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1.
People with unipolar depression experience episodic periods of mania.
A)True
B)False
2.
Anhedonia is a common symptom of depression.
A)True
B)False
3.
Delusions involve seeing, hearing, or feeling things that are not real.
A)True
B)False
4.
Double depression is diagnosed when an individual suffers from both major depression and dysthymia.
A)True
B)False
5.
The symptoms of seasonal affective disorder are tied to the number of hours of daylight in a day.
A)True
B)False
6.
Depression in older adults tends to be milder and less debilitating than in younger adults.
A)True
B)False
7.
Cyclothymic disorder is diagnosed when a person experiences major depression continuously for two years.
A)True
B)False
8.
Monoamines are a type of neurotransmitters most often implicated in mood disorders.
A)True
B)False
9.
People with depression show chronic underactivity of the HPA axis.
A)True
B)False
10.
The notion that depression is anger turned inward onto oneself is known as the introjected hostility theory of depression, developed by Freud.
A)True
B)False
11.
The interpersonal theories of depression suggest that individuals who engage in excessive reassurance-seeking drive away their social support.
A)True
B)False
12.
A cohort effect occurs when people born in one historical period are at different risk for a disorder than people born in a different historical period.
A)True
B)False
13.
Industrialized cultures have lower rates of depression than less industrialized cultures.
A)True
B)False
14.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy, and drug therapy are equally effective for the treatment of most people with depression.
A)True
B)False
15.
Community-based interventions have shown little effect in preventing first onsets of depression in people who are at high risk.
A)True
B)False





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