NAPLEX Bipolar Disorder Questions with Correct Answers (Grade
A+)
Question 1: bipolar disorder
Answer: rapid fluctuations in mood; mixed state
Question 2: bipolar I
Answer: at least one manic episode, may or may not have depression
Question 3: bipolar II
Answer: hypomania alternating with depression
Question 4: mania
Answer: abnormally elevated or irritable mood for at least a week with e3 symptoms (e4 if irritable);
inflated self-esteem, needing less sleep, more talkative, jumping from topic to topic, easily distracted,
increase in goal-directed activity, high-risk activities
Question 5: hypomania
Answer: symptoms of mania but does not affect functioning or cause psychosis
Question 6: cyclothymia
Answer: alternating hypomanic and depressive states that do not meet diagnostic criteria for bipolar
disorder
Question 7: What is the goal of treating bipolar disorder?
Answer: stabilize the mood without inducing depression or mania
Question 8: What are the typical mood stabilizers?
Answer: lithium, valproate, lamotrigine, carbamazepine
Question 9: What do mood stabilizers do?
Answer: treat both mania and depression
Question 10: When are antipsychotics used in bipolar disorder?
Answer: to treat psychosis in mania
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A+)
Question 1: bipolar disorder
Answer: rapid fluctuations in mood; mixed state
Question 2: bipolar I
Answer: at least one manic episode, may or may not have depression
Question 3: bipolar II
Answer: hypomania alternating with depression
Question 4: mania
Answer: abnormally elevated or irritable mood for at least a week with e3 symptoms (e4 if irritable);
inflated self-esteem, needing less sleep, more talkative, jumping from topic to topic, easily distracted,
increase in goal-directed activity, high-risk activities
Question 5: hypomania
Answer: symptoms of mania but does not affect functioning or cause psychosis
Question 6: cyclothymia
Answer: alternating hypomanic and depressive states that do not meet diagnostic criteria for bipolar
disorder
Question 7: What is the goal of treating bipolar disorder?
Answer: stabilize the mood without inducing depression or mania
Question 8: What are the typical mood stabilizers?
Answer: lithium, valproate, lamotrigine, carbamazepine
Question 9: What do mood stabilizers do?
Answer: treat both mania and depression
Question 10: When are antipsychotics used in bipolar disorder?
Answer: to treat psychosis in mania
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