Psychiatric mental health nursing Exam
2 Questions
Limbic structures - Answer-Name the part of the brain r/t depression that deals with: emotional
alterations/changes
Cerebellum - Answer-Name the part of the brain r/t depression that deals with: psychomotor
retardation/agitation
Frontal cortex - Answer-Name the part of the brain r/t depression that deals with: depressed mood,
difficulty concentrating
Hypothalamus - Answer-Name the part of the brain r/t depression that deals with: increased/decreased
sleep/appetite, low energy levels and decreased libido
Amygdala - Answer-Name the part of the brain r/t depression that deals with: anhedonia, anxiety, low
motivation
Hippocampus - Answer-Name the part of the brain r/t depression that deals with: memory impairment,
feelings of worthlessness, hopelessness, & guilt
, Melancholia - Answer-Freud presented this in 1917. He defined the distinguishing features of ____ as:
"... profoundly painful defection, cessation of interest in the outside world, loss of the capacity to love,
inhibiting of all activity, and lowering of the self-regarding feelings to a degree that finds utterances in
self-reproaches and self-revilings, and culminates in a delusional expectation of punishment.
Cognitive therapy - Answer-____ focuses on helping the individual to alter mood by changing the way
he or she thinks.
Transactional Model - Answer-______ suggest that there is no clear, single theory or hypothesis existing
that explains depressive disorders. This model recognizes that depressive disorders may be causes from
one or more of the following: genetics, biochemical, psychosocial.
Object loss theory - Answer-This theory suggest that depressive illness occurs as a result of having been
abandoned by or otherwise separated form a significant other during the first 6 months of life.
Anaclitic depression - Answer-Object loss theory-> The concept of "_____ _____" was introduced in
1964 by psychiatrist Rene Spitz to refer to children who became depressed after being separated from
their mothers for an extended period of time during the first year of life.
xs crying, anorexia, withdrawal, *psychomotor retardation, stupor, and generalized impairment in the
normal growth and develop. process - Answer-Object loss theory-> The condition, anaclitic depression,
includes behaviors such as what?
Learning theory-> "learned helplessness" - Answer-The model of "_____ ______" arises out of
Seligman's (1973) experiments with dogs. A similar state of helplessness occurs in humans who
experience numerous failures (either real or perceived).
Norepinephrine - Answer-Which neurotransmitter is a key component in the mobilization of the body to
deal with stressful situation?
2 Questions
Limbic structures - Answer-Name the part of the brain r/t depression that deals with: emotional
alterations/changes
Cerebellum - Answer-Name the part of the brain r/t depression that deals with: psychomotor
retardation/agitation
Frontal cortex - Answer-Name the part of the brain r/t depression that deals with: depressed mood,
difficulty concentrating
Hypothalamus - Answer-Name the part of the brain r/t depression that deals with: increased/decreased
sleep/appetite, low energy levels and decreased libido
Amygdala - Answer-Name the part of the brain r/t depression that deals with: anhedonia, anxiety, low
motivation
Hippocampus - Answer-Name the part of the brain r/t depression that deals with: memory impairment,
feelings of worthlessness, hopelessness, & guilt
, Melancholia - Answer-Freud presented this in 1917. He defined the distinguishing features of ____ as:
"... profoundly painful defection, cessation of interest in the outside world, loss of the capacity to love,
inhibiting of all activity, and lowering of the self-regarding feelings to a degree that finds utterances in
self-reproaches and self-revilings, and culminates in a delusional expectation of punishment.
Cognitive therapy - Answer-____ focuses on helping the individual to alter mood by changing the way
he or she thinks.
Transactional Model - Answer-______ suggest that there is no clear, single theory or hypothesis existing
that explains depressive disorders. This model recognizes that depressive disorders may be causes from
one or more of the following: genetics, biochemical, psychosocial.
Object loss theory - Answer-This theory suggest that depressive illness occurs as a result of having been
abandoned by or otherwise separated form a significant other during the first 6 months of life.
Anaclitic depression - Answer-Object loss theory-> The concept of "_____ _____" was introduced in
1964 by psychiatrist Rene Spitz to refer to children who became depressed after being separated from
their mothers for an extended period of time during the first year of life.
xs crying, anorexia, withdrawal, *psychomotor retardation, stupor, and generalized impairment in the
normal growth and develop. process - Answer-Object loss theory-> The condition, anaclitic depression,
includes behaviors such as what?
Learning theory-> "learned helplessness" - Answer-The model of "_____ ______" arises out of
Seligman's (1973) experiments with dogs. A similar state of helplessness occurs in humans who
experience numerous failures (either real or perceived).
Norepinephrine - Answer-Which neurotransmitter is a key component in the mobilization of the body to
deal with stressful situation?
