Mood Disorders
This is an example of a unipolar mood disorder.
What is (MDD, persistent depressive disorder, etc. - just no mania/hypomania)?
Muscle tension, worry, and fatigue are all symptoms of this disorder.
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
Interpersonal traumas are the highest risk type of trauma for PTSD.
What is true?
The substance that Fergie was addicted to falls into this CLASS of drugs.
What are stimulants?
This is the neurotransmitter that is most often associated with depressive disorders.
What is serotonin?
____________ is a natural response to a dangerous situations, whereas a(n) _____________ is includes apprehensiveness, future-oriented thoughts and distressing somatic symptoms that cause impairment and distress.
What is FEAR and ANXIETY DISORDER?
Trinity decides she's going to get an A in her chemistry class no matter what. She crams all week for the exam - staying up late, studying in all her spare time. She doesn't really do much else, but feels very confident, and even a little excited going into the exam. Based on this, Trinity may be experiencing _____________.
What is hypomania/Bipolar II?
These are vivid memories of the traumatic event that are distressing and unwanted.
What are flashbacks?
This happens when you use more of a substance to get the same effect.
What is tolerance?
This therapy uses electrical impulses to stimulate the brain to treat severe major depressive disorder.
What is ECT?
Caleb does not like to be outside because he may encounter a snake. His anxiety has gotten so bad that he's unable to play outside and becomes very distressed even when walking to his car. Caleb most likely has this subtype of specific phobia.
What is animal?
According to recent research on the development of depression, dysfunctional attitudes (a negative outlook) and hopelessness attributes (explaining things negatively) constitute a ________ vulnerability to depression.
What is cognitive vulnerability?
_________ event that creates demands whereas, __________ is the person’s reactions to the demands.
What is stressor and stress?
____________ is the property of a substance that stops the pain versus creating elation/a high.
Mario decides he's going to cure cancer, so he walks into MUSC and demands to see the head oncologist on call. He's talking rapidly about his cure and is completely convinced he's going to be famous for his invention. Mario is likely experiencing this disorder.
What is Bipolar I? (NEED MORE THAN JUST BIPOLAR!)
When people with anxiety try and escape a situation that is distressing or avoid it all together, they are engaging in this operant conditioning principle.
What is negative reinforcement?
Blake is anxious when he's out socially with people, however, he's learned that when he drinks he feels better. Now as a senior in college, he goes out 3-4 nights per week and drinks 6-10 drinks each night. He often blacks out and forgets what he's done, but his friends tell him he had a great time. He's missed a few classes and his girlfriend is starting to get concerned. Blake is experiencing this disorder.
What is alcohol use disorder/substance use disorder?
The alarm reaction that activates during potentially life-threatening emergencies is called the _____.
What is the fight-flight-freeze or HPA axis?
An _____________ is a biological treatment for substance use disorder that replaces the problematic substance with a less harmful one, such as methadone maintenance therapy for opioid use disorder.
What is an agonist?
Beck's cognitive triad theory of depression includes these three typical categories of negative beliefs.
What are thoughts about themselves, others/the world and the future?
Mark was sitting outside on a park bench when he had his first panic attack. Now he has them at random times and they are unpredictable. He is likely diagnosed with Panic Disorder. Based on this, Mark is most likely to avoid this activity: being in public OR exercising OR being around people.
What is exercise?
Betty's boyfriend just cheated on her last month. She's been feeling down and alone since then. She's been isolating and not connecting with others, and believes that relationships aren't really worth while. This has affected her motivation to go out and do anything. Her friend Inez recommends this treatment for depression because she knows it helps deal with some of Betty's issues.
What is intepersonal therapy (IPT)?
These are the 4 symptoms clusters of PTSD.
What are intrusions (cluster B), avoidance (cluster C), negative thoughts and emotions (cluster D) and increase arousal (cluster E)?
When you take substances, your brain feels really good, but then it comes back down to below baseline levels in order to reestablish homeostasis. This process is called _____________.