Affective Psychotic Disorders Quiz Flashcards
Evidence for a biological overlap between Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder is derived from studies of:
a) Cognitive function
b) All of these answers are correct
c) Genetics
d) Brain imaging
b) All of these answers are correct
When the content of delusions and hallucinations in the context of a depressive episode is consistent with typical depressive themes of personal inadequacy, guilt, disease, death, nihilism, or deserved punishment, the additional specifier of ______________ should be given.
a) With general psychotic symptoms
b) With mood incongruent psychotic symptoms
c) None of these answers are correct
d) With mood congruent psychotic symptom
d) With mood congruent psychotic symptom
Generally, a manic episode that is superimposed on the course of schizophrenia should be assigned which additional diagnosis?
a) None of the answers are correct
b) Other Specified Bipolar Disorder
c) Bipolar II Disorder
d) Bipolar I Disorder
b) Other Specified Bipolar Disorder
A person who is admitted to the hospital for treatment after the onset of a manic episode that had begun 2 days prior cannot be given a diagnosis of Bipolar I Disorder.
True
False
False
The concept of __________________ asserted that both organic and psychological causes combined to produce mental illness.
a) Primary psychosis
b) Psychic neurosis
c) Exogenous psychosis
d) Unitary psychosis
d) Unitary psychosis
The presence of a major depressive episode is required for the diagnosis of Bipolar II Disorder.
True
False
TRUE
The ‘Kraepelinian dichotomy’ refers to the assumption that schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are distinct entities with separate underlying disease processes and treatments.
True
False
TRUE
Historically, psychotic symptoms that emerged following a physical illness may have been called:
a) Primary psychosis
b) Endogenous psychosis
c) Exogenous psychosis
d) Psychic neurosis
b) Endogenous psychosis
The primary argument made by Fisher & Carpenter (2009) is that:
a) Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder are ‘syndromes’ that likely comprise many different diseases
b) The Kraepelinian dichotomy should be maintained
c) Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder are distinct diseases
d) Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder are NOT distinct diseases
a) Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder are ‘syndromes’ that likely comprise many different diseases
A hypomanic episode is characterized by all of the following except:
a) Significant weight change
b) Distractibility
c) Increase in goal-directed activity
d) Excessive involvement in activities that have a high potential for painful consequences
a) Significant weight change
