUCTION OF MAO
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MANIA

 

Definition

THE OPPOSITE OF BIOPOLAR

STATE OF FRENZY, HAPPINESS AND EUPHORIA , WHICH PEOPLE THINK THE WORLD IS THEIRS

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MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS
Definition
A PATTERN OF DEPRESSION THAT IS NOT CAUSE BY DRUGS OR GENERAL MEDICAL CONDITION AND HAS NO HISTORY OF MANIA
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LERNED HELPLESSNES
Definition
ACCORDING TO SELIGMAS , WHEN PEOPLE BELIEVE THEY HAVE LOST  CONTROL ON PAST EXPERIENCES AND HAS NO CONTROL OVER ONE'S REINFORCEMENT
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HOW COMMON IS DEPRESION IN THE USA?
Definition
7% OF MOSTLY MIDDLE AGE WHITE WOMEN SUFFERS FROM DEPRESSION
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DEPRESSION
Definition
A LOW SAD STATE MARK BY LOW ENERGY, SADNESS AND LOW SELF ESTEEM
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INTERPERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY
Definition
A TREATMENT FOR UNIPOLAR DEPRESSION THAT BELIEFS IN CLARIFYING A PERSON INTERPERSONAL PROBLEM WILL LEAD TO RECOVERY
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CYCLOTHYIMIC DISORDERS
Definition

A DISORDER MARKED BY HYPOMANIC SYMPTOMS AND MILD DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS

PAG 213

Term
5 SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION
Definition

1-EMOTIONAL- NO DESIRE IN DOINGS THINGS ,EMPTY MISERABLE

2- MOTIVATIONAL- NO DESIRE IN DOING NORMAL ACTIVITIES

3-BEHAVIORAL- PEOPLE ARE LESS ACTIVE AND LES PRODUCTIVE

4-COGNITIVE- PEOPLE BLAME THEMSELVES FOR BAD EVENTS ANDSEE THEMSELVES NEGATIVE

5-PHYSICAL- PHYSICAL AND GEN PAIN

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6 MAJOR DEPRESSIVE PATTERS OF DISODERS
Definition

RECURRENT

SEASONAL

POSTPARTUM

MELANCHOLIC

DYSTHIMIC

DOUBLE DEPRESSION

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