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WHO definition of disease

complete state of physical, mental and social well-being + not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

5 Determinants of health (and the two largest components)

1. genes/biology


2. health behaviours


3. medical care


4. total ecology - where you grow up


5. social/societal characteristics


*4 and 5 are the largest

5 behaviours that "cure"

1. diet


2. exercise/non-sedentary


3. smoking


4. adherence to medical recommendations


5. alcohol/drug use



4 Stress reactions

1. exposure to stressors


2. perception of danger


3. better coping strategies


4. impairment (mental health)

Psychological factors that impact health

1. stress reactions


2. attachment and belongings


3. health behaviours



What are the 3 body states that match up with the stages of polyvagal theory

stage 1: parasympathetic


2: sympathetic


3. social

What is stage 1 of polyvagal theory?

A primitive passive feeding and reproduction system creating a metabolic baseline of operations to manage oxygen and nutrient-rich blood. Parasympathetic system

What is stage 2 of polyvagal theory?

A more sophisticated set of responses enabling mobility for feeding, defense and reproduction via limbs and muscles. Sympathetic

What is stage 3 of polyvagal theory?

A sophisticated set of responses supporting massive cortical development (ie. enabling maternal bonding (extended protection of vulnerable immature cortex processors) and social cooperation (language and social structures) via facial functions. Social

What does the environment entail? 6

1. famly


2 peers


3. job situation


4 living situation


5 concept of self


6 one's role in society

The Bio-Psycho-social model developed in 1977 can do justice to (4)

1. our understanding of medical illness and stress


2. our evolving understanding of the psychophysiological conditions


3. the broad range of psychosocial factors that are involved in triggering illness


4. the ongoing process of providing care and attending to the needs of the patient

What did the Bio-P-Social model help do?

Provided a significantly broader understanding of disease process, and included the key contribution of the effect of the doctor-patient relationship

The need for a new medical model: a challange for biomedicine was developed when?

1977 George Engel

George Engel said:

biomedical model is no longer adequate for the scientific tasks and social responsibilities of medicine

What has replaced infectious disease as the major health problem of post industrial nations?

stress induced disorders

What are the 4 afflictions of civilizations?

1. cardiovascular disease


2. cancer


3. arthritis


4. respiratory disease

5 psychosomatic illnesses:

1. GI


2. respiratory


3. MSK


4. hormonal


5. other

5 definitions of stress

1. challenging events that impact us


2. our subjective (internal) responses to such events (normal acute reactions)


3. points at which we begin to feel overwhelmed (distressed)


4. The load of burnt out feelings that accumulate as these challenges continue


5. irreversible physical damage from chronic stress

Parasympathetic responeses to stress (6)

1. re-establishes homeostasis in the system


2. reconstructive process following stressful expierience


3. slows the heart rate and decreases blood pressure


4. decreases muscle tension


5. slows respiration


6. neutralizes fight or flight responses

3 major systems to respond to physical stress

1. nervous


2. endocrine


3. immune

Match 4 Bros with what they did:




Stephen Porges, Bruce McEwen, Walter Cannon,


Hans Selye,


1. flight or fight


2. non-specific physiological mechanisms


3. allostasis vs. load


4. polyvagal theory

Cannon- fight or flight


Selye: non-specific physiological mechanisms


McEwen: allostatis vs. load


Porges: polyvagal theory

6 reactions of SNS

1. increase HR and blood pressure


2. constriction of peripheral blood vessels


3. respiration rates increase


4. bronchial tubes dilate


5. pupils dilate


6. prepares the body for intense motor activity

Physiological mechanism of SNS

increase hypo, increase sympathetic fibres, increase adrenal medualla, epi and nor (catecholamines)

Hans Selye wanted to study...

all the common features of illness

Glucocorticoids does what? (6)

1. signal liver to release stores of glycogen


2. protein and fat get metabolized into glucose


3. reduce inflamation (Suppress immune cells)


4. increase hungar to rebuild energy stores


5. instruct the body to store more fat


6. increase blood volume and pressure

What is cortisol primary function?

increase blood sugars

Difference btw SAM and HPA. Time, Organs stimulated. Hormones released

SAM - rapid, short term HPA - slower but longer lasting




SAM - sympathetic NS stimulates Adrenal M


HPA - CRF (hypo) -->ACTH (pituitary)-->cortisol (adrenal cortex)




SAM - epinephrine and norepinephrine, HPA - glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids

What co-ordinates the stress systems?

pre-frontal cortex

What is the normal process of responding to stress and who developed it?

Bruce McEwen




Allostasis

What is the negative residue of stress?

allostatic load (bruce mcewen)

What role does brain, endocrine and immune play in stress?

brain: perceives threat


endocrine: mobilizing body


immune: internal defence

What helps to facilitate the "all clear sign"

neuropeptides

4 interacting processing systems of stress?

1. mind


2. nervous


3. endocrine


4. immune

5 positives of stress

1. stimulation


2. energy


3. perceptive and capable


4. useful warning signs


5. develop better coping in future

Negative effects of unremitting stress (6) on physical function.

1. increased hunger


2. increased abd fat deposits


3. disrupted sleep


4. hypertension


5. cholesterol increased


6. decreased immune function

Negative effects of unremitting stress (5) on psychological function

1. unpleasant feeligns


2. intrapersonal problems


3. anxiety and depression


4. alcohol and other substance increase


5. increase suicide and violence

excessive cortisol can cause (7)

1.abdominal fat


2. loss of protein in muscle


3. bone mineral loss


4. seek more fatty foods


5. atrophy of hippocampus


6. reversal of cortisol's circadian rhyhm


7. suppress immune fxn

Coping skills the individual believes they have (or not) is related to what?

allostatic load and allostasis

Not hearing the "all clear" can result in what physical consequences? 6

1. hypertension


2. insulin resitance and fatigue


3. disrupted sleep


4. weight gain


5. decreased bone mineral density


6. decreased immune fxn

Not hearing the "all clear" can result in what psychological consequences? 6

1. damage to hippocampus


2. obesity


3. increase anticipatory agent


4. (decreased?) poor performance


5. avoidant behaviours


6. increased preoccupations (jealousy, obsessions)

adrenal fatigue can be do to what? 3

1. low CRF
2. low ACTH


3. low cortisol production

What 6 disorders result in inflammatory diseases?

1. allergies


2. asthma


3. auto immune disorders


4. fibromyalgia


5. chronic pain disorder


6. chronic fatigue syndrome

List 4 societal stressors?

1. low socio-economic status


2. prejudice and discrimination


3. economic and employment problems


4. social change and uncertainty

Holmes and Rahe "Social Adjustment Rating Scale" SRRS has what 4 components?`

1. assigns relative weights to a variety of RECENT PSYCHOSOCIAL stressors


2. used to relate social and environmental stress to health status of the individual


3. prompted an extensive research literature


4. now included in "multiaxial" psychiatric diagnosis

What is the biggest loss of points life event?

death of spouse

Holmes and Rahe Score for chance for stress?

<150 = 30%


150-299 = 50%


>300 = 80%

Lazarus and Folkman 1984 believed what about stress?

That the perception of stress was more important

3 possible outcomes of primary appraisal (determine threat to their well-being)

1. irrelevant (no implicaton)


2. benign-positive (increase well being)


3. stressful (harmful, threatening, challenging)

6 examples of social ANS

1. love


2. transactions


3. social structures and hierachies


4. language


5. empathy


6. contact

4 examples of sympathetic ANS

1. sexual climax


2. recreational and vocational excitement


3. mobilization


4. daytime alertness and metabolism, muscular activity



5 examples of parasympathetic ANS

1. rest and rebuild


2. meditative states


3. sexual arousal


4. sleep


5. baseline metabolism



Differentiate btw harm/loss, threat and challenge.

harm/loss: actual physical or psychological loss




threat: the anticipation of harm or loss




challenge: event is perceived as stressful, person's confidence/personal excitement

What is secondary appraisal?

how a person copes with threat

3 questions to ask with regards to secondary appraisal?

