Exam 15: Mood Disorders and Schizophrenia

A study found that depressed people showed an increased response to facial expressions of fear and a decreased response to happy expressions.

Bipolar I disorder and bipolar II disorder differ with regard to:

Of these treatments for depression--drugs, psychotherapy, electroshock--which one (if any) usually produces the most long-lasting benefits?

An alternative to the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia is the proposal that schizophrenia may be due to a deficiency of activity of ____ synapses.

The hormonal changes associated with giving birth most often affect depression by:

The concordance rate of schizophrenia among twins is:

Atypical antipsychotic drugs alleviate schizophrenia with fewer side effects than other drugs because they:

Physicians must carefully monitor the dose of lithium they give to bipolar patients because:

Childhood-onset schizophrenia is:

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is similar to ECT in that:

For which of the following is the drug treatment generally only a little better than a placebo?

If someone has major depression, what is probably true of that person's relatives?

Because of possible exposure to the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, some studies suggest that people who own a ____ are more likely to have children who become schizophrenic.

Research appears to indicate that schizophrenia is most likely:

Schizophrenia is a complex disorder in which both ____ and ____ play important roles.

Which of the following increases the probability that someone will develop schizophrenia?

Long term use of antidepressants increases the proliferation of new neurons in the:

Which of the following MOST strongly increases your risk of depression?

The ____, an area that shows consistent signs of deficit in schizophrenia, matures slowly, not reaching full competence until the late teens.

Studies of normal people have found a fairly strong relationship between: