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NURS 5357 Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace Exams Includes Frequently Tested Questions With ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update!! What symptoms are necessary to diagnose a manic episode? 1) Elevated/expansive mood 2) Irritable mood What are the symptom dimensions of a manic episode? 1) Elevated/expansive mood 2) Irritable mood 3) Inflated self-esteem/grandiosity 4) Increased goal-directed activity or agitation 5) Risk-taking 6) Decreased need for sleep 7) Distractible/concentration 8) More talkative pressured speech 9) Flight of ideas/racing thoughts How is major depressive disorder defined?= by the occurrence of at least a single major depressive How is Bipolar I disorder defined? as the occurrence of at least one full-blown manic episode; typically experience major depressive episodes as well What are the main goals of treating depression? Reduce acute symptoms (sadness, anhedonia) Restore psychosocial functioning Prevent relapse and recurrence Improve overall quality of life What is the mechanism of antidepressant? Increase synaptic levels of MOA (5-HT, NE, DA) Enhance neuroplasticity and neurotrophic factors (e.g. BDNF) Normalize activity in dysregulated neural circuits Identify the residual symptoms of depression that may be less likely to respond to medication treatment. Fatigue, low motivation Insomnia/sleep disturbances Cognitive/concentration problems/memory deficits Social withdrawal What are the etiologies of depression? Hormone activity Psychoneuroimmunology Genetic Neurotransmitters Neutrophic Factors How does hormone activity effect depression? HPA dysregulation Early adversity Thyroid imbalances Possible imbalances of growth hormones Estrogen/progesterone

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NURS 5357 Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace 2026-2027 Exams Includes Frequently
Tested Questions With ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update!!


What symptoms are necessary to diagnose a manic Elevated/expansive mood
episode? Irritable mood
1) Elevated/expansive mood

2) Irritable mood

3) Inflated self-esteem/grandiosity

4) Increased goal-directed activity or agitation

What are the symptom dimensions of a manic episode? 5) Risk-taking

6) Decreased need for sleep

7) Distractible/concentration

8) More talkative pressured speech

9) Flight of ideas/racing thoughts
by the occurrence of at least a single major depressive
How is major depressive disorder defined? episode; although most pt's will experience recurrent
episodes
as the occurrence of at least one full-blown manic episode;
How is Bipolar I disorder defined?
typically experience major depressive episodes as well
Reduce acute symptoms (sadness, anhedonia)

Restore psychosocial functioning
What are the main goals of treating depression?
Prevent relapse and recurrence

Improve overall quality of life

What is the mechanism of antidepressant?


, NURS 5357 Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace 2026-2027 Exams Includes Frequently
Tested Questions With ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update!!

Increase synaptic levels of MOA (5-HT, NE, DA)

Enhance neuroplasticity and neurotrophic factors (e.g.
BDNF)

Normalize activity in dysregulated neural circuits
Fatigue, low motivation

Insomnia/sleep disturbances
Identify the residual symptoms of depression that may be
less likely to respond to medication treatment.
Cognitive/concentration problems/memory deficits

Social withdrawal
Hormone activity

Psychoneuroimmunology

What are the etiologies of depression? Genetic

Neurotransmitters

Neutrophic Factors
HPA dysregulation

Early adversity

Thyroid imbalances
How does hormone activity ettect depression?
Possible imbalances of
growth hormones

Estrogen/progesterone

How does psychoneuroimmunology ettect depression?

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