Mental Health: Unipolar Mood Disorders

People with ______ mood disorders typically have their first episode in their early thirties;

A person with ______ can experience MDD, however, the episode is not due to the other disorder;

Onset of ______ mood disorders usually occurs between the ages of 18 and 22;

The person must experience at least five of the ______ symptoms for at least two weeks;

Cyclothymia is considered by ______ to be a chronic but less severe form of bipolar disorder;

Melancholia is a term that is used to describe a particularly severe type of ______;

The ______ disorders include two specific types: major depressive disorder and dysthymia.

Mood disorders can be divided into four categories: ______, emotional, behavioural, and cognitive.

______ symptoms of mood disorders are related to basic physiological or bodily functions.

Cognitive symptoms of depression include feelings of ______ and thoughts of suicide.

Depression can refer either to a ______ or to a clinical syndrome.

Psychomotor ______ is a type of behavioural symptom characterized by restless movements.

Lithium carbonate and certain anticonvulsant drugs are useful for patients with ______ mood disorders.

Two types of psychotherapy, ______ therapy and interpersonal therapy, are beneficial for unipolar and dysthymic patients.

Current thinking is focused on ______, norepinephrine, and dopamine neurotransmitters.

Diagnosis refers to the ______ or recognition of a disorder on the basis of its characteristic symptoms.

A categorical approach to classification assumes that distinctions among members of different categories are ______.

Criteria for ______ include loss of feeling pleasure, lack of feeling better, and worst symptoms in the morning.