Chapter 21 Mental Health

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Affective disorders (Mood disorders)

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encompass a large group of disorders involving pathological mood and related disturbances.

Two main categories: depressive disorders and bipolar disorders

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anaclitic depression

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withdrawal, nonresponsive, depression, and vulnerability to physical illness or failure to thrive when separated from their mothers.

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depressive disorders

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one of the two major types of mood disorders, have been categorized in many ways.

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dysthymia

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moderate depression is less severe than MDD and do not include psychotic features. They exhibit a lack of interest and lack of productivity and verbalizes feelings of guilt, inadequacy, and irritability.

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endogenous depression

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when the depressed mood appears to develop from within a client, and no apparent cause or external precipitating factors is identified.

For example: Depression caused by biochemical imbalance

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bipolar disorder (BPD)

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labile affect or mood changes of a client including: euphoria, elation, hypomania, mania, rapid-cycling.

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Euphoria

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an exaggerated feeling of physical and emotional well-being.

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elation

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a state of extreme happiness, delight, or excitability

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hypomania

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a psychopathological state and abnormality of mood falling somewhere between normal euphoria and mania, characterized by unrealistic optimism, pressure of speech and activity, and a decreased need for sleep (some clients show an increase in creativity during hypomanic states, whereas others show poor judgement, irritability, and irascibility). Able to function socially, academically, and occupationally although their behavior is significantly different from their baseline.

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Mania

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a state chracterized by excessive elation, inflated self-esteem, and grandiosity.

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Rapid-cycling

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a state characterized by the occurrence of four or more mood episodes during the previous 12 months; a course modifier for the different diagnosis of BPD.

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Bipolar 1

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occurs less commonly than MDD with a lifetime prevalence of about .7% to 1.6%. It is characterized by one or more manic episodes with or without a history of a depressive episodes.

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Bipolar 2

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is characterized by recurrent major depressive episodes with hypomanic (a mood between euphoria and excessive elation) episodes occurring with a particular severity, frequency, and duration.

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cyclothymic disorder

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symptoms are identical to the symptoms of BP2 except that they are generally less severe. The changes in mood are irregular and abrupt, sometimes occurring within hours.

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anhedonia

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the inability to experience pleasure from activities that normally produce pleasurable feelings

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psychomotor retardation

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a generalized slowing of physical and emotional reactions

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psychomotor agitation

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excessive motor activity associated with a feeling of inner tension.

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Poverty of speech content

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the content of the answer is vague or obscure

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Residual symptoms

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the phase of an illness that occurs after the remission of the initial clinical symptoms

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anergia

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sluggishness or listlessness

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apathy

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indifference

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asthenia

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profound fatigue with loss of motivation and short-term memory problems