PSY 657 FINAL EXAM CERTIFICATION
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⩥ Polar opposite of mania is. Answer: depression: extraordinary sadness
⩥ Mania and depression cause. Answer: marked impairment in
occupational or social functioning
⩥ Hypomania. Answer: below mania, not as impairing as full blow
manic episode, still able to function
⩥ polar opposite of hypomania is .... Answer: Dysthymia: mood state
that is more depressed than normal but not as severe as what is found in
major depression
⩥ Hypomania and dysthymia both..... Answer: not severe enough to
cause marked impairment in occupational or social functioning
⩥ Unipolar mood disorder. Answer: disorders in which a person
experiences only depressive episodes
⩥ (Unipolar Mood Disorder) DSM 5 does not recognize.... Answer:
unipolar mania; just unipolar depressive episodes
,⩥ Mild depressions may be.... Answer: adaptive and desirable if brief
By slowing us down, mild depression sometimes saves us from wasting
a lot of energy in the futile pursuit of unattainable goals
⩥ Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymic Disorder). Answer:
Characterized by low grade persistently depressed mood most of the day,
for more days than not, for at least 2 years (1 year for children and
adolescents).
They must have a presence, while depressed, of two or more of the
following
Poor appetite or overeating
Insomnia or hypersomnia
Low energy or fatigue
Low self-esteem
Poor concentration or difficulty making decisions
Feelings of hopelessness
Quite common, average duration is 5 years but it can last for 20 years or
even more.
Individuals can still function normally
,⩥ Major Depressive Disorder. Answer: Much more impairing than
P.D.D. Five or more of the following symptoms have been present most
of everyday during the same 2 week period and represent a change from
previous functioning; at least one of the symptoms is either (1)
depressed mood or (2) loss of interest or pleasure;
-Depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day
-Markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities
most of the day, nearly every day
-Significant weight loss when not dieting or weight gain, or decrease or
increase in appetite nearly every day
-Insomnia or hypersomnia nearly every day
-Psychomotor agitation or retardation nearly every day
-Fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day
-Feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt
-Diminished ability to think or concentrate, or indecisiveness, nearly
every day
-Recurrent thoughts of death, recurrent suicidal ideation without a
specific plan for committing suicide
⩥ In Major Depressive Disorder, suicidal thoughts happen. Answer:
more often than in P.D.D.
⩥ Double Depression. Answer: Major Depression coexisting with
Dysthymia/P.D.D.
, ⩥ Bipolar Mood Disorder. Answer: 2 polarities; up and down
Mood disorder in which a person experiences both manic and depressive
episodes
Cycling in mood between depression and mania
Even if person is presenting with only manic symptoms we assume a
_____ exists and that a depressive episode will eventually occur
⩥ Cyclothymic Disorder. Answer: less serious version of Bipolar
Disorder
The repeated experience of hypomanic symptoms for a period of at least
2 years.
Less serious version of full blown bipolar disorder (said twice) because
it lacks the extreme mood and behavior changes, psychotic features, and
marked impairment seen in bipolar disorder
Are at greatly increased risk of later developing full blown bipolar I or II
disorder
Low grade depression (dysthymia), low grade mania (or hypomania)
⩥ Bipolar I Disorder. Answer: A form of bipolar disorder in which the
person experiences both manic (or mixed) episodes and major
depressive episodes
Mixed episode is characterized by symptoms of both full blown manic
and major depressive episodes for at least 1 week, either intermixed or
alternating rapidly every few days
Most debilitating of bipolar mood disorders
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⩥ Polar opposite of mania is. Answer: depression: extraordinary sadness
⩥ Mania and depression cause. Answer: marked impairment in
occupational or social functioning
⩥ Hypomania. Answer: below mania, not as impairing as full blow
manic episode, still able to function
⩥ polar opposite of hypomania is .... Answer: Dysthymia: mood state
that is more depressed than normal but not as severe as what is found in
major depression
⩥ Hypomania and dysthymia both..... Answer: not severe enough to
cause marked impairment in occupational or social functioning
⩥ Unipolar mood disorder. Answer: disorders in which a person
experiences only depressive episodes
⩥ (Unipolar Mood Disorder) DSM 5 does not recognize.... Answer:
unipolar mania; just unipolar depressive episodes
,⩥ Mild depressions may be.... Answer: adaptive and desirable if brief
By slowing us down, mild depression sometimes saves us from wasting
a lot of energy in the futile pursuit of unattainable goals
⩥ Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymic Disorder). Answer:
Characterized by low grade persistently depressed mood most of the day,
for more days than not, for at least 2 years (1 year for children and
adolescents).
They must have a presence, while depressed, of two or more of the
following
Poor appetite or overeating
Insomnia or hypersomnia
Low energy or fatigue
Low self-esteem
Poor concentration or difficulty making decisions
Feelings of hopelessness
Quite common, average duration is 5 years but it can last for 20 years or
even more.
Individuals can still function normally
,⩥ Major Depressive Disorder. Answer: Much more impairing than
P.D.D. Five or more of the following symptoms have been present most
of everyday during the same 2 week period and represent a change from
previous functioning; at least one of the symptoms is either (1)
depressed mood or (2) loss of interest or pleasure;
-Depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day
-Markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities
most of the day, nearly every day
-Significant weight loss when not dieting or weight gain, or decrease or
increase in appetite nearly every day
-Insomnia or hypersomnia nearly every day
-Psychomotor agitation or retardation nearly every day
-Fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day
-Feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt
-Diminished ability to think or concentrate, or indecisiveness, nearly
every day
-Recurrent thoughts of death, recurrent suicidal ideation without a
specific plan for committing suicide
⩥ In Major Depressive Disorder, suicidal thoughts happen. Answer:
more often than in P.D.D.
⩥ Double Depression. Answer: Major Depression coexisting with
Dysthymia/P.D.D.
, ⩥ Bipolar Mood Disorder. Answer: 2 polarities; up and down
Mood disorder in which a person experiences both manic and depressive
episodes
Cycling in mood between depression and mania
Even if person is presenting with only manic symptoms we assume a
_____ exists and that a depressive episode will eventually occur
⩥ Cyclothymic Disorder. Answer: less serious version of Bipolar
Disorder
The repeated experience of hypomanic symptoms for a period of at least
2 years.
Less serious version of full blown bipolar disorder (said twice) because
it lacks the extreme mood and behavior changes, psychotic features, and
marked impairment seen in bipolar disorder
Are at greatly increased risk of later developing full blown bipolar I or II
disorder
Low grade depression (dysthymia), low grade mania (or hypomania)
⩥ Bipolar I Disorder. Answer: A form of bipolar disorder in which the
person experiences both manic (or mixed) episodes and major
depressive episodes
Mixed episode is characterized by symptoms of both full blown manic
and major depressive episodes for at least 1 week, either intermixed or
alternating rapidly every few days
Most debilitating of bipolar mood disorders
