Ab. Psych Chapter 6: Mood Disorders And Suicide

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Mania

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Period of abnormally excessive elation or euphoria, associated with some mood disorders

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Hypomanic episode

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Less severe and less depressive version of a manic episode that is one of the criteria for several mood disorders.

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mixed manic episode
(disphoric manic episode)

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condition in which the individual experiences both elation and depression or anxiety at the same time.

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Pathological or impacted grief reaction

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extreme reaction to the death of a loved one that involves psychotic features, suicidal ideation, o severe loss of weight or energy, or that persists more than 2 months.

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Bipolar I

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The alternation of major depressive episodes with hypomanic episodes.

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Bipolar II

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The alternation of major depressive episodes with full manic episodes.

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Cyclothymic Disorder

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chronic (at least 2 years) mood disorder characterized by alternating mood elevation and depression that are not as severe as manic or major depressive episodes.

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neurohormones

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Hormones that affect the brain and are increasingly the focus of study in psychpathology.

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Learned Helplessness theory of depression

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Seligman's theory that people become anxious and depressed when they make an attribution that they have no control over the stress in their lives (whether in reality they do or not).

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Depressive cognitive triad

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Thinking errors in depressed people negatively focused in three areas: themselves, their immediate world, and their future.

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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

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Biological treatment for severe, chronic depression involving the application of electrical impulses through the brain to produce seizures. The reasons for its effectiveness are unknown.

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Cognitive therapy

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treatment approach that involves identifying and altering negative thinking styles related to psychological disorders as depression and anxiety and replacing them with more positive beliefs and attitudes- and, ultimately, more adaptive behavior and coping styles.

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Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)

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Newer brief treatment approach that exphasizes resolution of interpersonal problems and stressors such as role disputes in marital conflict or forming relationships on marriage or a new job. it has demonstrated effectiveness for such preoblems as depression.

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Maintenance treatment

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combination of continued psychsocial treatment and/or medication designed to prevent relapse following therapy.

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Suicidal attempts

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efforts made to kill oneself.

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Suicidal Ideation

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serious thoughts about commiting suicide.

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Psyhological autopsy

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Postmortem psychological profile os a suicide victim constructed from interviews with people who knew the person before death.