Treatment/ Tendencies
Risks While Being Depressed
Causes of Depression
Coping
Key Terms
100
Needed to evaluate your health status
What is a physical examination?
100
tired and difficulty concentrating.. Struggling with memorizing and thinking
What is school performance?
100
Can't get through an event most teens are able to (a breakup, moving to a new neighborhood)
What is "inability to cope with a life crisis"?
100
coping with a life crisis by being frustrated/upset
What is "being angry"?
100
an experience, such as a death in the family, a natural disaster, an accident, or a disappointment that causes a high level of stress.
What is a life crisis?
200
a prescription drug used to relieve depression
What is antidepressant?
200
Withdrawing from friends and enjoyable activities
What is social isolation?
200
Increased likelihood of developing depression because of your genes
What is genetic predisposition?
200
coping with a life crisis by _____ what is happening, adjusting, and bouncing back
What is accepting?
200
a suicide attempt in which a person does not intend to die. (Cry for help)
What is a parasuicide?
300
Form of therapy that focuses on a person's behavior and cognitive thoughts
What is cognitive behavior therapy?
300
compelling desire to use ____ and develop a ______ in order to momentarily escape from the pain; only to make it worse
What is drug addiction?
300
An event such a parents divorcing or loss of a family member
What is a traumatic family event?
300
coping with a life crisis by recognizing that the outcome is unlikely to change (feels impossible)
What is being depressed?
300
a mood disorder accompanied by feelings of hopelessness, sadness, or helplessness.
What is minor depression?
400
a series of suicides within a short period of time involving people who are connected
What is cluster suicides?
400
higher risk of developing ______ _______ as their immune system is suppressed and unable to fight of pathogens as well
What is physical illness?
400
Use and abuse of these increases your risk of depression
What is alcohol and other drugs?
400
coping with a life crisis by making promises, hoping to change what is happening
What is bargaining?
400
a long-lasting form ?of depression.
What is Dysthymic disorder?
500
The most important thing to do to help a person struggling with depression; Get rid of the stigma
What is listen/be accepting?
500
The ultimate mistake; cannot be undone.
What is suicide attempts?
500
"Pruning" or clearing of the gray matter around ages 14 to 17 (unused brain cells)
What is changes in brain structure?
500
refusing to believe what is happening (first step of coping with a life crisis)
What is denying?
500
a mood disorder accompanied by long-lasting feelings of hopelessness, sadness, or helplessness
What is major depression?