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MOOD DISORDERS

Evaluation for a Suicidal patiant.

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A 65-year-old Catholic male patient has been abusing alcohol for the past 15 years. His history reveals that his wife recently asked him for a separation. Which of the following characteristics is this patient’s greatest risk factor for suicide
A. Male sex
B. Religion
C. Marital separation
D. Age
E. Alcoholism

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MOOD DISORDERS
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A person who alternates between episodes of hypomania and moderate depression chronically for at least 2 years would be diagnosed as having:
A. Bipolar I Disorder.
B. Bipolar II Disorder.
C. Cyclothymic disorder.
D. Rapid cycling bipolar disorder.
E. Dysthymic disorder

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MOOD DISORDERS
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The most effective long-term treatment for cyclothymic disorder is
A. lithium
B. psychotherapy
C. ECT
D. A heterocylic antidepressant
E. A monoamine oxidase inhibitor

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The most effective long-term treatment for cyclothymic disorder is
A. lithium
B. psychotherapy
C. ECT
D. A heterocylic antidepressant
E. A monoamine oxidase inhibitor

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A 25-year-old male patient who is slow moving and has a flat affect is put on fluoxetine (Prozac). Within 2 weeks, the patient is showing greatly increased activity level, flight of ideas, and pressured speech. In this patient, the medication has
A. precipitated a manic episode
B. had a toxic effect
C. had a delayed effect
D. increased depression
E. increased anxiety

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A 50-year-old female high school teacher reports that she has been “feeling very low” for the past 3 months. She often misses work because she feels tires and hopeless and has trouble sleeping. When the physician interviews her she says, “Doctor, the Lord calls all his children home”. This patient is most likely to have
A. cyclothymic disorder
B. major depressive disorder
C. hypomania
D. hypochondriasis
E. bipolar disorder

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A 32-year-old woman takes her 6-year-old son to a physician’s office. She says that the child often experiences episodes of breathing problems and abdominal pain. The child’s medical record shows many office visits and four abdominal surgical procedures, although no abnormalities were ever found. Physical examination and laboratory studies are unremarkable. When the doctor confront the mother with the suspicion that she is fabricating the illness in the child, the mother angrily grabs the child and leaves the office immediately. This is an example of
A. malingering
B. somotoform pain disorder
C. factitious disorder
D. conversion disorder
E. factitious disorder by proxy