Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Personality Disoders/ Mental Retardation |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
General Medical Conditions |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Psychosocial and Environmental Problems |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Global Assesment of Functioning |
|
|
Term
Three levels of prevention interventions |
|
Definition
1. Universal-risk factors of the general population
2. Selective targeting subpopulations at higher risk than general population for development
3. Indicative-high-risk individuals showing slight symptoms |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Depressive Disorders
Bipolar Disoders |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Major Depressive Disorder (single/recurrent)
Dysthymic Disorder
Depressive Disorder Not Otherwise Specified |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Bipolar I
Bipolar II
Cyclothymic Disorder
Bipolar Disorder Not Otherwise Specified |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
5 or more during same two-week period:
-Depressed mood MOST of the day nearly EVERY day
- Markedly diminished interest in pleasure in (almost) all activities most of/nearly every day
And at least 1 of 7 symptoms must be present:
- Insomnia/ hypersomnia
- Anhedonia nearly every day
- Feeling of excessive or inappropriate worthlessness and/or guilt almost every day
- Recurrent thoughts of death |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Sadness
Interest
Guilt
Energy
Concentration
Appetite
Psychomotor Agitation
Suicidality |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Medication: Antidepressants
-Tricyclic Antidepressants
-Monamine Antidepressants
-Serotonergic Reuptake Inhibitors |
|
|
Term
Cognitive Behavior Therapy |
|
Definition
-Correcting cognitive errors and substituting depressive thoughts with those that are more realistic
-Reactivate patients, getting them involved with more fulfilling activities
-Help clients more accurately appraise negative thoughts about the self, others, and world around them |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Single manic episode
- Most recent episode mixed
-Most recent episode depressed |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Recurrent Major Depressive Episodes with Hypomanic Episodes
|
|
|
Term
Treatments for Bipolar Disorder |
|
Definition
-Lithium
-Need for psychological interventions to manage interpersonal and practical problems
-Family therapy
|
|
|
Term
Mood Disorders in Children |
|
Definition
- Infants of depressed mothers likely to show depressive behaviors
- Mood disorders are seimlar between children and adults, unlike anxiety disorders, but look of depression changes with age
-Bipolar disorder rare in children, onset is usually teens |
|
|
Term
Ederly and Mood Disorders |
|
Definition
-estimated that 20% of nursing home patients may experience major depressive episode
-Late onset depressions associated with marked sleep difficulties, hypochondriasis and agitation
-Difficult to diagnose, associated with other medical illnesses or dementia
-Suicide rates higher |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Panic Disorder (with or without agoraphobia)
-Agoraphobia (with or wihtout panic disorders)
-Specific Phobia
-Generalized Anxiety Disorder
-Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Phobia)
-Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
-Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
-Acute Stress Disorder |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Discrete period of intense fear or discomfort
- 4+ symptoms of a given 13 include
- Pounding/ accelerated heart beat
- Trembling/ shaking
- Shortness of breath
-Abdominal destress |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Marked distress when individual is in place or situation in which escape may be difficult or embarassing or where help is unavailable in the event of having a panic attack or panic symptoms
-Situations are avoided, very distressing, require a companion |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Recurrent and unexpected attacks (at least 2 out of the blue)
-At least 1 of attacks has been followed by a minimum of one month of symptoms:
1. Persistant concern of having an attack
2. Worry about the implications of the attack and its consequences
3. Significant range in behavior related to attacks |
|
|
Term
Generalized Anxiety Disorder |
|
Definition
Excessive anxiety and apprehensive expectation, occuring more days than not, for at least 6 months, about a number of events or activities
- Person finds it difficult to control their worry
-The anxiety and worry are associated with 3+ of the 6 symptom (with at least some of them present for more days than not in the past 6 months)
-Restless, on edge
- Easily fatigued
-Difficulty concentrating or mind going blank
-Irritability |
|
|
Term
Why Evaluate Effectiveness of Psychotherapy? |
|
Definition
1. 400 different forms of psychotherapy
2. Ethical obligation
3. Moves field forward
4. Provide important insights into validity of theory that underlie therapy under investigation |
|
|