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PSY 657 Exam 2 Questions And Answers
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Mania - Answer✔intense and unrealistic feelings of excitement and euphoria
Polar opposite of mania is... - Answer✔depression: extraordinary sadness
Mania and depression cause - Answer✔marked impairment in occupational or social
functioning
Hypomania - Answer✔below mania, not as impairing as full blow manic episode, still able to
function
polar opposite of hypomania is ... - Answer✔Dysthymia: mood state that is more depressed
than normal but not as severe as what is found in major depression
Hypomania and dysthymia both.... - Answer✔not severe enough to cause marked impairment
in occupational or social functioning
Unipolar mood disorder - Answer✔disorders in which a person experiences only depressive
episodes
(Unipolar Mood Disorder) DSM 5 does not recognize... - Answer✔unipolar mania; just unipolar
depressive episodes
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Mild depressions may be... - Answer✔adaptive and desirable if brief
By slowing us down, mild depression sometimes saves us from wasting a lot of energy in the
futile pursuit of unattainable goals
Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymic Disorder) - Answer✔Characterized by low grade
persistently depressed mood most of the day, for more days than not, for at least 2 years (1
year for children and adolescents).
They must have a presence, while depressed, of two or more of the following
Poor appetite or overeating
Insomnia or hypersomnia
Low energy or fatigue
Low self-esteem
Poor concentration or difficulty making decisions
Feelings of hopelessness
Quite common, average duration is 5 years but it can last for 20 years or even more.
Individuals can still function normally
Major Depressive Disorder - Answer✔Much more impairing than P.D.D. Five or more of the
following symptoms have been present most of everyday during the same 2 week period and
represent a change from previous functioning; at least one of the symptoms is either (1)
depressed mood or (2) loss of interest or pleasure;
-Depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day
-Markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities most of the day, nearly
every day
-Significant weight loss when not dieting or weight gain, or decrease or increase in appetite
nearly every day
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-Insomnia or hypersomnia nearly every day
-Psychomotor agitation or retardation nearly every day
-Fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day
-Feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt
-Diminished ability to think or concentrate, or indecisiveness, nearly every day
-Recurrent thoughts of death, recurrent suicidal ideation without a specific plan for committing
suicide
In Major Depressive Disorder, suicidal thoughts happen - Answer✔more often than in P.D.D.
Double Depression - Answer✔Major Depression coexisting with Dysthymia/P.D.D.
Bipolar Mood Disorder - Answer✔2 polarities; up and down
Mood disorder in which a person experiences both manic and depressive episodes
Cycling in mood between depression and mania
Even if person is presenting with only manic symptoms we assume a _____ exists and that a
depressive episode will eventually occur
Cyclothymic Disorder - Answer✔less serious version of Bipolar Disorder
The repeated experience of hypomanic symptoms for a period of at least 2 years.
Less serious version of full blown bipolar disorder (said twice) because it lacks the extreme
mood and behavior changes, psychotic features, and marked impairment seen in bipolar
disorder
Are at greatly increased risk of later developing full blown bipolar I or II disorder
Low grade depression (dysthymia), low grade mania (or hypomania)
Bipolar I Disorder - Answer✔A form of bipolar disorder in which the person experiences both
manic (or mixed) episodes and major depressive episodes
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PSY 657 Exam 2 Questions And Answers
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Mania - Answer✔intense and unrealistic feelings of excitement and euphoria
Polar opposite of mania is... - Answer✔depression: extraordinary sadness
Mania and depression cause - Answer✔marked impairment in occupational or social
functioning
Hypomania - Answer✔below mania, not as impairing as full blow manic episode, still able to
function
polar opposite of hypomania is ... - Answer✔Dysthymia: mood state that is more depressed
than normal but not as severe as what is found in major depression
Hypomania and dysthymia both.... - Answer✔not severe enough to cause marked impairment
in occupational or social functioning
Unipolar mood disorder - Answer✔disorders in which a person experiences only depressive
episodes
(Unipolar Mood Disorder) DSM 5 does not recognize... - Answer✔unipolar mania; just unipolar
depressive episodes
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Mild depressions may be... - Answer✔adaptive and desirable if brief
By slowing us down, mild depression sometimes saves us from wasting a lot of energy in the
futile pursuit of unattainable goals
Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymic Disorder) - Answer✔Characterized by low grade
persistently depressed mood most of the day, for more days than not, for at least 2 years (1
year for children and adolescents).
They must have a presence, while depressed, of two or more of the following
Poor appetite or overeating
Insomnia or hypersomnia
Low energy or fatigue
Low self-esteem
Poor concentration or difficulty making decisions
Feelings of hopelessness
Quite common, average duration is 5 years but it can last for 20 years or even more.
Individuals can still function normally
Major Depressive Disorder - Answer✔Much more impairing than P.D.D. Five or more of the
following symptoms have been present most of everyday during the same 2 week period and
represent a change from previous functioning; at least one of the symptoms is either (1)
depressed mood or (2) loss of interest or pleasure;
-Depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day
-Markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities most of the day, nearly
every day
-Significant weight loss when not dieting or weight gain, or decrease or increase in appetite
nearly every day
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-Insomnia or hypersomnia nearly every day
-Psychomotor agitation or retardation nearly every day
-Fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day
-Feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt
-Diminished ability to think or concentrate, or indecisiveness, nearly every day
-Recurrent thoughts of death, recurrent suicidal ideation without a specific plan for committing
suicide
In Major Depressive Disorder, suicidal thoughts happen - Answer✔more often than in P.D.D.
Double Depression - Answer✔Major Depression coexisting with Dysthymia/P.D.D.
Bipolar Mood Disorder - Answer✔2 polarities; up and down
Mood disorder in which a person experiences both manic and depressive episodes
Cycling in mood between depression and mania
Even if person is presenting with only manic symptoms we assume a _____ exists and that a
depressive episode will eventually occur
Cyclothymic Disorder - Answer✔less serious version of Bipolar Disorder
The repeated experience of hypomanic symptoms for a period of at least 2 years.
Less serious version of full blown bipolar disorder (said twice) because it lacks the extreme
mood and behavior changes, psychotic features, and marked impairment seen in bipolar
disorder
Are at greatly increased risk of later developing full blown bipolar I or II disorder
Low grade depression (dysthymia), low grade mania (or hypomania)
Bipolar I Disorder - Answer✔A form of bipolar disorder in which the person experiences both
manic (or mixed) episodes and major depressive episodes
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