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| Major Depression; dsythymia |
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| Criteria Sets for mood disorders require the presence (or absence) of mood disorders: |
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| Major Depressive Episode; Manic Episode, Hypomanic episode |
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| prominent physiological symptoms |
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| delusions and hallucinations |
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| lack of movement, disturbances in speech |
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| assortment of odd symptoms |
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| within 4 weeks of delivery of child |
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| seasonal affective disorder |
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| a less severe, more chronic unipolar depression |
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| women are about 2x as likely as men to experience mild and severe depression |
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| women are about 2x as likely as men to experience mild and severe depression |
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| a category of mood disorders on Axis I, DSM-IV-TR that includes major depression and dysthymia |
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| a category of mood disorders on Axis I, DSM-IV-TR that includes major depression and dysthymia |
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| a terms for being diagnosed with both major depression and dysthymia |
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| how are mood disorders categorized either unipolar or bipolar? |
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| based on the presence or absence of mood episodes |
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| unipolar disorders involve: |
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| major depressive episodes and NO manic, mixed or hypomanic |
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| Bipolar disorders include: |
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| major depressive episodes, manic episodes, hypomanic episodes |
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| bipolar disorders include: |
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| manic, hypomanic and mixed episodes |
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| less severe manic episodes |
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| Bipolar I includes ____ vs Bipolar II does not |
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| ______ is to unipolar depression as _______ is to bipolar depression |
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| Dysthymia; cyclothymic disorder |
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| men and women are equally likely to be diagnosed with ___________. |
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| Monoamines in the limbic system: |
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| serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine |
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-travels all over the brain... doing everything & nothing
-regulates emotion
-genes related to 5-ht identified in several illnesses |
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| Norepinephrine (noradrenaline) |
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-produced by neurons in the brain stem
-cocaine & amphetamines prolong the action of norepinephirne by slowing its reuptake |
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-affects reward systems in the brain
-important to functioning of muscle systems
-lack of DA identified in parkinsons disease |
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Depression caused by reduction of monoamines in the synapses
-decreased synthesis
-increased degredation by synaptic enzyme
-impaired release or reuptake |
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| what is the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis or HPA axis? |
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| the main hormone biofeedback system connected to the limbic system |
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| electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) |
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-given to patients who do not respond to medication
-relieves depression in 50-60%, but 85% relapse |
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| Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) |
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| vagus nerve- part of the autonomic nervous system carries information from the head, neck, thorax and abdomen to the brain |
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| Repetitve Transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) |
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-electrical stimulation repeated, high-intensity magnetic impulses of neurons affect neurotransmitter release
-few side effects
-patiets remain awake (unlike ECT) |
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| tricyclic antridepressants |
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| reduce reuptake of norepinephrine & serotonin by changing responsiveness of receptors |
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| tricyclic antidepressants problems |
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-bad side effects
-takes 3-4 weeks to work
-fatal overdoes of only 3-4x prescribed |
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| monoamine oxidace inhibitors (MAOIs) |
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-is a synaptic enxyme
-increase synaptic neurotransmitter levels by decreasing enzyme action |
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-fatal interatcion: tyramine, antihypertense & antihistamine meds
-cause liver damage, weight gain, etc. |
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| Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) |
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| prevent reuptake of serotonin in the synapse |
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-less severe side effects
-relief within a couple of weeks
-not fatal in overdoes |
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