Question 22 of 50

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

According to Freudian theory, what is symbolic loss?

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is the main physical-realm symptom of mania?

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

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

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

What percentage of stroke victims experience clinical depression?