MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

DEPRESSION
1) Mania involves:
a) Boundless, frenzied energy.
b) Feelings of euphoria.
c) Ideas coming too fast and too many.
d) All of the above.
2) Depressed individuals exhibit which of the following symptoms?
a) Behavioural symptoms.
b) Physical symptoms.
c) Cognitive symptoms.
d) All of the above.
3) Which of the following is a behavioural symptom exhibited by individuals
suffering unipolar depression?
a) Unpredictable and erratic behaviour.
b) Compulsive checking.
c) Stay in bed for long periods.
d) Ritualised behaviour.
4) DSM-IV-TR criteria for a major depressive episode includes which of the
following?
a) Symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social
functioning.
b) Symptoms are not due to physiological effects of substance misuse.
c) Symptoms are not accounted for by bereavement.
d) All of the above.
5) Which of the following is a chronic mood disturbance that can cause
depressive symptoms, but does not disrupt normal functioning?
 a) Cyclothymic Disorder.
b) Dysthymic Disorder.
c) Dissociative disorder.
d) Personality disorder.
6) The experience of two years of hypomania symptoms that do not meet the
criteria for a manic episode is known as:
a) Dysthymic Disorder.
b) Dissociative disorder.
c) Cyclothymic Disorder.
d) Personality disorder.
7) What percentage of adults who live in temperate climates are affected by
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)?
a) 1-3%.
b) 5-8%.
c) 10-12%.
d) 15-20%.
8) Physical symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) include which of
the following?
a) Extreme fatigue.
b) Muscle pain.
c) Chest pain.
d) All of the above.

9) In DSM-IV-TR Bipolar I disorder includes which of the following

symptoms?
a) Currently (or most recently) in a Manic Episode.
 b) The previous occurrence of at least one Major Depressive Episode,
Manic Episode or Mixed Episode.
c) Mood episodes are not better accounted for by psychotic disorders.
d) All of the above.
10) In Bipolar II Disorder, major depressive episodes alternate with
periods of:
a) Hyperventilation.
b) Hypomania.
c) Hypothermia.
d) Hypoxia.
11) In Major Depression, which of the following is a significant
neurotransmitter?
a) Serotonin.
b) Dopamine.
c) Betacarotine.
d) Acetylcholine.
12) Which of the following neurotransmitters is associated specifically
with Bipolar Disorder:
a) Serotonin.
b) Norepinephrine.
c) Dopamine.
d) Acetylcholine.
13) Lower levels of activation in the Prefrontal Cortex results in:
a) Failure to regulate emotions.
b) Deficit in the will to change.
c) Failure to anticipate incentives.
d) Inability to understand the context of affective reactions.
 14) Decreased activation in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC) results
in which of the following?
a) Failure to regulate emotions.
b) Failure to regulate body temperature.
c) Failure to anticipate incentives.
d) Inability to understand the context of affective reactions.
15) In depression deficits in Hippocampal function may result in:
a) Deficit in the will to change.
b) Failure to regulate emotions.
c) The individual dissociating affective responses from their relevant
contexts.
d) Failure to anticipate incentives.