Someone with bipolar disorder alternates between a. schizophrenia and normal b.
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Someone with bipolar disorder alternates between a. schizophrenia and normal b. mania and normal. c. depression and dementia. d. mania and depression. Lithium is most commonly prescribed for which disorder? a. seasonal affective disorder b. endogenous depression c, reactive depression d. bipolar disorder People suffering from seasonal affective disorder are most likely become depressed in the a. days after any holiday. b. fall winter d. spring A disorder characterized by deteriorating ability to function in everyday life and some combination of hallucinations, delusions, thought disorder, movement disorder and inappropriate emotional expressions is: bipolar disorder b. hypomania. c. multiple personality. d. schizophrenia. Schizophrenia was originally called a. dissociative identity disorder. b. dementia praecox. c. multiple personality disorder. d. frontal dementia A schizophrenic patient whose main symptoms are lack of emotional expression, lack of interaction, and lack of speech is suffering from a. positive symptoms b, negative symptoms. c. thought disorders. d. delusions.Explanation / Answer
Answer 25: d. (As explained below)
A person having bipolar disorder experiences mood swings that alternate from hopelessness and lethargy to overexcited state of mania.
Answer 26: d. (As explained below)
Lithium is prescribed for bipolar disorder because it helps to alleviate or prevent bipolar depression and reduce severity and frequency of mania.
Answer 27: c. (As explained below)
People suffering from seasonal affective disorder are mostly depressed in winter. Mostly likely reason for this is the sensitivity to light or the lack of it.
Answer 28: d. (As explained below)
Given symptoms are classic symptoms of schizophrenia.
Answer 29: b. (As explained below)
The old term was coined by a German psychiatrist who believed that the illness was caused in young people only and lead to mental deterioration. Dementia praecox means dementia of early life.
Answer 30: b. (As explained below)
The given symptoms are all associated with negative symptoms.
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