Mood disorders
Individuals with bipolar I disorder who have multiple (four or more) mood episodes (major depressive, manic, or hypomanic) within 1 year receive this specifier
What is rapid cycling?
The goal of this psychotherapy is to change patterns of thinking or behavior that are behind people’s difficulties, and so change the way they feel
What is cognitive behavior therapy?
These are fixed beliefs that are not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence. Their content may include a variety of themes
What are delusions?
This is an extremely high level of anxiety - intense overwhelming fear
What is panic disorder?
This disorder requires at least 5 symptoms have to have been present during the same 2-week period (and at least 1 of the symptoms must be diminished interest/pleasure or depressed mood)T
What is major depressive disorder?
The focus of this strategy for managing depression should be on frequency over intensity until habit has been established
What is exercise?
This represents a marked decrease in reactivity to the environment
What is catatonia?
A condition where an individual may feel detached from his or her entire being
What is depersonalization?
Mood disorders in this group can present with irritability, anger, or drug and alcohol abuse
What is depression in men? (or just what is men?)
This class of drugs blocks re-uptake of amine neurotransmitters (seratonin, norepinepherine) in pre-synaptic terminals
What are tricyclic antidepressants?
These symptoms are psychotic behaviors not generally seen in healthy people are labelled thusly.
What are positive symptoms?
This is the average age of onset of anxiety disorders
What is 11?
Adults who experience at least 2 years (for children, a full year) of both hypomanic and depressive periods without ever fulfilling the criteria for an episode of mania, hypomania, or major depression are given this diagnosis
What is cyclothymia?
This co-morbidity has the highest rate of co-occurrence of depression
What are eating disorders?
This class of drugs is associated with substantial weight gain, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia
What are second generation – atypical anti-psychotic drugs?
This anxiety condition is marked fear or anxiety about one or more social situations in which the individual is exposed to possible scrutiny by others.
What is social anxiety disorder?
Compulsively focusing attention on the symptoms of one's distress, and on its possible causes and consequences, as opposed to its solutions
What is rumination?
This drug stabilizes mood and prevents manic episodes
What is Lithium?
This represents a decrease in motivated self-initiated purposeful activities.
What is avolition?
The presence of intrusion events occurs in this anxiety disorder
What is PTSD?