1. what coping options are available


2. likelihood that one can apply the strategy


3. likelihood that any given option will work

4 elements of coping definition

1. coping is a process of constant evaluation of the success of one's strategies


2. coping is learned as one encounters situations


3. coping requires effort


4. coping is an effort to manage. "Good enough" result

Coping is dynamic, wellbeing is enhanced by: (4)

1. positive belief


2. problem solving skills


3. social skill


4. social support

Difference btw problem focused and emotion focused coping?

problem: changing situation, alternatives, acting




emotional: change emotional state, used when nothing can be done to change situation (like a test)

3 persistant stresses?

1. chronic stress


2. compounding events


3. depressed mood

4 current challenges of stress

1. psychological distress


2. sense of control


3. sleep disruption


4. sleep apnea risk

Porges social engagement system is mediated by which cranial nerves?

5, 7, 9, 10, 11

Describe the vagus branch and "involvement" of porges social, sympathetic and parasympathetic responses?

1. social: newer vagal, social engagement, social interactions




2. stress mobiliztiation: sympathetic. older vagal fight/flight/active freeze




3. Para: oldest vagal. immobilized. Collapse posture

Oxytocin and vasopressin are assoicated with what ANS level?

social

corisol and adrenaline are assoicated with what ANS level?

SNS

serotonin and endorphin are assoicated with what ANS level?

PNS

Porges was all about what coping mechanism?

social bonding, emotional, social engagement

Describe co-regulation phase I and II

Porges




I - social engagement (facial expressions)


II - physical contact without fear - safety

what is neuroception?

perception of danger or safety to trigger polyvagal neural circuits

What is the vagal break?

Taking in environmental and cortex cues to decide what vagal state (social, SNS, PNS) the brainstem will send via efferents to the heart

John hughlings jackson said what?

when higher nervous arrangements (social) go down the lower take over (PNS)

Who's theory was the polyvagal?

Porges

diaphragmatic breathing does what for stress

self-regulates vagal break

What are 6 higher value SRRS?

100 Death of spouse


73 divorce


65 martial separation


63 death of a family member


53 major injury or illness


50 marriage

What are the most powerful major life events?

personal attachments and our sense of safety and identity

What is grief?

a multi-faceted reaction to LOSS with emotional, phy, cognitive and behavioural dimensions

3 impacts of loss on stress level

1. social influence


2. perception of loss


3. personality/coping resources

Emotions after a loss (7)

1. sadness


2. anger


3. guilt


4. anxiety


5. loneliness


6. shock


7. numbness

physical sensations after a loss (6)

1. tightness in the throat


2. weakness in the muscles


3. lack of energy


4. hollowness in the stomach


5. shortness of breath


6. tightness in the chest

cognitions after a loss (5)

1. disbelief


2. confusion


3. preoccupation


4. sense of presence


5. hallucinations

behaviours after a loss (7)

1. sleep disturbance


2. social withdrawal


3. searching and calling out


4. restless over activity


5. crying


6. reminiscing


7. avoiding reminders of the deceased

Freud's 4 suggestions of grief

1. a profoundly painful dejection


2. turning away from any activity not connected with the deceased


3. loss of interest in the outside world


4. loss of capacity to adopt a new 'love object'

Lindemann 3 purposes for grief:

1. freeing the mourner from an attachment


2. readjusting to a new life situation without the deceased


3. a process necessary for allowing the building of new relationships

Descriptive stags of the normal grief reaction. 6

1. intial shock


2. searching and pining for dead


3. surfacing of many mixed feelings


4. loss of support, disorganization and despair


5. reorganizaton, develop new coping patterns


6. reconnection with the world/resolution

___ K6 Questionnarie for grief

Kessler's

Kesslers K6 questionaire

1. nothing could cheer you up


2. nervous


3. restless


4. hopeless


5. everything was an effort


6. worthless

5 tasks of grieving - Worden

1. to accept the reality of loss


2. to work through pain of grief


3. to adjust to new environment


4. to emotionally relocate the deceased and move on with life


5. to make new attachments

When is grief "over" (4)

