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Abnormal Psychology Chapter 5 Questions with Explanations of Answers Latest Update 2024 (1)
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Abnormal Psychology Chapter 5depression - ✅✅ -State of abnormally low mood with emotional, cognitive, motivational and
physical features
mania - ✅✅ -state of abnormally high mood with emotional, cognitive, motivational and/or
physical features
melancholia - ✅✅-a early historical term for depression
Unipolar disorders - ✅✅-Mood disorders in which an individual only experiences
abnormally low moods
Bipolar disorders - ✅✅-Mood disorders in which and individual experience both low and
high moods
Mood episodes - ✅✅-periods of abnormal mood that are the building blocks of mood
disorders
Major depressive episode - ✅✅-a two week of longer period of depressed mood along with
several significant depressive emotional, cognitive, motivational or physical symptoms
Manic episode - ✅✅ -abnormally elevated, expansive, or irritable mood that lasts at least
one week and impairs functioning
Hypomanic episode - ✅✅-A less severe version of a manic episode lasting four days or
more that does not impair function
Major Depressive Disorder - ✅✅
-One or more major depressive episode(s)
No history of manic or hypomanic episodes
Dysthymic Disorder - ✅✅
-Two years or more of consistently depressed mood and other
symptoms that are not severe enough to meet criteria for a major depressive episode.
Bipolar I Disorder - ✅✅-Combination of major depressive episodes and manic episodes.
Bipolar II Disorder - ✅✅-Combination of major depressive episodes and hypomanic
episodes.
Cyclothymic disorder - ✅✅
-Two years or more of consistent mood swings between
hypomanic highs and dysthymic lows.
Monoamines - ✅✅ -a class of neurotransmitters involved in mood disorders including
norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin
Monoamine hypothesis - ✅✅ -The hypothesis that depression is partially caused by
insufficient neurotransmission
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