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Causes
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Disorders
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Otherwise known as "affective disorders".
What mood disorders
100
Apprehension, Tension, Edginess, Trembling
What is anxiety or "pure anxiety".
100
Our best measure for evaluating the genetic factors of mood disorders.
What are twin studies
100
A process through which patients are taught to carefully examine their thought processes and recognize "depressive" errors in thinking.
What is cognitive-behavioral therapy.
100
A disorder charatcerized by episodes of extreme happiness followed by epsiodes of depressive symtoms.
What is Bi-Polar Disorder.
200
The eighth leading cause of death in the United States.
What is Suicide.
200
Helplessness, loss of interest, lack of pleasure
What are depression symptoms or "pure depression".
200
Noepinephrine and Dopamine
What are neurotransmitters associated with mood disorders.
200
A light box or full spectrum light exposure
What is a common treatment for S.A.D.
200
A disorder directly related to sunlight exposure.
What is S.A.D.
300
Hearing things that other's do not.
What are auditory hallucinations.
300
Worry, poor concentration, hypervigilance, guilt, fatigue
What are mixed depression and anxiety symptoms.
300
Hypothalamis and the tyroid
What are nuerohormones associated with mood disorders.
300
A dramatic treatment used for Mood Disorders when all other treatments have failed.
What is ECT
300
Disorder characterized by frequent and rapid cycling "ups" and "downs".
What is Cyclothymic Disorder.
400
Inaccurate beliefs
What are delusions
400
Persistant depressed mood, a general sense of feeling "blue" for long periods of time.
What is Dysthymic Disorder.
400
Sunlight quality and duration
What are seasonal causes of mood disorders.
400
SSRI's, MAO Inhibtors, Venlafaxine
What are examples of antidepressant medication.
400
Disorder charaterized by both a major depressive episode and dysthymia.
What is double depression
500
Unipolar Mood Disoders
What are mood disorders that remain at one "pole" of the emotional spectrum.
500
The lack or absence of movement or a "stupor" in which muscles are waxy or rigid.
What is catalepsy or catatonic.
500
Marital relationships, differences in women and socail support
What are cultural causes of mood disorders.
500
The medication most commonly used to treat Bi-polar disorder.
What is Lithium
500
A disoder charatcerized a long history of low-grade depressive symtoms.
What is Dysthymic Disoder.