A person who experiences numerous periods of hypomanic symptoms and mild depressive symptoms for two or more years would receive a diagnosis of:

Correct answer: Cyclothymic disorder

Explanation

The DSM-IV-TR provides distinct categories for bipolar disorders based on the severity and chronicity of symptoms. Cyclothymic disorder is characterized by a long-term pattern of less severe (hypomanic and mild depressive) mood swings.

Other questions

Question 1

What is the key distinction between unipolar depression and bipolar disorder?

Question 2

Approximately what percentage of adults in the United States suffer from a severe unipolar pattern of depression in any given year?

Question 3

According to the DSM-IV-TR, what is the minimum duration for a period to be considered a major depressive episode?

Question 4

Which brain circuit, according to brain-imaging studies, is likely responsible for unipolar depression?

Question 5

What is the term for the pattern of depressed behavior found among very young children that is caused by separation from their mother?

Question 6

According to Aaron Beck's cognitive theory, what three areas make up the 'cognitive triad' of negative thinking in depression?

Question 7

The attribution-helplessness theory suggests that people are most likely to develop depression if they attribute their lack of control to causes that are what?

Question 8

Which statement about the relationship between gender and unipolar depression is supported by the text?

Question 9

What is the key difference between Bipolar I disorder and Bipolar II disorder according to DSM-IV-TR?

Question 10

What is the prevalence rate of bipolar disorder in adults at any given time, according to surveys from around the world?

Question 11

The biological perspective suggests that mania may be linked to what pattern of neurotransmitter activity?

Question 12

What percentage of women are estimated to experience an episode of severe unipolar depression at some time in their lives?

Question 13

What is the median age of onset for unipolar depression in the United States, according to the text?

Question 14

A diagnosis of postpartum depression is given if the depressive symptoms occur within what time frame after giving birth?

Question 15

In family pedigree studies, what percentage of the relatives of people with unipolar depression are also found to be depressed?

Question 16

The life stress theory for gender differences in depression suggests that women experience more stress than men due to factors like:

Question 18

What is the concordance rate for unipolar depression in identical (monozygotic) twins, according to the study cited in the text?

Question 19

The rumination theory suggests that women are more vulnerable to clinical depression because they:

Question 20

How do symptoms of depression in non-Western countries like China and Nigeria often differ from those in Western countries?

Question 21

What is the term for a pattern where a dysthymic disorder leads to a major depressive disorder?

Question 22

What is the definition of a 'manic episode' according to the DSM-IV-TR checklist?

Question 23

Which biological factor, besides neurotransmitters, is thought to play a critical role in relaying messages within a neuron and may be irregular in bipolar disorders?

Question 24

What is the proposed reason for the DSM-5 task force to separate 'Mood Disorders' into 'Depressive Disorders' and 'Bipolar and Related Disorders'?

Question 25

What percentage of people with unipolar depression recover, and of those, what percentage have at least one other episode later in their lives?

Question 26

What is 'anhedonia,' a symptom experienced by some people with depression?

Question 27

In the behavioral view of depression, who was the clinical researcher who first suggested that a dwindling of positive rewards in life leads to depression?

Question 28

How do depressed persons' recollections of unpleasant and positive experiences typically differ from those of nondepressed persons, according to research supporting Beck's theory?

Question 29

The correlation between the level of marital conflict and the degree of sadness is what among clinically depressed individuals?

Question 30

Within the Hispanic American population, which group displays a higher rate of depression than Mexican Americans or Cuban Americans?

Question 31

What is the primary characteristic of the behavior of people in a state of mania?

Question 32

What is the typical concordance rate for bipolar disorder among identical twins?

Question 33

What proposed new category in DSM-5 would be applied to cases of chronic depression lasting two years or more, regardless of severity?

Question 34

How many more times likely are Hispanic Americans and African Americans to have recurrent episodes of depression compared to white Americans?

Question 35

What is the 'Dracula hormone,' which is released only in the dark and has been tied to depression?

Question 36

What did the DSM-5 task force propose as a new diagnostic category for children with an ongoing pattern of temper outbursts, depression, and anger that begins before age 10?

Question 37

According to Freudian theory, what is symbolic loss?

Question 38

In the case of Terri Cheney, author of 'Manic: A Memoir', what is the term for her disorder, where she experiences mood swings 'up' for days and 'down' for weeks?

Question 39

What is the primary function of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and how is it related to depression?

Question 40

In studies of the immune system and depression, what two specific biological markers are found to be different in depressed people?

Question 41

What is the key difference between the psychodynamic and behavioral views on the 'gains' from hysterical symptoms?

Question 42

What did a study of one American Indian community reveal about the lifetime risk of developing depression?

Question 43

What is the cognitive symptom of depression where sufferers are convinced that nothing will ever improve and feel unable to change their lives?

Question 44

What structural abnormality in Brodmann Area 25 is associated with depression?

Question 45

According to the 'Table 8-1: Across the World', which country has the highest percentage of adults suffering from mood disorders each year?

Question 46

What is the main physical-realm symptom of mania?

Question 47

What is a 'neuromodulator' and which neurotransmitter is believed by some to act as one in depression?

Question 48

In the 'More to the Story?' box about Sybil, what factors are suggested to have induced Shirley Mason's disorder?

Question 49

What is the typical age range for the onset of bipolar I and bipolar II disorders according to the 'Mood Disorders Profile' table?

Question 50

What percentage of stroke victims experience clinical depression?