Mood Disorders

Which description best matches hallucinations when present in depression?

A patient has episodes of hypomania that do not require hospitalization, alternating with severe depression. Which classification best fits this pattern?

Which male-to-female ratio is listed for major depression in the epidemiological comparison based on Western studies?

What annual episode frequency characterizes rapid cyclers among patients with mood disorders?

Which antidepressant groups are described as more liable to cause fits?

A patient with depression also has cardiac pathology. Which listed antidepressant is specifically identified as a safer option?

Which association between the side of frontal or temporal lesions and affective symptoms is described?

A patient with underlying dysthymia develops a major depressive episode. What is this presentation called?

A patient has frenzied overactivity, vivid hallucinations, disorientation to time and place, and dehydration associated with failure to eat or drink. Which form of mania best fits these findings?

Which serum lithium range is stated as guiding dosage during treatment of mania?

Which typical age at onset is listed for bipolar disorder in the epidemiological comparison based on Western studies?

What term describes word choice governed by sounds rather than meaningful conceptual relationships in mania?

A patient develops depressive episodes only during months with fewer hours of sunlight. What is the treatment of choice for this condition?

Which treatment combination is described as giving the best results in endogenous depression?

What is the usual pattern of appetite and weight change in depression?

A patient with epilepsy requires treatment for depression. How does epilepsy affect the availability of electroconvulsive therapy?

Deficiency of which pair of neurotransmitters has been found in depressed patients?

Under the supplied classification, which history meets the criteria for a unipolar mood disorder?

What are the average durations of untreated manic and depressive episodes, respectively?

Which somatic feature is described as never increased in depression?

A patient has repeated manic episodes without any depressive episode. How is this course classified in the supplied classification?

A patient presenting with mania refuses to accept that he is ill. Which mental state finding does this demonstrate?

A manic patient talks excessively and makes numerous inappropriate plans involving extraordinary wealth and power. Which feature accounts for this behaviour?

Which change in REM latency is described in depression?

Which psychotherapy approach is described as applying classical and operant conditioning principles?

What proportion of depressed patients fail to increase TSH levels during the TRH stimulation test?

Approximately half of depressed patients show which abnormal response to the dexamethasone suppression test?

A patient believes that her body has disappeared and that she no longer exists. Which type of delusion characterizes this presentation?

In the described clinical picture of dysthymic disorder, which remission duration precludes making the diagnosis?

Which statement correctly describes the sex distribution of bipolar disorder and unipolar depression?

Manic depressive psychosis is more common in individuals with which body build?

What minimum duration of chronic depressive mood disturbance is specified for dysthymic disorder?

Which condition is explicitly listed in the differential diagnosis of a manic episode?

Which statement describes delusions and hallucinations in the clinical picture of dysthymic disorder?

Which psychiatric disorder is described as the commonest cause of suicide?

Which pattern of REM sleep abnormalities is described in depression?

The genetic marker for mood disorder described in the source is linked to which chromosomal location?

Which functional feature distinguishes the hypomanic episode described in cyclothymic disorder from a manic episode?

A patient has had numerous periods of depression and hypomania for two years. These periods lack sufficient severity and duration to meet criteria for a major depressive or manic episode. Which diagnosis best fits?

What are the approximate durations of untreated manic and depressive episodes, respectively?