MSN 672 MODULE 2 EXAM 104 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026
depression, unipolar, bipolar, mixed depression and mania - CORRECT ANSWER
Many of the drugs used for psychosis are also used to treat what?
originally a mood stabilizer was a drug that treated mania and prevented its
recurrence, thus stabilizing the manic pole of bipolar disorder - CORRECT ANSWER
What is a mood stabilizer?
to help them attain this best outcome whenever possible - CORRECT ANSWER In
mood disorders there is a greater chance to reach a genuine state of sustained
and asymptomatic remission and the challenge for those who treat these patients
is what?
this outcome is called a response - CORRECT ANSWER For patients with a major
depressive episode unipolar, bipolar, or mixed and who receive treatment and
improve to the level of 50% reduction of symptoms or more is known as what?
complete remission of symptoms and maintaining that level of improvement so
that the patient's major depressive episode does not relapse shortly after
remission, nor does the patient have a recurrent episode in the future - CORRECT
ANSWER The paradigm for depression treatment has shifted dramatically in recent
years so the goal is now what?
it is called remission for the first several months and recovery if it is sustained for
longer than several months - CORRECT ANSWER When treatment of major
,depressive episodes results in removal of essentially all symptoms it is called
what?
treating patients with depression - CORRECT ANSWER Remission and recovery are
now the goals of treating what?
it is called a relapse, when depression returns after a patient has recovered it is
called a recurrence - CORRECT ANSWER When depression returns before there is
a full remission of symptoms or within the first several months following remission
of symptoms, is called what?
inhibition of monoamine reuptake - CORRECT ANSWER The mechanism of action
of drugs for unipolar depression is predominantly what?
even after about a year of total treatment with a sequence of four different drugs
for unipolar depression - CORRECT ANSWER Real-world trials suggest that only a
third of patients with unipolar depression remit on their first treatment with a
drug from this class (monoamines)even after what?
the symptoms include insomnia, fatigue, multiple painful physical complaints,
cognitive problems including difficulty concentrating and lack of interest and
motivation - CORRECT ANSWER If patients of not fully remit after treatment what
are the most common symptoms that persist?
depressed mood, suicidal ideation, and psychomotor retardation - CORRECT
ANSWER Drugs for unipolar depression often appear to work better in improving
what?
, who have achieved remission - CORRECT ANSWER The rate of relapse of major
depression is significantly less for patients who have achieved what?
The number of treatments it takes to get the patient to remit - CORRECT ANSWER
The likelihood increases with the number of what?
with a better overall outcome in patients with aggressive treatment that leads to
remission of all symptoms, thus potentially modifying the course of illness -
CORRECT ANSWER The idea that chronicity of a mood disorder, relapse of a mood
disorder, and development of treatment resistance could all be reduced by what?
the concept of a mood stabilizer has been defined in a wide-ranging manner, from
something that acts like lithium to anticonvulsants used to treat bipolar disorder,
to stabilizing both mania and depression in bipolar disorder - CORRECT ANSWER A
more recent definition of a mood stabilizer is what?
mania and or stabilize from above to prevent relapse and recurrent mania -
CORRECT ANSWER A drug can be mania minded and and treat from above to
reduce symptoms of what?
bipolar depression and or stabilize from below to prevent relapse and recurrence
of depression - CORRECT ANSWER Drugs can be depression minded and treat
from below to reduce symptoms of what?
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026
depression, unipolar, bipolar, mixed depression and mania - CORRECT ANSWER
Many of the drugs used for psychosis are also used to treat what?
originally a mood stabilizer was a drug that treated mania and prevented its
recurrence, thus stabilizing the manic pole of bipolar disorder - CORRECT ANSWER
What is a mood stabilizer?
to help them attain this best outcome whenever possible - CORRECT ANSWER In
mood disorders there is a greater chance to reach a genuine state of sustained
and asymptomatic remission and the challenge for those who treat these patients
is what?
this outcome is called a response - CORRECT ANSWER For patients with a major
depressive episode unipolar, bipolar, or mixed and who receive treatment and
improve to the level of 50% reduction of symptoms or more is known as what?
complete remission of symptoms and maintaining that level of improvement so
that the patient's major depressive episode does not relapse shortly after
remission, nor does the patient have a recurrent episode in the future - CORRECT
ANSWER The paradigm for depression treatment has shifted dramatically in recent
years so the goal is now what?
it is called remission for the first several months and recovery if it is sustained for
longer than several months - CORRECT ANSWER When treatment of major
,depressive episodes results in removal of essentially all symptoms it is called
what?
treating patients with depression - CORRECT ANSWER Remission and recovery are
now the goals of treating what?
it is called a relapse, when depression returns after a patient has recovered it is
called a recurrence - CORRECT ANSWER When depression returns before there is
a full remission of symptoms or within the first several months following remission
of symptoms, is called what?
inhibition of monoamine reuptake - CORRECT ANSWER The mechanism of action
of drugs for unipolar depression is predominantly what?
even after about a year of total treatment with a sequence of four different drugs
for unipolar depression - CORRECT ANSWER Real-world trials suggest that only a
third of patients with unipolar depression remit on their first treatment with a
drug from this class (monoamines)even after what?
the symptoms include insomnia, fatigue, multiple painful physical complaints,
cognitive problems including difficulty concentrating and lack of interest and
motivation - CORRECT ANSWER If patients of not fully remit after treatment what
are the most common symptoms that persist?
depressed mood, suicidal ideation, and psychomotor retardation - CORRECT
ANSWER Drugs for unipolar depression often appear to work better in improving
what?
, who have achieved remission - CORRECT ANSWER The rate of relapse of major
depression is significantly less for patients who have achieved what?
The number of treatments it takes to get the patient to remit - CORRECT ANSWER
The likelihood increases with the number of what?
with a better overall outcome in patients with aggressive treatment that leads to
remission of all symptoms, thus potentially modifying the course of illness -
CORRECT ANSWER The idea that chronicity of a mood disorder, relapse of a mood
disorder, and development of treatment resistance could all be reduced by what?
the concept of a mood stabilizer has been defined in a wide-ranging manner, from
something that acts like lithium to anticonvulsants used to treat bipolar disorder,
to stabilizing both mania and depression in bipolar disorder - CORRECT ANSWER A
more recent definition of a mood stabilizer is what?
mania and or stabilize from above to prevent relapse and recurrent mania -
CORRECT ANSWER A drug can be mania minded and and treat from above to
reduce symptoms of what?
bipolar depression and or stabilize from below to prevent relapse and recurrence
of depression - CORRECT ANSWER Drugs can be depression minded and treat
from below to reduce symptoms of what?
