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Affect
Pattern of observable behaviors, i.e.- facial expressions
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Mood
sustained emotional response
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Clinical Depression
depressed mood accompanied by several other symptoms (fatigue, loss of energy, changes in appetite)
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Mania
Opposite of depression, elated mood, infalted self-esteem, decreased need for sleep
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Unipolar
Only episodes of depression
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Bipolar
Episodes of depression and mania
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Emotion
state of arousal that's defined by subjective feelings like sadness, anger, happy
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Mood Disorder
short period of time where persons mood is either manic of depressed.
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Dysphoric
unpleasant mood associated with depression
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Dysthymia
chronic mild depressive condition present for many years. (over 2 years) and have 2 or more of poor appetite/overeating, fatigue, insomnia/hypersomnia, low self-esteem
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Hypomania
Increased energy thats not full blow mania. Hypomania only last for a few days. 1 week=Mania.
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Cyclothymia
chronic but less severe of bipolar. Person experiences several times of hypomania and frequent periods of depression during 2 years.
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Remission
Improved or dimished
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Relapse
return of symptoms in person who has recovered.
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Stress generation
people who create difficult circumstances increase level of stress in life. Depressed ppl create more stress.
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Egoistic Suicide
People become detached from society when they feel existence is meaningless.
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Altruistic Suicide
rules of the social group dictate that person must sacrifice his/her own life for others.
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Anomic Suicide
occurs after breakdown in social order or disruption of norms that govern peoples beahavior.
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Fatalistic Suicide
circumstances person lives in becomes unbearable.
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