Common Mental Disorders Depression - New Zealand Doctor
Common Mental Disorders Depression - New Zealand Doctor
Common Mental Disorders Depression - New Zealand Doctor
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Mate Mäori<br />
Melancholic depression<br />
Mindfulness-based<br />
cognitive therapy<br />
(MBCT)<br />
Minor depression<br />
Mood stabilising drug<br />
Older adult<br />
Omphalocele<br />
Oppositional defiant<br />
disorder<br />
Overanxious disorder<br />
• increase in goal-directed activity (either socially,<br />
at work or school, or sexually)<br />
• psychomotor agitation, or excessive involvement in<br />
pleasurable activities that have a high potential for<br />
painful consequences (eg, engaging in unrestrained<br />
buying sprees, sexual indiscretions, or foolish business<br />
investments)<br />
Ill health or uncharacteristic behaviour among Mäori<br />
which is related to spiritual causes and may take several<br />
forms, with both physical and mental presentations.<br />
It requires expert cultural assistance 160<br />
<strong>Depression</strong> distinguished by characteristic somatic<br />
symptoms and psychomotor change, with the loss of<br />
pleasure in all, or almost all, activities or a lack of<br />
response to usual pleasurable stimuli<br />
A form of cognitive therapy that develops a person’s<br />
ability to be attentive and aware of their negative thoughts<br />
but not react to them. The idea is to change the person’s<br />
relationship with their negative thoughts, rather than the<br />
content of their thoughts<br />
A mood disorder with depressive signs and symptoms<br />
that are just below the threshold for diagnosis of major<br />
depression<br />
A drug used to prevent moods from cycling and<br />
shifting, used for disorders characterised by intense and<br />
sustained mood shifts such as bipolar disorder. Most<br />
mood stabilisers are anticonvulsants, with the important<br />
exception of lithium<br />
Aged 60–65 years or over<br />
A birth defect of the abdominal wall in which the infant’s<br />
intestines or other abdominal organs protrude outside the<br />
abdominal wall in a sac<br />
An ongoing pattern of hostile and defiant behaviour<br />
towards authority figures, which goes beyond the bounds<br />
of normal age-appropriate behaviour. It is strongly<br />
associated with progression to the more serious Conduct<br />
Disorder.<br />
Term for Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) occurring<br />
in children<br />
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Identification of <strong>Common</strong> <strong>Mental</strong> <strong>Disorders</strong> and Management of <strong>Depression</strong> in Primary Care