MOOD DISORDER

Question 1

35. The presence and severity of accompanying anxiety

Answer 1

a. Anxious distress specifier

Question 2

36. Individuals with this specifier consistently oversleep and overeat during their depression resulting in weight gain

Answer 2

e. Atypical features specifier

Question 3

37. Involves an absence of movement or catalepsy

Answer 3

d. Catatonic features specifier

Question 4

39. This specifier can only be applied if full criteria for a major depressive episode have been met.

Answer 4

c. Melancholic features specifier

Question 5

38. Predominantly depressive episodes that have several symptoms of mania

Answer 5

b. Mixed features specifier

Question 6

40. It accompanies episodes that occur during certain seasons only

Answer 6

g. Seasonal pattern specifier

Question 7

41. A person filled with grandiose self-esteem, displaying rapid speech and impulsive behaviors and showing an elevated, expansive or irritable mood for at least one week is exhibiting symptoms of:
    a. Mania
    b. Hypomania
    c. Stress
    d. Catatonia

Answer 7

A

Question 8

42. A disorder that involves mood swings between subclinical levels of depression and mania is:
    a. Bipolar I
    b. Bipolar II
    c. Dysthymia
    d. Cyclothymia

Answer 8

D

Question 9

43. A person experiencing feeling of worthlessness, loss of interest in pleasurable activities, sudden weight gain or weight loss, feeling tired all the time and is said to feel physical aches and pains that have no medical cause is experiencing:
    a. Depression phase
    b. Manic phase
    c. Bipolar I
    d. Bipolar II

Answer 9

A

Question 10

44. Kyla gave birth to a healthy child four days ago. Now she’s tearful and having mood swings. Fortunately, these symptoms disappeared relatively quickly. Kyla was probably suffering from:
    a. Major depressive disorder with peripartum onset
    b. Baby blues. Her condition does not meet a diagnostic criteria
    c. Adjustment disorder, depressed mood type
    d. Major depressive disorder with seasonal onset

Answer 10

B

Question 11

91. The following are biological sources that can contribute to mood disorders EXCEPT:
    a. genetics
    b. neurotransmitter system abnormalities
    c. endocrine system
    d. circadian or sleep rhythms
    e. marital dissatisfaction

Answer 11

E

Question 12

92. All of the following are psychological factors that can have an impact on mood disorders EXCEPT:
    a. neurohormones
    b. stressful life events
    c. learned helplessness
    d. depressive cognitive triad
    e. a sense of uncontrollability

Answer 12

A

Question 13

93. The following are several social and cultural dimensions that contribute to mood disorders EXCEPT:
    a. gender
    b. few social supports
    c. marital dissatisfaction
    d. learned helplessness

Answer 13

D

Question 14

94. The controversial but somewhat successful treatment involving the production of seizures through electrical current to the brain.
    a. electroconvulsive therapy
    b. electroencephalogram
    c. electrocardiogram
    d. electrodermal responding

Answer 14

A

Question 15

95. This teaches clients to carefully examine their thought process and recognize “depressive” styles in thinking.
    a. cognitive therapy
    b. behavioral theraphy
    c. interpersonal psychotherapy
    d. psychodynamic therapy

Answer 15

A

Question 16

96. These come in three main types (tricyclics, MAO inhibitors, and SSRIs) and are often prescribed but have numerous side effects.
    a. zoloft
    b. antipsychotics
    c. antidepressants
    d. lithium

Answer 16

C

Question 17

97. This antidepressant must be carefully regulated to avoid illness but has the advantage of affecting manic episodes.
    a. zoloft
    b. antipsychotics
    c. antidepressants;
    d. lithium

Answer 17

D

Question 18

98. This therapy focuses on resolving problems in existing relationships and learning to form new interpersonal relationships.
    a. electroconvulsive therapy;
    b. cognitive therapy;
    c. interpersonal psychotherapy
    d. psychodynamic therapy

Answer 18

C

Question 19

99. This is an effort to prevent relapse or recurrence over the long run.
    a. repetitive treatment
    b. biological treatment
    c. general treatment
    d. maintenance treatment

Answer 19

D

Question 20

100. Ralph’s wife left him and took the children. He is a wellknown television personality, but, because of a conflict with the new station owners, he was recently fired. If Ralph kills himself, his suicide would be considered ___________.
     a. altruistic
     b. egoistic
     c. anomic
     d. fatalistic

Answer 20

C

Question 21

101. Sam killed himself while a prisoner of war in Vietnam. What suicide type describes this situation?
     a. altruistic
     b. egoistic
     c. anomic
     d. fatalistic

Answer 21

D

Question 22

102. Sheena lives in a remote village in Africa. She was recently caught in an adulterous affair with a man in a nearby village. Her husband wants to kill her but won’t have to because of a tribal custom that requires her to kill herself. She leaps from the nearby “sinful woman’s cliff.” Sheena’s suicide would be identified as what type?
     a. altruistic
     b. egoistic
     c. anomic
     d. fatalistic

Answer 22

A

Question 23

103. Mabel lived in a nursing home for many years. At first, her family and friends visited her often; now they come only at Christmas. Her two closest friends in the nursing home died recently. She has no hobbies or other interests. Mabel’s suicide would be identified as what type?
     a. altruistic
     b. egoistic
     c. anomic
     d. fatalistic

Answer 23

B