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Topic 0: Mood Disorders and Suicide

Practice Test

Practice Test

This activity contains 15 questions.

	How has the incidence of unipolar disorder changed in recent years?   Depression is becoming more common. The gender difference is decreasing. The average age of a first depressive episode has declined. While the occurrence of unipolar depression is decreasing, diagnoses of bipolar depression are rising.

	Which of the following is necessary for a diagnosis of dysthymia?   Symptoms of both depression and mania. Chronic moderate levels of depression that persist for at least one year. Psychotic symptoms. Brief periods of a normal mood.

	A diagnosis of major depressive episode is not made if the client has ever experienced ______________.   an anxiety disorder. dissociative symptoms. a psychotic break. a hypomanic episode

	Which of the following is a characteristic of major depression with atypical features?   mood reactivity psychomotor agitation weight loss insomnia

	What have genetic studies revealed about the basis of depression?   Genetics play a greater role in the development of bipolar disorder than they do in unipolar depression. Three genes have been identified as playing a role in the inheritance of dysthymia. Environmental factors account for more of the variance in the liability to major depression than genetic factors. Adoption studies do not find evidence of a role for genes in the susceptibility to depression.

	Which of the following has NOT been implicated as a possible neurochemical basis for depression?   low serotonin levels low thyroid hormone levels low dexamethasone levels low norepinephrine levels

	There is evidence to suggest that the ____________ may decrease in size as a consequence of depression.   anterior cingulate gyrus amygdala hypothalamus hippocampus

	Which of the following is an example of a dependent life event that might precipitate a depressive episode?   natural disasters caring for an elderly relative divorce death of a spouse

	In a classic study of women of low socioeconomic status in London, factors were identified that both decreased and increased the likelihood of developing depression. Which of the following was associated with an increased likelihood of depression?   being religious having more than three young children in the home living in a poor area lack of parental support

	Which of the following is a behavioral explanation for depression?   lack of reinforcement inability to recover from early losses stress intolerance depressogenic schemas

	Which of the following is necessary for a diagnosis of Bipolar I disorder?   at least one episode of mania a depressive episode and manic episode at least one manic episode or one mixed episode a depressive episode and either a manic episode or a mixed episode

	How do psychodynamic theorists explain manic reactions?   Manic reactions reflect a failure of defense mechanisms to adequately cope with the anxiety created by failure or loss. Manic reactions reflect the inability of the ego to control the id. Manic reactions occur when the influence of the superego is compromised by conflicts with the id. Manic reactions are an extreme defense against or reaction to depression.

	Which of the following is seen universally?   A sense of involvement with others is associated with a decreased likelihood to suicide. The occurrence of suicides. Women are more likely to attempt and men are more likely to complete suicide. Suicide is socially sanctioned.

	While _____________ is associated with adolescent suicide attempts, __________ is associated with completion.   substance abuse; depression depression; conduct disorder substance abuse; bipolar depression conduct disorder; depression

	What is behavioral activation treatment?   a form of interpersonal therapy that is especially effective for the treatment of Bipolar II disorder a behavioral treatment for bipolar disorder a treatment for unipolar depression that focuses on getting patients involved in the world and the people around them a cognitive-behavioral therapy for mood disorders that focuses on changing how the patient thinks about relationships

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