PSYCH EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

depression - DSM criteria correct answer: Five or more of the following present during the same 2-week period representing a change from previous functioning with at least one being #1 or #2: 1. Depressed mood 2. Anhedonia- lack of interest in things that they used to like to do 3. Weight loss or appetite decrease/increase 4. Insomnia or hypersomnia 5. Psychomotor agitation or retardation 6. Fatigue or loss of energy 7. Feelings of worthlessness or excessive/inappropriate guilt 8. Diminished concentration, indecisiveness 9. Thoughts of death, thoughts or plans of suicide - Not due to the effects of physical illness or substances - Results in significant distress/impairment in functioning depression - symptoms - types of depression correct answer: 1. transient depression 2. mild depression 3. moderate depression 4. severe depression transient depression symptoms correct answer: - Some crying - Some difficulty getting mind off of one's disappointment - Feeling tired and listless mild depression symptoms correct answer: - Anger, anxiety - Tearful, regression - Preoccupied with loss - Anorexia, insomnia moderate depression symptoms correct answer: - Helpless, powerless - Slowed physical movements, slumped posture, limited verbalization - Slowed thinking processes, difficulty w/ concentration - Anorexia or overeating, sleep disturbance, headache severe depression symptoms correct answer: - feelings of total despair, worthlessness, flat affect - psychomotor retardation, absence of communication - prevalent delusional thinking, with delusions of persecution and somatic delusions; confusion; suicidal thoughts - a general slow-down of the entire