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What are the diagnostic features of acute mania (a manic episode?)
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The presence of an abnormally elevated, expansive, or irritable mood lasting at least one week...
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What is the difference between mania and hypomania?
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The syndrome of hypomania is similar to mania, but it is milder and briefer. During a...
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Name the different cyclic mood disorders and know whether they are very common, common, or...
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Major depression: 17% very common
Bipolar disorders: 4% common
Dysthymia: 3% common
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Know whether each cyclic mood disorder is more common in men, more common in women, or occurs...
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Major depression: more common in women (2:1 ratio)
Bipolar disorders: more common in women...
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Know the prognosis and prognostic features of the bipolar disorders. How does the prognosis...
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The prognosis for any manic episode is good, especially with the availability of effective...
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What are the diagnostic features of bipolar I disorder?
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Defined by the occurrence of at least one manic or mized episode. Typically, bipolar...
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What are the diagnostic features of bipolar II disorder?
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Characterized by periods of hypomania that typically occur either before or after periods of...
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How are bipolar I and II disorders different?
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Bipolar II disorder appears to breed true within families. Bipolar II patients also tend...
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What are the diagnosic features of cyclothymic disorder?
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A condition in which the patient has mild swings between the two poles of depression and hypomania. ...
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What are the diagnostic features of mood disorder due to a general medical condition?
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What are the diagnostic features of substance-induced mood disorder?
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What diseases can cause mood disorders?
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Metabolic disturances (postoperative states, hemodialysis, vitamin deficiencies, Addison's...
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What substances of abuse can cause mood disoders? The intoxication or the withdrawal...
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Alcohol and drug abuse or dependence, in particular, in both the intoxication and withdrawal...
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Describe the pathogenesis of depression from a biological or neurophysiological perspective. ...
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The catecholamine hypthesis suggests that depression is caused by a deficit of norepinephrine...
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Pharmacoligic treatment of depression.
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Tricyclis, MAOIs, SSRIs, and other antidepressants such as bupriprion and mirtazapine. ...
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Pharmacologic treatment of mania.
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Lithium, valproate, and carbamazepine are all approved for the acute treatment of mania. ...
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Is there a role for ECT in bipolar disorder? If so, what is it?
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Electroconvulsive therapy is highly effective in treatment of manic patients when medication...
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ECT therapy in depression
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ECT is the treatment of choice for some patients with severe depression. In general,...
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Vagal nerve stimulation for depression
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Vagal nerve stimulation was recently approved for use in chronic or recurrent depression...
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psychosocial therapy for mood disorders
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Extensive psychological probing should not be attempted when the patient is deeply depressed. ...
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