1. recurrent memories never go away


2. when the griever is able to think of the deceased without waves of pain


3. when the mourner is able to gratefully accept condolences


4. when the person regains an interest in life

3 grief reactions

1. normal


2. pathological


3. regressive

Davanloo 7 characteristics of delayed mourning

1. prolongation of mouring


2. delay and rejection of grief


3. grief of abnormal intensity


4. somatic complaints


5. denial of feelings..woodenness


6. altered relationships with friends


7. increased hostility

6 causes of delayed mourning

1. highly ambivlent/hostile relatiohship


2. unexpected, sudden death


3. survivor responsible for the death


4. survivor witnessed or escaped the death


5. ego adaptive capacity


6. ego state

3 Characteristics of resilience

1. resilience is different from recovery


2. resilience is common (50%)


3. there are mulitple & sometimes unexpected pathways to resilience

describe chronic, delayed, recovery and resilliacnce with respect to normal functioning over time

chronic: severe functioning problems over long period




delayed: good at first then gets worse




recovery: bad at first then gets better




resilience: opposite of chronic. low and stays low



7 factors related to resilience

1. famliy functioning


2. good support system


3. hardiness (+ cognitive perceptions of self)


4. self-enhancement


5. repressive copers (reduction of emotional reactions)


6. positive emotion and laughther


7. level of education

Do's of grief management (10)

1. frequent short visits better than infrequent long


2. help the survivor to identifty and express feelings


3. validate "normal" grief response


4. encourage griever meetiings with family and friends


5. be aware of anniversary reactions


6. help the survivor to actualize the loss


7. assist in living without the deceased


8. provide contining support


9. a mourner grieving a suicide may need you to ask about their memories


10. be aware of pathological grief or the development of depression, refer

Don'ts of grief management

1. don't tell them not to cry or get angry


2. don't refer the griever for medications

Don'ts of grief management

1. don't tell them not to cry or get angry


2. don't refer the griever for medications

American college of sports medicine advocates ALL exercise specialists develop effective interpersonal skills to be competent in: (4)

1. build a positive rapport with patients


2. use this empathy to be able to complete a competent health assessment


3. facilitate patients in accepting responsibility for their health behaviour


4. assist in management of transient life crises

The heart of coaching is___

the relationship

Three core coaching skills?

1. mindful listening


2. open ended inquiry


3. perceptive reflections

State the 5 stages of the optical lens model?

1. stessors


2. personality and cognitions


3. behaviour


4. psychophysical responses


5. responses to arousal

What are the top 4 health behaviours?

BMI <30 = 84.3%


Diet Index >Median = 50%


Never smoke = 48.1%


PA>3.5 h/wk = 31.8%



How did the adjusted HR vary when some did all 4 health behaviours or did just 1?

0.23 (all 4) to about 0.6 with just 1

What was the most important health behaviour if you did just one?

BMI <30

What were the two best health behaviours if you did only two?

diet index > median




PA >3.5 h/wk

What is the worst health behaviour

obesity

7 negative health choices

1. sedentary


2. junk food


3. coffee, pop, cigarettes


4. poor sleep ( less than 6.5 hours)


5. few relationships


6. bored


7. dependant on others for rewards

6 positive health choices

1. exercise (150min walk, 90min run)


2. good diet


3. regular sleep (8 hrs)


4. strong relationships


5. mental stimulation


6. rewarding yourself for successes

3 C's of hardiness?

commitment: to what they are doing




control: they control their life




challenge: thrived on challenge

How many steps and mins a day for adequate health (not weight) and for optimal health

adequate: 30 mins, 3500 steps




optimal: 45 mins, 5250 steps

How to recognize psychological difficulties?

1. symptom complaints


2. non-productive beliefs


3. non-productive behaviours


4. non-productive relationships


5. poor response to tx

Three persistant stresses?

1. chronic stress


2. compounding events (major life events)


3. depressed mood

Chronic stress leads to hormones doing what immunologically?

increaese: corticosteroids, catecholamines and opoids




decrease (chronic): growth hormone, prolactin

Risk of MSK pain goes up or down with stress?

up (more shoulder and LBP)

Pratt's threshold for diagnosing psychiatric disorders on K6 scale?

11-24

Depression only affects mind?

false mind and body (immune, hormonal, nervous)

What are two conclusions of stress management?

