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Depressive and Psychopharmacology

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A new diagnosis, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, is added to the depressive disorders for children up to 12 years of age to avoid the potential for the overdiagnosis of and treatment for _____(what disorders)______.
Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder
***Bipolar Disorder
ADHD
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Dysthymia, new in DSM-5, includes both the DSM-IV-defined ________________ and ________________ (what disorders).
Chronic major depressive disorder and dysthymic disorder
A single episode of major depressive episode does NOT warrant a major depressive disorder. However, careful consideration and monitoring should be given to clients reporting only one major depressive episode because it is likely to develop another episode of major depression, which will then qualify a client of major depressive disorder {T/F]
False
Which of the following statements provides an appropriate characteristic of the diagnostic criteria for Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder:
Symptoms must be present in at least two of three settings (i.e., at home, at school, with peers) and are severe in at least one of these
Which of the following statements best reflects the differential diagnosis between Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder
While symptoms of oppositional defiant disorder typically do occur in children with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, when presenting symptoms for both DMDD and ODD, only the diagnosis of disruptive mood dysregulation disorder should be made
In distinguishing grief from a major depressive episode, it is useful to consider that in grief the predominant affect is _______________________, while in a major depressive episode it is ___________ and _______________.
feelings of emptiness and loss, the persistent depressed mood , and the inability to anticipate happiness or pleasure
For an episode of major depression to be considered recurrent, there must be an interval of at least ________________ consecutive months between separate episodes in which criteria are not met for a major depressive episode.
2
The criterion symptoms for major depressive disorder must be present nearly every day to be considered present, with the exception of _________________ and ___________________.
weight change and suicidal ideation
The essential feature of a major depressive episode is a period of at least 2 week during which there is either depressed mood or the loss of interest or pleasure in nearly all activities. In children and adolescents, the mood may be aggression and severe temper outburst rather than sad. [T/F]
False
As a diagnostic symptom for major depressive disorder, ONLY appetite reduction can be counted as a qualifying symptom for major depressive episode/disorder [T/F]
False
Blaming oneself for being sick and for failing to meet occupational or interpersonal responsibilities as a result of the depression is very common and, ____(under what circumstances)_____, is not considered sufficient to meet this criterion (Criterion A7: feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt ...)
unless delusional
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is a culture-bound syndrome because puberty is perceived differently across cultures [T/F]
False
Regarding the anxious distress specifier, ____________ symptoms is considered severe.
4 or 5 and with motor agitation
The anxiety disorders, presented in the Chapter Anxiety Disorders differ from one another in ______________ or _________________ that induce fear, anxiety, or avoidance behavior, and the associated cognitive ideation.
the types of objects or situations
The essential feature of depressive disorder due to another medical condition is a prominent and persistent period of depressed mood or markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities that predominates in the clinical picture and that is thought to be related to the direct physiological effects of another medical condition. [T/F]
True
Most psychotropic medication can be broadly categorized into three neuro-transmitter classes. Which of the following is NOT one of the three categories:
Aganist
***Synaptic blocker
Antagonist
Reuptake Inhibitor
The reuptake process has low relevance to psychotropic medication because if the reuptake process does not occur, it will just leave the neurotransmitters in the synapses, which won't have much effect on an individual. [T/F]
False
The area between two neurons is termed as "synapse". [T/F]
True
The 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors (also known as the 5-HT receptor) is a serotonin receptor. In some atypical antidepressant medications, like Trazodone, it blocks the 2A type receptor of the 5-HT as a possible mechanism to improve a patient's depression. [T/F]
True
When we refer to the Monoamine Hypothesis about what may have caused individuals' depression, the Monoamine Hypothesis states that all of the following Monoamine deficiency would cause depression EXCEPT:
Seretonin
Norepinephrine
Dopamine
***Histamine
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