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Major depression lasts for a minimum of |
two weeks |
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anhedonia |
without pleasure |
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bereavement exclusion |
first two months following a significantloss |
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what is disruptive mood dysregulation disorder and what age group does it occur in? |
temper tantrums occurring in children between 6-18 |
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what does disruptive mood dysregulation disorder result in |
verbal or behavioral outburst out of proportion |
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True or False: Tantrums can be considered disruptive mood dysregulation disorder even if it is associated with a medical or mental diagnosis |
false, only present if it is not associated with a medical or mental diagnosis causing the tantrum |
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Dysthymic disorder is a feelings of depression that persist consistently for at least how many years |
at least two years |
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What is also known as PMS? |
premenstrual dysphoric disorder |
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what are the psychological factors of depression? |
cognitive theory and learned helplessness |
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what is a cognitive theory |
processing information in negative ways, even in the midst of positive factors. |
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Who is associated with the cognitive theory in depression |
Beck |
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What is Beck's Cognitive Triad |
negative, self-deprecating view of self pessimistic view of the world the belief that negative reinforcement will continue in the future |
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who is associated with learned helplessness? |
Seligman |
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anxiety is replaced with depression if the person feels no control over the outcome of a situation |
learned helplessness |
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what are some assessment tools for depression? |
Beck DepressionInventory The HamiltonDepression Scale Zung DepressionScale Geriatric DepressionScale PHQ-9 screen with91% accuracy |
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what increases suicide potential? |
severe hopelessness, overuse of alcohol, recent loss of separation, history or present history of suicide attempts, acute suicide ideation |
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Prioritizing diagnosis for a patient with depression would be? |
Determining the risk for suicide |
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What is the acute phase of implementation in depression? |
6 to 12 weeks. directing a reduction of depressive symptoms and restoring psychosocial and work function |
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what is the continuation phase of depression? |
4 to 9 months directed at preventing relapse through pharmacotherapy, education, and depression-specific psychotherapy |
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what is the maintenance phase of depression? |
1 year or more - preventing of further episodes of depression medication is either continued or d/c'd |
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What is anergia? |
lack of energy or physical passivity a - without |
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what are the vegetative symptoms an individual with depression may experience? |
change in bowel movements, eating habits, sleep, and disinterest in sex |
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what are they symptoms associated with depression? |
anergia, vegetative symptoms, chronic pain, psychomotor retardation/ agitation, affect |
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when assessing affect, what would you assess |
feelings of hopelessness and despair are readily reflected in the person’s affect, Flat affect, monotone, no eye contact |
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when assessing the thought process, what would you assess? |
decreased solving problem skills, thought process, and judgement, Decreased memory and concentration, and increased delusional thinkingnoted |
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how do you assess a patient's mood? |
by asking the patient how they feel |
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what are they core characteristics of helplessness? |
- negative expectations for the future - loss of control over future outcomes - passive acceptance of the futility of planning to achieve goals - emotional negativism: despair, despondency, depression |
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feelings of ________ and _______ are natural outcomes of profound feelings of helplessness |
anger and irritability |
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when patient's are experiencing anger and irritability, what should you do? |
reinforce feelings of low self-esteem and worthlessness |
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psychomotor retardation can be characterized as? |
slowed and difficult movements to compelete inactivity and incontinence |
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psychomotor agitation can be characterized as? |
pacing, biting of nails, finger tapping, fidgety and inability to relax |
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change in sleep habits can be expressed in those experiencing depression. What two types? |
true - insomnia, hypersomnia |
