BSNC 4000 MH Mod. 4 Understanding Depression
And Bipolar Disorder Questions With Correct
Answers
Distinguish between mood and affect as they relate to the assessment for
depression and mania. Correct Answer-Affect is the patient's immediate
expression of emotion; mood refers to the more sustained emotional
makeup of the patient's personality.
Affect is described by such terms as constricted, normal range,
appropriate to context, flat, and shallow. Mood refers to the feeling tone
and is described by such terms as anxious, depressed, dysphoric,
euphoric, angry, and irritable.
Describe the diagnostic criteria of major depression. Correct Answer-
Five (or more) of the following symptoms have been present during the
same 2-week period and represent a change from previous functioning;
at least one of the symptoms is either (1) depressed mood or (2) loss of
interest or pleasure.
1. Depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day, as indicated by
either subjective report (e.g., feels sad, empty, hopeless) or observation
made by others (e.g., appears tearful).
2. Markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all,
activities most of the day, nearly every day.
3. Significant weight loss when not dieting or weight gain or decrease or
increase in appetite nearly
every day.
, 4. Insomnia or hypersomnia nearly every day.
5. Psychomotor agitation or retardation nearly every day.
6. Fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day.
7. Feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt.
8. Diminished ability to think or concentrate, or indecisiveness, nearly
every day.
9. Recurrent thoughts of death (not just fear of dying), recurrent suicidal
ideation without a specific path, or a suicide attempt or a specific plan
for committing suicide.
These symptoms *must* be negatively impacting the patient's QoL and
they must have never had a manic or hypomanic episde.
Dysthymic disorder Correct Answer-A mood disorder involving a
pattern of comparatively mild depression that lasts for at least two years.
Depression Correct Answer-A prolonged feeling of helplessness,
hopelessness, and sadness.
Mania Correct Answer-A mood disorder marked by a hyperactive,
wildly optimistic state.
Risk factors for depression. Correct Answer-- Prior episode of
depression
- Family history of depressive disorder
And Bipolar Disorder Questions With Correct
Answers
Distinguish between mood and affect as they relate to the assessment for
depression and mania. Correct Answer-Affect is the patient's immediate
expression of emotion; mood refers to the more sustained emotional
makeup of the patient's personality.
Affect is described by such terms as constricted, normal range,
appropriate to context, flat, and shallow. Mood refers to the feeling tone
and is described by such terms as anxious, depressed, dysphoric,
euphoric, angry, and irritable.
Describe the diagnostic criteria of major depression. Correct Answer-
Five (or more) of the following symptoms have been present during the
same 2-week period and represent a change from previous functioning;
at least one of the symptoms is either (1) depressed mood or (2) loss of
interest or pleasure.
1. Depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day, as indicated by
either subjective report (e.g., feels sad, empty, hopeless) or observation
made by others (e.g., appears tearful).
2. Markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all,
activities most of the day, nearly every day.
3. Significant weight loss when not dieting or weight gain or decrease or
increase in appetite nearly
every day.
, 4. Insomnia or hypersomnia nearly every day.
5. Psychomotor agitation or retardation nearly every day.
6. Fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day.
7. Feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt.
8. Diminished ability to think or concentrate, or indecisiveness, nearly
every day.
9. Recurrent thoughts of death (not just fear of dying), recurrent suicidal
ideation without a specific path, or a suicide attempt or a specific plan
for committing suicide.
These symptoms *must* be negatively impacting the patient's QoL and
they must have never had a manic or hypomanic episde.
Dysthymic disorder Correct Answer-A mood disorder involving a
pattern of comparatively mild depression that lasts for at least two years.
Depression Correct Answer-A prolonged feeling of helplessness,
hopelessness, and sadness.
Mania Correct Answer-A mood disorder marked by a hyperactive,
wildly optimistic state.
Risk factors for depression. Correct Answer-- Prior episode of
depression
- Family history of depressive disorder
