Deck 5: Mood Disorders

Question 1

What is the lifetime prevalence of bipolar disorder?

A) Less than 0.01%
B) About 0.5%
C) About 1%
D) More than 5%

Answer 1

C

Question 2

What is the heritability of depression?

A) 0% (not heritable at all)
B) 10-20%
C) 30-40%
D) 70%

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The kindling hypothesis of mood disorders predicts that…..

A) People become more sensitive to stress after experiencing a traumatic life event
B) People become more resilient to stress after experiencing a traumatic life event
C) Stressful life events lead to depressive episodes in people who have a family history of depression
D) Stressful life events have no influence on depressive episodes in people who have a family history of depression

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Neuroimaging and post-mortem studies of depressed patients' brains reveal that they have….

A) Fewer dopamine receptors
B) Fewer serotonin receptors
C) More dopamine receptors
D) More serotonin receptors

Question 5

Patients with mood disorders have reduced grey matter volume and glucose metabolism in the….

A) Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
B) Amygdala
C) Anterior Cingulate Cortex
D) Olfactory bulb

Question 6

In depression, interpretive bias refers to the tendency to….

A) Perceive harmless bodily sensations as a sign of an impending heart attack
B) Shift the attention to negative information in the environment
C) Preferentially recall negative information
D) Infer negative information from ambiguous scenarios

Question 7

Which of the following types of studies have been used to test predictions about the causal role of depressogenic cognitive styles in mood disorders?

A) Attentional bias modification studies
B) Brain imaging studies
C) Mood priming studies
D) All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following statements is true?

A) Most depressed patients find that their symptoms get worse if they take an antidepressant
B) Antidepressants do not work
C) Many depressed patients experience an improvement in their symptoms if they are given a placebo
D) Antidepressants are no more effective than placebo

Question 9

Which of the following techniques are not normally used in cognitive behaviour therapy for depression?

A) Thought catching
B) Reality testing
C) Cognitive rehearsal
D) Social-skills training

Question 10

Cognitive behaviour therapy is an effective treatment for depression because….

A) Cognitive change occurs first, and leads to an improvement in mood
B) An improvement in mood occurs first, and this leads to a change in cognition
C) Patients imitate the therapist's cognitive style, and this leads to an improvement in mood
D) It prevents people from experiencing negative mood ever again