Chapter 13: Depressive disorders

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

 

____     1.   Compared with unipolar depression, the depressed phase of bipolar disorder

A.	Has a later onset
B.	Has a more gradual onset
C.	Carries a greater risk for suicide
D.	Is less frequently accompanied by psychotic symptoms in younger patients

 

 

____     2.   The patient says that she has been feeling sad and having difficulty sleeping over the past 6 weeks. She says she has lost her appetite and has lost about 10 lb. This is the first time she has felt this way and she cannot recall any specific unsetting event. Given this minimal information, an initial diagnosis might be

A.	Adjustment disorder with depression
B.	Seasonal affective disorder
C.	Major depression, single episode
D.	Major depression with catatonic features

 

 

____     3.   A patient says that she has been becoming increasingly depressed following the birth of her first child 4 months ago. She had an episode of depression in her 20s but recovered. Now, she is becoming more despondent, crying, and sleeping a lot. She fears that she may hurt the baby if she does not get treatment. A possible diagnosis is

A.	Major depressive disorder with melancholic features
B.	Major depressive disorder with psychotic features
C.	Dysthymia with superimposed major depression (double depression)
D.	Major depressive disorder with postpartum onset

 

 

____     4.   Core symptoms of complicated grief include experiencing which of the following symptoms more than 6 months after the death?

A.	Feeling that life has no meaning without the deceased
B.	Prominent self-blaming thoughts for not having prevented the death
C.	Dissociative states in which the deceased is believed to be present
D.	All of the above

 

 

____     5.   Which of the following is a frontline treatment for insomnia in depressed elderly individuals?

A.	Sleep hygiene
B.	Benzodiazepines
C.	Zolpidem
D.	Trazodone

 

Answer Section

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. ANS:  C                    PTS:   1

 

2. ANS:  C                    PTS:   1

 

3. ANS:  D                    PTS:   1

 

4. ANS:  D                    PTS:   1

 

5. ANS:  A                    PTS:   1