A person who shows psychotic depression that involves mood-incongruent thinking
A) rarely shows the symptoms of melancholia.
B) has a poorer prognosis than others with major depression.
C) usually responds rapidly to anti-depressant medications.
D) is diagnosed as having double depression.
Question 2Internalizing the thin ideal is strongly associated with
A) body satisfaction.
B) attitudes about interpersonal relationships.
C) recovery from eating disorders.
D) negative affect.
Question 3Which of the following stressors is likely to have the strongest negative impact on people?
A) being in a multi-car accident on a sunny day
B) having back surgery after other options for pain didn work
C) changing from a boring job to a more exciting one
D) getting a divorce after many years
Question 4Schizophrenia and cannabis abuse
A) were not found to be linked.
B) were found to be connected having schizophrenia increases the risk of abusing cannabis.
C) were found to be connected abusing cannabis increases the risk of schizophrenia in vulnerable people
and may speed up the brain changes that occur.
D) were found to be connected abusing cannabis decreases the risk of schizophrenia in vulnerable people
and may slow down the brain changes that occur.
Question 5Herbert awakens early in the morning and feels more depressed in the morning than the evening. He has
lost all interest in activities and derives no pleasure from things that used to please him.
If he is suffering
from major depression, Herbert's symptoms suggest the subtype called
A) dysthymic. B) post-partum.
C) melancholic. D) mood-congruent.