In bipolar II disorder, individuals:
A. Do not experience depression
B. Do not experience manic episodes
C. Have episodes of elation and high energy
D. Do not experience hypomania
Question 2It is a psychiatric emergency if a patient confides in you that:
A. There are no reasons for him to keep from dying
B. He is having episodes of elation and increased energy
C. He is experiencing free floating anxiety and fear
D. Death and dying is constantly on his mind
Question 3In order to diagnose an individual with bipolar I syndrome, the clinician should look for episodes of:
A. Irritability and rage
B. Grandiosity and high self-esteem
C. Rapidly alternating moods
D. None of the above
Question 4A manic episode is a distinct period of a persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood lasting at least:
A. 1 week
B. 2 weeks
C. 3 months
D. 6 months
Question 5Clinical depression with mixed features:
A. Indicates at least three manic symptoms coexist with a major depressive episode
B. Is more prevalent in older adults than adolescents and young adults
C. Decreases the likelihood that the illness exists in a bipolar spectrum
D. All of the above
Question 6Hypomania is different from mania in that:
A. Hypomania does not cause impaired social or occupational functioning
B. Hypomania does not require hospitalization
C. Mania can endure for a longer period of time than hypomania
D. A and B
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