Exam 4: Mood Disorders and Suicide

Classical psychodynamic theories see depression as ________.

Psychodynamic theorists focus on the role of loss in depression.

Genetics appears to play the largest role in the development of ________.

Depression always precedes a decline in the level of reinforcement.

About ________ % of persons who have had major depressive disorder have recurrences.

Dysfunctional thinking always precedes depression.

Which of the following is true of depression and social support?

Women are ________ as likely as men to develop cyclothymic disorder.

Mild manic episodes can be classified as hypermania.

Enduring states of emotional experience that colour our psychological lives are called _____.

Discuss a diathesis-stress model of the cause of mood disorders.

The majority of suicides are apparently connected with ________.

Explaining behaviour by attaching negative labels to oneself and others is a cognitive distortion known as "magnification and minimization."

Mariano suddenly quit his job,enrolled in law school for day classes,took on a job waiting tables at night,and began organizing charity drives on weekends.He also began work on his "great American novel" and offered to coach a little league team in his "spare time." His behaviour is typical of someone having a ________.

Men are ________ as likely as women to successfully commit suicide.

Manic episodes,occurring with or without intervening episodes of depression,are labelled bipolar disorder.

Which of the following is NOT a psychosocial factor that may contribute to the cause of postpartum depression?

"Maternity blues" (postpartum depression)are believed to be an abnormal response to the hormonal changes attending childbirth.

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

The reformulated helplessness theory holds that ________ attributions are linked to diminished self-esteem.