Flashcards in Depression Deck (11)
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Different types of depression
Unipolar depression
Bipolar depression
Depressive disorder
Major depressive disorder
Dysthmia
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Unipolar depression
Mood swings in one direction
Most common
More likely to be environmental than genetic
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Bipolar depression
Oscillations between depression and mania
Onset happens in adulthood
Strong hereditary tendency
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Depressive disorder
Significant levels of sadness, low energy, low self worth, guilt
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Major depressive disorder
Severe pattern of depression, disabling, not caused by drugs or medical conditions
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Dysthmia
Chronic and less disabling but similar to major depressive disorder
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Ways to diagnose depression
1. Interview
2. Fill out a questionnaire
Score given tells you whether mild, moderate or severe
3. DSM diagnostic statistical manual - need to have five or more symptoms that have been present for two week period
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Symptoms of depression
1. Depressed mood
2. Loss of interest/pleasure
3. Weigh loss/gain; increase/decrease in appetite
4. Insomnia/hypersomnia
5. Psychomotor agitation or retardation
6. Fatigue/loss of energy
7. Feeling of worthlessness or guilt
8. Less able to concentrate/think, indecisiveness
9. Recurrent thoughts of death
10. Loss of libido
- Need atleast 1 or 2 to be diagnosed with depression
- Need tohave five or more symptoms present for TWO week period
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Factors affecting depression
- More likely in female
- First episode occurs in late adolescent early adulthood years
- May be co-morbid with other psychiatric disorders
- Causes hyperactivity of prefrontal cortex
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Monoamine theory of depression
- Overall reduction in central monoamine NT i.e. 5-HT and NA
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