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NURS 752 EXAM 2 | FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS |
BRAND NEW!
The DSM-5 defines bipolar disorder by the experience of a ____ or
____ episode. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > manic or hypomanic
Mania can be thought of as the affective opposite of ____.
A manic episode is characterized by at least _____ of an abnormal
and persistently elevated mood accompanied by an increased
amount of activity. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > depression
1 week
Symptoms of ____
inflated self-esteem
irritability
decreased need for sleep
pressured speech
flight of ideas
poor attention
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increased hyperactivity or agitation
involvement in high-risk, pleasurable activities without respect
to the consequences. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > mania
A hypomanic episode is a_____.
It must exist for _____or longer.
Unlike mania, it is not severe enough to warrant _____,
It does not impair ________,
It is s not associated with ______. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > milder form
of mania
4 days
hospitalization
social or occupational functioning
psychosis
_____: Chronic disorder marked by one or more manic or mixed
episodes and major depressive episodes - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Bipolar I
______: Chronic disorder marked by one or more major
depressive episodes, accompanied by at least one hypomanic
episode - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Bipolar II
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______: Several periods of hypomania and mild depression, none
of which meet the criteria for mania or major depressive episode
- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Cyclothymic disorder
Rapid cycling is at least ____ episodes of mania or depression in
_____ - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 4 episodes in 1 year
Bipolar disorder, particularly type II bipolar disorder, is often
misdiagnosed as ___.
The diagnosis is important because ______. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
major depression
treatment is different
__________:
3 symptoms (______) or 4 symptoms (______):
Decreased need for sleep
Distractibility
Excessive involvement in high risk pleasurable activity
Flight of ideas
Grandiosity
Increase in energy, goal-directed activity or psychomotor
agitation
Pressured speech - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > elevated mood
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(elation)
(irritability)
A drug can be ________ and "treat from above" to reduce
symptoms of mania, and/or "stabilize from above" to prevent
relapse and recurrence of mania.
Or drugs can be _______ and "treat from below" to reduce
symptoms of bipolar depression, and/or "stabilize from below" to
prevent relapse and recurrence of depression. Not all drugs
proven to work in bipolar disorder have all four therapeutic
actions. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > "mania-minded"
"depression-minded"
Bipolar tx
•Acute therapy: manic episode
______, _______, (or _____, ______ if needed) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
•Lithium
•Valproic acid
(antipsychotic or benzo)
Bipolar tx
•Acute therapy: depressive phase
NURS 752 EXAM 2 | FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS |
BRAND NEW!
The DSM-5 defines bipolar disorder by the experience of a ____ or
____ episode. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > manic or hypomanic
Mania can be thought of as the affective opposite of ____.
A manic episode is characterized by at least _____ of an abnormal
and persistently elevated mood accompanied by an increased
amount of activity. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > depression
1 week
Symptoms of ____
inflated self-esteem
irritability
decreased need for sleep
pressured speech
flight of ideas
poor attention
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increased hyperactivity or agitation
involvement in high-risk, pleasurable activities without respect
to the consequences. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > mania
A hypomanic episode is a_____.
It must exist for _____or longer.
Unlike mania, it is not severe enough to warrant _____,
It does not impair ________,
It is s not associated with ______. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > milder form
of mania
4 days
hospitalization
social or occupational functioning
psychosis
_____: Chronic disorder marked by one or more manic or mixed
episodes and major depressive episodes - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Bipolar I
______: Chronic disorder marked by one or more major
depressive episodes, accompanied by at least one hypomanic
episode - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Bipolar II
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______: Several periods of hypomania and mild depression, none
of which meet the criteria for mania or major depressive episode
- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Cyclothymic disorder
Rapid cycling is at least ____ episodes of mania or depression in
_____ - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 4 episodes in 1 year
Bipolar disorder, particularly type II bipolar disorder, is often
misdiagnosed as ___.
The diagnosis is important because ______. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
major depression
treatment is different
__________:
3 symptoms (______) or 4 symptoms (______):
Decreased need for sleep
Distractibility
Excessive involvement in high risk pleasurable activity
Flight of ideas
Grandiosity
Increase in energy, goal-directed activity or psychomotor
agitation
Pressured speech - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > elevated mood
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(elation)
(irritability)
A drug can be ________ and "treat from above" to reduce
symptoms of mania, and/or "stabilize from above" to prevent
relapse and recurrence of mania.
Or drugs can be _______ and "treat from below" to reduce
symptoms of bipolar depression, and/or "stabilize from below" to
prevent relapse and recurrence of depression. Not all drugs
proven to work in bipolar disorder have all four therapeutic
actions. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > "mania-minded"
"depression-minded"
Bipolar tx
•Acute therapy: manic episode
______, _______, (or _____, ______ if needed) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
•Lithium
•Valproic acid
(antipsychotic or benzo)
Bipolar tx
•Acute therapy: depressive phase
