Depression/Bipolar/Mania/Suicide
(Mental Health Test #2) Questions with
correct verified detailed Answers latest
updated version 2025
Term for disturbances in mood manifested by extreme sadness or
extreme elation? --- correct precise answer ---Mood Disorders
What are the DSM V features of Major Depressive Disorder? ---
correct precise answer ---Depressed mood
Anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure)
Appetite disturbance/weight change
Sleep disturbance
Psychomotor disturbance
Fatigue or loss of energy
Worthlessness/guilt
Indecision/poor concentration
Recurrent thoughts of death/suicide
,What are the risk factors for depression? --- correct precise answer --
-History of abuse, neglect, loss
Dysfunctional family relationships
Personal or family history of mental illness, substance abuse
The neurobiological psychopathology of depression: --- correct
precise answer ---Deficiency in norephenephrine, serotonin,
dopamine, acetylcholine
An MAO imbalance
Thyroid dysfunction
Can you prevent depression? --- correct precise answer ---Not
definitively BUT exercise, appropriate diet, rest, and avoid drugs
Objective symptoms of depression --- correct precise answer ---
Alterations in activity
Psychomotor agitation or retardation
Altered social interactions
Poor social skills
, Subjective symptoms of depression --- correct precise answer ---
Alterations of mood
Alterations of affect
Feelings mood, emotional tone
Alterations of cognition
Inability to concentrate, confusion, loss of interest/motivation
Alterations of physical nature
Alterations of perception
A person with major depressive disorder may describe feelings of: ---
correct precise answer ---Sadness
Discouragement
Hopelessness
Isolation
Which disorder is being described?
Chronic depression for most days
At least 2 years
No more than 2 months symptom free
Symptoms tend to be less severe than those of MDD
(Mental Health Test #2) Questions with
correct verified detailed Answers latest
updated version 2025
Term for disturbances in mood manifested by extreme sadness or
extreme elation? --- correct precise answer ---Mood Disorders
What are the DSM V features of Major Depressive Disorder? ---
correct precise answer ---Depressed mood
Anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure)
Appetite disturbance/weight change
Sleep disturbance
Psychomotor disturbance
Fatigue or loss of energy
Worthlessness/guilt
Indecision/poor concentration
Recurrent thoughts of death/suicide
,What are the risk factors for depression? --- correct precise answer --
-History of abuse, neglect, loss
Dysfunctional family relationships
Personal or family history of mental illness, substance abuse
The neurobiological psychopathology of depression: --- correct
precise answer ---Deficiency in norephenephrine, serotonin,
dopamine, acetylcholine
An MAO imbalance
Thyroid dysfunction
Can you prevent depression? --- correct precise answer ---Not
definitively BUT exercise, appropriate diet, rest, and avoid drugs
Objective symptoms of depression --- correct precise answer ---
Alterations in activity
Psychomotor agitation or retardation
Altered social interactions
Poor social skills
, Subjective symptoms of depression --- correct precise answer ---
Alterations of mood
Alterations of affect
Feelings mood, emotional tone
Alterations of cognition
Inability to concentrate, confusion, loss of interest/motivation
Alterations of physical nature
Alterations of perception
A person with major depressive disorder may describe feelings of: ---
correct precise answer ---Sadness
Discouragement
Hopelessness
Isolation
Which disorder is being described?
Chronic depression for most days
At least 2 years
No more than 2 months symptom free
Symptoms tend to be less severe than those of MDD
