MODULE 7: MOOD DISORDERS
ACTIVITY #7 Page 146
Uñalivia, Ethan Gershwin V.
BSP 3-1 Instructor: Ms. Sheina T. Cadavos, RPm
Final Assessment 1: The Case of Janet: Major Depressive Disorder
Questions:
1. Specify in detail the diagnostic features of major depressive episodes from Janet’s case.
● According to Criteria A for Major Depressive Disorder
- Janet was brooding more and more about the divorce.
- She was gaining weight
- Claire’s health and her concern about missed classes and lost studying
time contributed substantially to a decline in Janet’s mood.
- She lost interest in most of her previous activities. Even casual reading had come
to be a tedious chore.
- She did not have any hobbies because she never had enough time.
2. Janet had experienced a series of stressful events and circumstances. Would anyone
have become depressed if they were in the same situation? If not, what other factors
might have combined with these stressful events to lead to her depression?
- I think that any other person that experiences the stressful events that Janet experienced
would also be hard for them but I think that not all of them would be depressed because
everyone has a different way to handle stress. In Janet's case, stressful events had piled
up. She had gone through divorce, she was gaining weight, she lost interest in daily
activities, she was worried about her kids health and she needed to withdraw from her
studies even though she did not want to.
, Final Assessment 2:
1. Why do the comorbidities of mood disorders mostly linked to substance use disorders?
- It is because mood disorders can trigger the use of substances like alcohol and
drugs to initially minimize or moderate the mood symptoms for a short period of
time.
2. Differentiate the diagnostic criteria of Bipolar 1 and Bipolar 2 Disorder
- The difference between Bipolar I and Bipolar II is the severity of manic
episodes caused by each type. Individuals who have Bipolar I will experience a
full manic episode while individuals who have Bipolar II will only experience
hypomanic episodes.
3. What are the common criteria of mood disorder? What criteria made it differ to
one another?
- Common criteria of mood disorders is the significant change in the individual’s
behavior; Poor appetite or overeating, insomnia or hypersomnia, poor
concentration or difficulty making decisions, etc. The difference is that some
mood disorders may experience manic, hypomanic and major depressive disorder
but some will not.
4. In the Philippines, what is the current status in terms of perception, management,
treatment for mood disorders? How does it differ from other countries?
- The current treatment for mood disorders here in the Philippines and other countries are
psychotherapy (talk therapy) sessions and proper medications like; Antidepressants,
mood stabilizers, and antipsychotics. A lot of people would not know or will not know
that they have mood disorders because of the stigma here in the Philippines that if you are
acting weird or acting unusual, you are more likely to be called “nag-iinarte” or
“tinotoyo”.
MODULE 8: DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS
ACTIVITY #7 Page 146
Uñalivia, Ethan Gershwin V.
BSP 3-1 Instructor: Ms. Sheina T. Cadavos, RPm
Final Assessment 1: The Case of Janet: Major Depressive Disorder
Questions:
1. Specify in detail the diagnostic features of major depressive episodes from Janet’s case.
● According to Criteria A for Major Depressive Disorder
- Janet was brooding more and more about the divorce.
- She was gaining weight
- Claire’s health and her concern about missed classes and lost studying
time contributed substantially to a decline in Janet’s mood.
- She lost interest in most of her previous activities. Even casual reading had come
to be a tedious chore.
- She did not have any hobbies because she never had enough time.
2. Janet had experienced a series of stressful events and circumstances. Would anyone
have become depressed if they were in the same situation? If not, what other factors
might have combined with these stressful events to lead to her depression?
- I think that any other person that experiences the stressful events that Janet experienced
would also be hard for them but I think that not all of them would be depressed because
everyone has a different way to handle stress. In Janet's case, stressful events had piled
up. She had gone through divorce, she was gaining weight, she lost interest in daily
activities, she was worried about her kids health and she needed to withdraw from her
studies even though she did not want to.
, Final Assessment 2:
1. Why do the comorbidities of mood disorders mostly linked to substance use disorders?
- It is because mood disorders can trigger the use of substances like alcohol and
drugs to initially minimize or moderate the mood symptoms for a short period of
time.
2. Differentiate the diagnostic criteria of Bipolar 1 and Bipolar 2 Disorder
- The difference between Bipolar I and Bipolar II is the severity of manic
episodes caused by each type. Individuals who have Bipolar I will experience a
full manic episode while individuals who have Bipolar II will only experience
hypomanic episodes.
3. What are the common criteria of mood disorder? What criteria made it differ to
one another?
- Common criteria of mood disorders is the significant change in the individual’s
behavior; Poor appetite or overeating, insomnia or hypersomnia, poor
concentration or difficulty making decisions, etc. The difference is that some
mood disorders may experience manic, hypomanic and major depressive disorder
but some will not.
4. In the Philippines, what is the current status in terms of perception, management,
treatment for mood disorders? How does it differ from other countries?
- The current treatment for mood disorders here in the Philippines and other countries are
psychotherapy (talk therapy) sessions and proper medications like; Antidepressants,
mood stabilizers, and antipsychotics. A lot of people would not know or will not know
that they have mood disorders because of the stigma here in the Philippines that if you are
acting weird or acting unusual, you are more likely to be called “nag-iinarte” or
“tinotoyo”.
MODULE 8: DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS
