| A | B |
|---|
| HYPOCHONDRIASIS | excessive complaints about (and delusions of) physical illness |
| MOOD | disorders which used to be called AFFECTIVE, including depression and mania and bipolar |
| DYSTHYMIA | chronic, low grade depression |
| BIPOLAR | mania cycling with depression |
| CYCLOTHYMIA | moody cycling, but not as extreme as full bipolar disorder |
| MANIA | symptoms: expansive but unstable mood; excess energy; pressured speech |
| COGNITIVE | Seligman, Ellis & Beck perspective on depression (led to effective psychotherapy) |
| FEMALE | most cases of diagnosed depression are |
| SSRI's, TRICYLICS, MAOI'S | medications used on depression |
| LITHIUM | usual medication prescribed for mania and bipolar |
| SUICIDE | depressed patients have a high risk for |
| ECT | electroshock therapy for depression |
| DEPRESSION | most common diagnosis |
| INHERITED METABOLIC DISTURBANCE | bipolar disorder is caused by a(n) |
| INSOMNIA | difficulty sleeping (often a symptom of depression) |
| AFFECT | emotion, mood, preferences, priorities |
| BEREAVEMENT | grief, mourning which may trigger a depression |
| COMORBIDITY | a combination of two or more disorders in the same patient |
| UNIPOLAR | episodic depression with no manic phase |
| MELANCHOLIA | old term for depression |
| SCHIZOAFFECTIVE | severe mood disorder accompanied by at least two symptoms of schizophrenia |
