CH. 8 ABNORMAL PSYCH

MOOD DISORDERS

In the DSM, mania is described/ titled as

bipolar and related disorders

mood disorders, sometimes described as

unipolar (one mood is experienced typically depression) or bipolar (both moods are experienced, depression and mania)

depressive equivalents

hyperactivity or delinquency

masked depression

a disorder of childhood depression, but the sad mood and other typical features to this diagnosis are not present

In the DSM, depression is described/titled as

depressive disorders

different groups of youth…

may or may not be designated as depressed, depending on how depression is defined and assessed

diagnosing depression was compared with diagnosis based on

exceeding a cutoff score on the children’s depression inventory (CDI)

a high child-reported score on the CDI

more hopeless; had lower-esteem’ made more internal attributions regarding negative events; more likely to believe that control was due to external factors rather than themselves (locus of control).

the primary DSM category for defining depression

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is described by

the presence of one or more major depressive episodes.