1. effects of stress reduced if organism has sense of control


2. feedback that one's behaviour is effective, is efective

4 current challanges of stress profile?

1. sense of control


2. psycholgical distress


3. sleep disruption


4. sleep apnea

Macy's medical evaluation (3)

1. identify the problem = diagnosis


2. develop a strong alliance = assist patient to more active in their health care


3. education: improve patient understanding

Social polyvagal buzzword

connected


engaged


clear language


empathetic


fully involved

sympathetic polyvagal buzzwords

preoccupied


agitated


overwhelmed

parasympathetic polyvagal buzzwords

collapsed


disorganized


withdrawn


hopeless


despairing

clinical interaction: five levels of interviewing?

1. medical issues -physian centered


2. collaborative information exchange


3. affective involvement


4. basic psychosocial intervention


5. individual or family therapy

mental processes of patient interview (6)

1. perceptual disturbances


2. orientation


3. memory


4. impulse control


5. judgement


6. insight

Thought processes of patient interview (5)

1. stream of thinking


2. content of thoughts


3. abstract thought


4. intelligence


5. concentration

Mood and affect of patient interview (5)

1. mood


2. affect


3. appropriateness


4. lability


5. range

mini-mental state assessment of patient interview (5)

1. orientation


2. recall 3 objects


3. attention/calculation


4. recall


5. language (various tests)

Carol Ryff - 6 characteristics of "Well being"

1. self acceptance


2. autonomy


3. personal growth


4. positive relationships


5. environmental mastery


6. purpose in life

What is autonomy

self-determining and independant

personal growth is the most important of Carol Ryff's 6 keys to well being

true. Autonomy is last




(of the 4 given)

Male or female suicide is on the rise (more on the rise than the other)

male (4:1 ratio)

How many ppl committ sucide in 2000 and what is the rate per 100,000

1 million in 2000




16/100,000




top 10 cause of death in all age groups

what is the 3rd cause of death among 15-24s

suicide

largest suicide rates in canada

territories and quebec

Warning signs of suicide (5)

1. a major change in behaviour


2. history of impulsivity


3. making arrangements


4. alludes to futility of their life


5. presence of significant or severe life stress

What does stress do, 1 word physiologically

inflammation

3 adverse effects of cytokine therapy

1. flu-like symptoms


2. mood changes


3. cognitive changes

Engagement: (with regards to suicidal risk)

crucial to detection, assessment and management




limits of confidentiality are discussed

detection: (with regards to suicidal risk)

involves identification of risk factors




it is important and safe to ask about suicide risk

Three target enquiries of suicide mangement (alienation and hopelessness major themes)

1. person difficulties faced


2. postive resources they have


3. complete a suicide risk evaluatino

6 personal difficulties with patient with suicide risk

1. current stress


2. alienation


3. family difficulties


4. mental disorders


5. cultural issues (and pressures)


6. hopelessness

4 positive resources with patient with suicide risk

1. important people in their lives


2. stability of relationships


3. belonging to a community


4. risk taking vs. resilience

6 suicide risk evaluations

1. suicide thoughts


2. suicide plan


3. availability of means


4. lethality of attempt


5. barriers to committing suicide


6. previous suicide attempts

correlates of a "high risk" patient for suicide (5)_

1. explicit suicidal intent


2. hopelessness or alienation


3. a well formulated plan (SAL)


4. previous attempts


5. being in an "at risk" group

management of high suicide risk (3)

1. reduce immediate risk (provide safety)


2. involve a mental health counsellor in management (never work alone)


3. establish who the primary contact is




*get help

management of moderate suicide risk (4)

1. reduce immediate risk (provide safety)


2. develop an "affirmative action plan"


3. discuss limits to confidentiality


4. involve supports in the overall plan




*can handle yourself

resolve stresses to resolution of suicide risk

1. precipitating events


2. ongoing life events


3. mental disorders

our professor

reiiav

What percent of ppl have current mental disorders according to world health organization study

24%

Most popular ICD-10 disorder (mental health disorder)

current depression

Detection rates of mental health disorders? By GPs? CIDI?

