A. More victims of this disease commit suicide
B. It lasts longer than other forms of depression and can lead to double depression
C. It causes temporary blindness
D. It is often mistaken for major depression
Related Mcqs:
- Suicidal thoughts are often a symptom of depression CBT, used in conjunction with medication, has been proven effective in training depression. What does CBT stand for?
A. Cognitive behavioural therapy
B. Computerized brain tomography
C. Complete behavioural therapy
D. Comprehensive brain therapy - If correlational analyses indicate that higher levels of depression are related to poorer psychical health, can we infer that depression causes poor health?
A. No, because correlated variables do not indicated causal relationships
B. No, because correlated variables are not based on inferential statistics
C. Yes, because correlated variables indicated causal relationships
D. Yes, because correlated variables are based on inferential statistics - Which of the following is true of personal construct theory? 1: George Kelly developed personal construct theory to examine how individuals view the world. 2: Personal construct theory portrays people as victims of unconscious desires and impulses. 3: Personal construct theory does not try to locate the individual on the personality theorists, dimensions. 4: Kelly basically took the view that we are all artists.
A. 1 & 2
B. 3 & 4
C. 1 & 3
D. 2 & 4 - How long do mood swings happen for bipolar disorder victims?
A. several days at a time
B. A few days to many years
C. A few weeks at a time
D. 6 months - An eagerness to believe that victims of a natural disaster are being punished by God for their sins best illustrates a potential consequence of:
A. deindividuation
B. the mere exposure effect
C. the bystander effect
D. the just-world phenomenon - When a person has suffered numerous hypomanic and depressive symptoms for over 2 years, but the symptoms are not serious enough in duration to be considered a mood episode, it is called what?
A. Cyclothymic Disorder
B. Bipolar II
C. Bipolar I
D. Ultra – Rapid Cycling - A person who is preoccupied with fears of having a serious disease suffers from:
A. a conversion reaction
B. hypochondriasis
C. a traumatic disorder
D. an obsession - Which of these drugs is not used to combat either mania, depression, or bipolar disorder?
A. Tofranil (imipramine)
B. Wellbutrin (bupropion)
C. Norpramin (desipramine)
D. Astelin (azelastine) - What are the major causes of depression?
A. Chemical imbalance in the brain
B. The result of a traumatic experience or personal setback
C. Genetic predisposition
D. All of these - What age group suffers mostly from major depression?
A. Elderly adults
B. Young men
C. Young women
D. Teen – ager
