NR 445 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | NR 445 EXAM 1
STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
Mood disorders are also known as _________ - correct answer ✔✔Effective disorders
In any given year what proportion of people will be suffering from a diagnosable depressive illness? -
correct answer ✔✔1/4
Depression is an imbalance in what three major neurotransmitters? - correct answer ✔✔dopamine,
serotonin, and norepinephrine
Catatonic features - correct answer ✔✔group of symptoms characterized by disturbances in motor
(muscular movement) behavior that may have either a psychological or a physiological basis.
Melancholic features - correct answer ✔✔subtype of clinical depression requiring at least one of the
following symptoms: Anhedonia (the inability to find pleasure in positive things) Lack of mood reactivity
(i.e. mood does not improve in response to positive events)
Dysthymia - correct answer ✔✔low level chronic depression that goes on for years. Has to go on for at
least 2 years
Pseudodementia - correct answer ✔✔"false dementia" people with depression can develop cognitive
impairment that mimics dementia. Once depressive symptoms are resolved then dementia resolves as
well.
How many criteria must someone meet to get the diagnosis of MDD? - correct answer ✔✔5 out of 9 in a
two week period. Has to be consistent to be diagnosed
Anhedonia - correct answer ✔✔Loss of pleasure in activities
Anergia - correct answer ✔✔Loss of energy
Vegetative symptoms of MDD - correct answer ✔✔Anhedonia, inability to concentrate, anergia,
insomnia or hypersomnia, significant weight loss or gain, loss of libido
Typical MDD - correct answer ✔✔Insomnia and anorexia
Atypical MDD - correct answer ✔✔Sleeping too much and eating too much
How women experience depression? - correct answer ✔✔Sadness, worthlessness, excessive guilt
How men experience depression? - correct answer ✔✔Fatigue, irritability, anhedonia, sleep problems
Highest rates of suicide are among the ______ - correct answer ✔✔elderly
STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
Mood disorders are also known as _________ - correct answer ✔✔Effective disorders
In any given year what proportion of people will be suffering from a diagnosable depressive illness? -
correct answer ✔✔1/4
Depression is an imbalance in what three major neurotransmitters? - correct answer ✔✔dopamine,
serotonin, and norepinephrine
Catatonic features - correct answer ✔✔group of symptoms characterized by disturbances in motor
(muscular movement) behavior that may have either a psychological or a physiological basis.
Melancholic features - correct answer ✔✔subtype of clinical depression requiring at least one of the
following symptoms: Anhedonia (the inability to find pleasure in positive things) Lack of mood reactivity
(i.e. mood does not improve in response to positive events)
Dysthymia - correct answer ✔✔low level chronic depression that goes on for years. Has to go on for at
least 2 years
Pseudodementia - correct answer ✔✔"false dementia" people with depression can develop cognitive
impairment that mimics dementia. Once depressive symptoms are resolved then dementia resolves as
well.
How many criteria must someone meet to get the diagnosis of MDD? - correct answer ✔✔5 out of 9 in a
two week period. Has to be consistent to be diagnosed
Anhedonia - correct answer ✔✔Loss of pleasure in activities
Anergia - correct answer ✔✔Loss of energy
Vegetative symptoms of MDD - correct answer ✔✔Anhedonia, inability to concentrate, anergia,
insomnia or hypersomnia, significant weight loss or gain, loss of libido
Typical MDD - correct answer ✔✔Insomnia and anorexia
Atypical MDD - correct answer ✔✔Sleeping too much and eating too much
How women experience depression? - correct answer ✔✔Sadness, worthlessness, excessive guilt
How men experience depression? - correct answer ✔✔Fatigue, irritability, anhedonia, sleep problems
Highest rates of suicide are among the ______ - correct answer ✔✔elderly
