A) the length of time the person has had the symptoms
B) how severe the symptoms are
C) whether there are occasional brief periods of normal moods during the disorder
D) the types of symptoms the person has
F) All of the above
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A) schizoaffective disorder.
B) bipolar I disorder.
C) recurrent dysthymia.
D) cyclothymia.
F) A) and D)
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A) she is determined to kill herself and will choose a lethal means such as a gun to ensure that she is successful.
B) she is ambivalent about committing suicide.
C) she will change her mind at the last minute and reexamine her problems in a more objective fashion.
D) she will show no outward signs of her distress.
F) None of the above
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A) the worldview dimension of attributions is the most important to depression.
B) hopelessness is needed to produce depression,helplessness is not important.
C) the number of negative life events someone experiences is more important than his or her attributions for those events.
D) the pessimistic attributional style people have about negative events produces depression.
F) A) and C)
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A) If a recurrence is not experienced within 1 year after an initial depressive episode,recurrence is highly unlikely.
B) Most individuals diagnosed with major depression will exhibit a recurrence.
C) Those with depression with psychotic features are less likely to experience a recurrence.
D) Clients are usually asymptomatic between depressive episodes.
F) A) and D)
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A) are inherited.
B) predispose a person to develop depression.
C) serve a protective function and are readily modified by positive life experiences.
D) ensure that a low rate of reinforcement will be experienced.
F) A) and C)
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A) a depressed episode is not necessary for a diagnosis.
B) few patients show both manic and depressed symptoms.
C) both depressed and manic symptoms typically occur simultaneously.
D) a year or two commonly passes between manic and depressed episodes.
F) B) and C)
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A) is preceded by one or more previous episodes.
B) suggests that chronic major depression has developed.
C) typically lasts 2-3 weeks.
D) is characteristic of all forms of bipolar disorder.
F) A) and C)
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A) Critical comments trigger negative affect in the spouse.
B) Women who are depressed avoid their partners.
C) Whenever there is a problem,it is caused by a man who,in a manic episode,is unaware of the nature of his behavior or even who he is attacking.
D) Men become violent as a way of protecting themselves when their wives,who suffer from depressive episodes,become impulsively aggressive.
F) B) and D)
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A) A 25-year-old single man
B) A 25-year-old single woman
C) A 25-year-old divorced man
D) A 25-year-old divorced woman
F) None of the above
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A) an episode of mania.
B) an episode of mania or major depression.
C) an episode of hypomania and a major depression.
D) an episode of mania and psychois.
F) All of the above
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A) These neurotransmitters are not involved in depression.
B) It is overactivity of these neurotransmitters that underlies depression,not underactivity.
C) That the effectiveness of antidepressants is a placebo effect,as opposed to a result of a biochemical manipulation.
D) Changes in neurotransmitter function,as opposed to neurotransmitter level,cause depression.
F) None of the above
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A) Adjustment disorder with depressed mood
B) Chronic adjustment disorder with depressed mood
C) Bipolar II
D) Major depressive disorder
F) C) and D)
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A) clearly suggest a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
B) are typical of depressive delusions because they are mood congruent.
C) suggest that he is suffering from a bipolar rather than a unipolar disorder.
D) are most likely to persist after the depression remits.
F) B) and C)
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A) show very little REM sleep,instead they spend large amounts of time in the deeper stages (3 and 4) of sleep.
B) do not enter REM sleep until much later in the night than normal and have smaller amounts of REM sleep throughout the night than normal.
C) enter REM sleep earlier than normal and have larger amounts of REM sleep early in the night.
D) enter REM sleep at a normal time,but have very slow and mild rapid eye movements and have less overall time in REM sleep than normal.
F) A) and C)
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A) do not trigger manic episodes.
B) appear to increase the time to recovery from a manic episode.
C) do not generally precipitate an initial manic episode,but tend to play more of a role over time.
D) play no role in the development or progression of bipolar II disorder.
F) C) and D)
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A) "Eat lots of foods that are rich in norepinephrine."
B) "Don't take drugs that increase dopamine levels because they can produce manic-like behavior."
C) "Stay away from drugs that include lithium because bipolar is associated with excessive lithium activity."
D) "If you can keep your serotonin levels normal,you do not have to worry about having a manic episode."
F) All of the above
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