Exam 7: Mood Disorders and Suicide

The concept of learned helplessness was pioneered by ______.

American ______ are more likely to attempt suicide. ______ are more likely to succeed in a suicide attempt.

Hypomanic episodes are usually more severe than manic episodes.

Brain imaging studies show lower metabolic activity of the ______ in clinically depressed people.

Unemployed people are at highest risk for developing which of the following mood disorders?

SSRIs are ______ toxic and have ______ side effects than MAO inhibitors and tricyclics.

Which of the following is true of major depressive disorder?

Talk therapies are more effective than antidepressant drugs in treating cases of severe depression.

Leo goes on a disastrous date. Afterwards he says "I really messed it up because of my lousy personality!" His statements reflect ______ attributions.

Adding ______ therapy to medication treatment may help reduce the risk of relapse in depressed patients after the medication is withdrawn.

An individual with a bipolar I disorder who experiences two or more full cycles of mania and depression within a year without intervening normal periods is considered to have ______.

Which of the following is true of ECT?

Discuss the use of ECT in the treatment of depression. In what types of situations is it most useful? What are the risks involved with modern ECT?

Discuss genetic factors in the mood disorders.

Interpersonal psychodynamic therapy differs from traditional psychoanalysis in that it ______.

Interpersonal psychotherapy focuses on ______.

__________ of women experience moderate to severe mood-related premenstrual symptoms.

Factors that place people at increased risk of developing major depression include all of the Following except

Research indicates that in treating severe depression, ECT is ______.

Peter Lewinsohn proposed that depression results from an imbalance between behavior and ______.