48.9%




GPs - 24.2%




CIDI - 32.5%

What is the prevalence of our patients with symptom impairment (mental)

1/3

detection rates of mental health in primary practice

50%

How to improve detection of mental health (4)

1. personal relationships


2. improved communication skils


3. use specific assessment screens


4. better understanding of tx choices

What are the 4 top priorities for chiropractors with regards to training for psychosocial problems?

1. chronic pain


2. depression


3. malingering


4. non-compliance

What are 3 moderate priorities of chiropractors with regard to training for psychosocial problems?

1. abuse


2. grief


3. phase of life problem

What are the 4 top priorities for chiropractors with regards to training for psychiatric problems?

1. major depression


2. sleep disorders


3. anxiety disorders


4. addictions

What are the 4 moderate priorities for chiropractors with regards to training for psychiatric problems?

1. somatization


2. bipolar


3. hypochondria


4. eating disorder

Two criteria for impairment based on ____ status. Doctor needs evidence that one or both are impacted by their symptoms

functional status




1. withdrawn from social interactions


2. difficulty keeping up with school or work responsbilities

What is DSM

Diagnosis and statistical manual of mental disorders

Examples of DSM diagnosis - Adjustment disorder (5)

1. with anxiety and depressive mood


2. no diagnosis


3. herniated disc


4. with moderate psychosocial stressors


5. GAF of 65%

what is GAF

global assessment of functioning

best strategies for screening psychosocial problems found in community practice?

1. ask key questions that are strategic


2. preferably about main features of the most common condition


3. explore only if results are positive

5 persistant reactions to stress with regards to trait anxiety

1. ANS symptoms


2. CNS symptoms


3. motor tension symptoms


4. psychological (mental) symptoms


5. behavioural symptoms

anxiety (chronic stress) will not impact prognosis

false. Increase pain and physical symptoms

lifetime prevalence of anxiety and ratio of male/female

25%. 2:1 female to male

What is the best strategy to deal with anxiety? (3)

1. ask key questions that are strategic


2. preferably about main features of the most common condition


3. explore only if results are positive

what questionnarie is best for common psychiatric condictions

PRIME-MD




Primary care evaluation of mental disorders

7 follow-up questions after PRIME-MD questionnaire

1. presence of arousal and anxiety symptoms


2. expierience intense or sudden fear unexpectedly


3. expierience fear in specific situations


4. expierience fear in social situations


5. onset


6. family history


7. use of medications and drugs

Heart, skin and GI symptoms with ANS anxiety symptoms

Heart: palpitations




skin: sweating, chills




GI: nausea, dry mouth

motor tension symptoms

muscle: tense, sore




chest: tight, choking

behavioural symptoms of anxiety

avoidance


OCD



Psych (mental) symptoms of anxiety



apprehension, fear, panic

DSm provides 12 diagnoses in 3 clusters:

1. anxiety (peristant stress)


2. anxiety surges (panic and agoraphobia)


3. phobic (avoidance) states

4 persistant anxiety states:

1. generalized anxiety disorder (worry)


2. panic disorder (recurrent panic)


3. acute stress disorder and post traumatic stress disorder (trauma)


4. OCD (rumination)

How to best diagnose generalized anxiety disorder

excessive worry and anxiety for 6 months+

What do patients expierience a variety of physical sensations of ____ with panic attack anxiety

intense autonoic arousal

trigger of acute stress disorder

extreme traumatic stressor

3 phobic states of avoidance pattern

1. agoraphobia (fear of crowded spaces, leaving the house)


2. specific phobia


3. social phobia

Agoraphobia is a codeable disorder and is added as a feature of clinical presentation to another anxiety disorder

Everything is true except not a codeable disorder

specific phobia is what?

persistant distress cued by the presence of a specific object or situation

social phobia is what?

social situations with unfamiliar ppl


situation is avoided

How can chiropractor help anxious patient (4)

1. patients who are first expieriencing anxiety can be monitored closely, and education about anxiety provided to the patient


2. teach patients how to abdominal breath


3. help make changes in lifestyle: behavioural avoidance


4. get help from family and friends of patient

What can you help a patient with anxiety with> (3)

1. determine what triggered the problem


2. understand that anxiety patterns can be modified across time


3. if patient struggles refer to psychologist or psychiatrist (for meds)



Mild vs. chronic anxiety interventions

mild: breathing, web-helps, community




chronic: enhanced primary care services, community mental health programs, specialized regional treatment centres, day programs

anxiety spectrum symptoms are uncommon

false. common

anxiety disorders are assoicated iwth increased physical symptoms

true

many patient symptoms are not picked up

true



chiropractors can't help with anxiety

false

depression is 10 most common medical illness

true

WHO rates what as a serious threat to well being?

depression

What is depression ranked on the WHO disability?

