Symptoms
True or False: It is obvious when someone is suffering from depression
What is false?
This type of clinical treatment is the most common for depression.
What are antidepressants?
This psychological disorder has symptoms that include self-starvation, binge-eating, purging, and being severely underweight.
What is Anorexia Nervosa?
Antidepressants like Prozac block the re-uptake of this neurotransmitter in the brain
What is Serotonin?
Depression is a ________ type of psychological disorder, meaning symptoms are not always present
What is Discrete?
This symptom of depression is the inability to sleep adequately
What is insomnia?
One of the most effective and cheapest treatments for depression
What is aerobic exercise?
This psychological disorder is characterized by symptoms including self-starvation, binge-eating, purging, while being at a normal weight or slightly over-weight.
What is Bulimia Nervosa?
This fruit can interact with some antidepressants making them more potent.
What is grapefruit?
MDD stands for
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
You must be experiencing symptoms of depression for how long before you can be diagnosed?
What is 2 weeks or more?
This treatment for depression often leads to memory loss.
What is Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)?
This psychological disorder may be easily confused as a comorbid disorder with depression, and can be identified by alternating manic and depressive states.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
Name a common SSRI
What are 1) Prozac 2) Lexapro 3) Zoloft 4) Celexa 5) Paxil 6) Cymbalta?
This common type of depression often occurs in women who have recently given birth.
What is Post-Partum Depression?
Depression can lead to changes in any of these aspects of someone's life (name one):
What are: 1) Sleep 2) Energy Level 3) Level of Interest 4) Appetite 5) Concentration 6) Daily Behavior 7) Personality 8) Motivation?
These are the best forms of therapy for treating depression
What is Cognitive Therapy or Behavior Therapy or CBT?
This psychological disorder was added to the DSM in the 1980's
What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?
Name one common food that can have a fatal interaction with a Monamine Oxydase Inhibitor (MAOI) (There are a lot of possible answers)
What are 1) Cheese 2) Smoked, processed, or cured meat 3) Tofu 4) Pickles 5) Caviar 6) Sauerkraut 7) Sourdough bread 8) Crackers 9) Alcohol 10) Soybeans 11) Fava beans 12) Chocolate 13) Coffee 14) Tea?
The suicide rate for those suffering from depression is this percentage
What is approximately 7%?
This symptom of depression can be exacerbated by certain antidepressant medications
What are thoughts of suicide?
This type of therapy can be used to decrease depression (Hint: even during winter months)
What is Light Exposure Therapy?
Name two of the three categories of symptoms of PTSD
What are 1) Hyperarousal 2) Reexperiencing 3) Avoidance?
This type of antidepressant saw a decrease in use because it can be used to fatally overdose
What are Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCAs)?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a ____________ on antidepressants indicating that they were associated with an increased risk of suicidal thinking, feeling, and behavior in young people.
What is Black Box Warning?