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Mood Disorders
Mood disorders symptoms and diagnostic categories
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
03/22/2014

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Term
Types of mood disorder symptoms
Definition
Changes in mood and affect
Physical or vegetative symptoms
Cognitive symptoms
Behavior changes
Term
Changes in mood or affect
Definition
Depressed
Anhedonia
Irritable, (suspicion/paranoia)
Agitated
Elevated
Term
Physical or vegetative symptoms
Definition
< or > sleep
< or > weight
< or > appetite
< or > energy
< concentration
Term
Cognitive symptoms
Definition
fast/slowed thinking
Negative thoughts
Grandiose ideas
Indecisive
Excessive guilt, personal fail
Extreme: psychotic ideas, delusions, hallucinations
Term
Behavior changes
Definition
Psychomotor retardation or acceleration
High risk and suicidal behavior
< or > in activities
Difficulties in social/occupational
Term
4 mood syndromes
Definition
Very depressed: Clinical depression
Mildly depressed: subclinical/minor depression
Mildly elevated: hypomania
Very elevated: mania/manic episode
Term
Symptoms of manic or hypomanic episode
Definition
3 or more:
< self esteem
> sleep
< talk
racing thoughts
distractable
< activity
< involvement
Term
Differences between manic and hypomanic episdoes
Definition
Manic: 1 week, social/occupation impairment
Hypomanic: 4 days, no marked impairment
Term
Major depressive episode symptoms
Definition
5 or more in 2 weeks;
> mood
> interest/pleasure
> or < weight
> or < sleep
Psychomotor agitation
> energy
guilt/worthless
> concentration
Recurrent thoughts of death/suicide
Term
Major depressive episode
Definition
social/occupation impairment
2 week
Term
Bipolar I
Definition
History of full manic and major depressive episodes
Term
Bipolar II
Definition
History of hypomanic and major depressive
Term
Cyclothymic disorder
Definition
History of hypomanic symptoms and mild depression
Term
Specifiers
Definition
Severity: (mild/mod/severe)
Course: full/partial remission, peripartum, seasonal, rapid cycle
Term
Behavioral causes of depression
Definition
Downward spiral: no rewards for good behavior = bad behavior. no rewards for socializing = stop socializing.
Term
cognitive causes of depression
Definition
Cognitive triad: negative repeated interpretation of experiences, themselves, future.
Illogical thinking, automatic thoughts, dwelling
Term
Cognitive factors that make depression more likely
Definition
Likely: Stable (all the time), Global (Illogical bigger picture), Internal (Self blame)
Term
Cognitive factors that make depression less likely
Definition
Unlikely: Unstable (one time event), Specific (focus on this event), External (blame others)
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