4th

female or male higher depressin?

female 2:1

6 kinds of depression

1. depression due to a medical condition


2. adjustment disorder


3. dysthymia


4. seasonal affective disorder (SADs)


5. major depression


6. bipolar depression

What to use to screen for depression?

PRIME-MD

what is anhedonia?

inability to expierience pleasure

what is an example of depression due ot medical condition

chemotherapy

Depression due to a medical condition is characterized by: (4)

1. increased CRH


2. increased Cortisol


3. activation of centralized pro-inflammatory activity


4. behavioural responses (activated sickness syndrome): apathy, poor concentration

pain and depression share similar pathways in amygdala?

false. limbic system

if pain results in loss of independance or decreasing participation, what follows?

depression



what has a strong link with pain

depression

difference btw grief and depression

grief: waves, diminshes over time, healthy self image




depression: constant, depletion, worthlessness

what is anhedonia and what two disorders is it associated with?

inability to feel pleasure




grief and depression

suicide is common in grief and depression



false just in depression

difference btw grief and depression with regard to guilt, preoccupation and what it elicits

grief: focused on aspect of loss, preoccupation with self and elicits sympathy, concern and embrace




depression: focused on negative self image, preoccupied with self, elicits frustration and avoids

what is dysthymia? and what is the key feature

moderate constant depression




key feature: no sense of enjoyment

6 DSM requirements of dysthymia (mild constant depression) (need 2 to diagnose)

1. poor appetite or overeating


2. low energy


3. low self-esteem


4. poor concentration


5. feeling of hopelessness


6. insomia

what is seasonal affective disorder

depressed mood, loss of interest




occurs when sunlight is absent or reduced

key feature of major depression

no positive affect (Capacity for pleasure)

Need 4 of what 10 disorders to diagnose major depression

1. depressed mood


2. loss of interest


3. insomia


4. fatigue


5. psychomotor agitation (pacing, wringing hands)


6. change in weight


7. change in sexual interest


8. worthlessness


9. cognitive problems


10. thoughts of suicide

presence of physical signs is a low predictor for depression drugs

false. favourable response

key feature of bipolar disorder?

presence of one or more epsiodes of mania

mania = ____

bipolar

what type of depression should you treat with lifestyle and problem solving?

adjustment disorder or mild depression

What should you do if the patient is worsening on depression meds?

consult a expierienced colleague or specialist

What should the chiro do to detect and respond to the depressed patient (3)

1. focus on overall wellness


2. screening for mood is not difficult


3. better outcomes when depression is treated

What to do with all patients, mild depressed and severe depressed patients?

all: education




mild: make lifestyle changes (Breathing)




severe: refer for CBT or meds

2 steps for patient education on depression

1. discuss and tell them they have a common problem


2. direct clear, easy to understand ways to help

5 ways to help patient with lifestyle

1. diaphragmatic breathing


2. negative thinking reframed


3. physical health addressed


4. SPEAK approach


5. determine what created the problem

nutriton for depression (3)

1. B12


2. folate


3. eat healthy

what does speak stand for?

s- schedule your week


p - do one pleasurable thing a day


e-exercise


a-assertiveness; practice being direct


k - kind thoughts about yourself

what comes first: sleep disturbance or depression

sleep disturbance

insomia is linked to what

depression

HPA axis linking sleep and depression (3)

1. increased ACTH and cortisol


2. highest at first part of night


3. cortisol inversely correlated with sleep efficiency

What did Reitav do in 2001 to link depression?

treat insomia

depression is not associated with sleep disturbance

false

best action plan for depression

breathing exercises