Term
| What is the meaning of affect? |
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Definition
| Subjective experience of emotional state. |
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Term
| What is the meaning of mood? |
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Definition
| Pervasive and sustained emotion. |
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Term
| What is the meaning of affective disorder? |
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Definition
| Disorder in which the central feature is mood disturbance. |
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Term
| What is the meaning of mania? |
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Definition
| An episode of mood disorder characterised by elevated mood. |
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Term
| What is the meaning of hypomania? |
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Definition
| A milder episode of mood disorder than mania without hallucinations or delusions. |
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Term
| What is the meaning of bipolar affective disorder? |
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Definition
| A recurrent mood disorder consisting of manic/ hypomanic episodes with or without depressive episodes. |
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Term
| What is the meaning of unipolar affective disorder? |
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Definition
| A recurrent mood disorder consisting solely of episodes of depression. |
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Term
| What is the meaning of major depressive episode? |
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Definition
| A depressive episode with 5 or more biological features of depression according to DSM IV. |
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Term
| What types of mood disorder are possible? |
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Definition
1) Low mood: depressive episode
2) High mood: hypomanic or manic episode
3) A mixture: mixed affective disorder. |
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Term
| What aspects of presentation need to be assessed to identify the typed of episode? |
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Definition
1) Mood
2) Speech and thought
3) Biological functions
4) Perception
5) Behaviour
6) Minimum duration |
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Term
| What are the minimum durations for a manic and depressive episode? |
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Definition
1) Manic: 1 week
2) Depressive: 2 weeks. |
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Term
| What special features of the disorder may be observed? |
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Definition
1) Psychotic symptoms
2) Neurotic symptoms
3) Melancholia |
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Term
| How do you assess the severity of a depressive episode (ICD-10)? |
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Definition
1) Mild:
- At least 2 typical symptoms and at least 2 other symptoms. No symptoms are intense.
-Duration: at least 2 weeks
2) Moderate:
-At least 2 typical symptoms plus at least 3 (and preferably 4) other symptoms. Several symptoms present to a marked degree (not essential).
-Duration: at least 2 weeks
3) Severe:
-All 3 typical symptoms plus at least 4 other symptoms, some of severe intensity. Delusions and/or hallucinations may be present.
-Duration: usually 2 weeks but less if particularly severe. |
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Term
| Describe recurrent depressive disorder. |
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Definition
| There should have been at least 2 episodes reaching the criteria for mild, moderate or severe depression lasting at least 2 weeks and they should have been separated by several months without significant mood disturbance. |
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Term
| Describe bipolar affective disorder. |
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Definition
| There should have been at least 2 episodes reaching the criteria for a mood disorder, one of which must have been mania/hypomania, lasting at least 2 weeks and they should have been separated by several months without significant mood disturbance. |
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Term
| Describe chronic depression. |
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Definition
| Meets the criteria for mild, moderate or severe depression, lasting at least 2 years. |
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Term
| Describe a mixed affective episode. |
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Definition
| Lasts for at least 2 weeks ad is characterised by either a mixture or a rapid alteration (usually within a few hours) of hypomanic/manic and depressive symptoms. |
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Term
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Definition
| A form of mild depression which has a chronic course and dooes not meet the criteria for a recurretnt depressive disorder. |
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Term
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Definition
| A milder form of bipolar disorder with persistent instability of mood involving numerous periods of mild depression and elation. |
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Term
| What is schizoaffective disorder? |
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Definition
| The diagnosis should be limited to caases where diagnostic criteria for both schixophrenia and a mood disorder occur during the same episode. |
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Term
| What aetiological factors are important in mood disorders? |
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Definition
| Biological, psychological and genetic. |
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