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. Which is false about the causes of major depressive disorder?

Depression may be related to chronic inflammation correct incorrect

Obese individuals have an elevated risk of depression correct incorrect

If your parent has a history of depression, you have a higher risk of depression correct incorrect

People with depression have larger hippocampuses than those without depression correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is true?

Major depressive disorder is associated with abnormal sleep patterns correct incorrect

Major depressive disorder is more commonly diagnosed in men than in women correct incorrect

It has been proven that the cause of major depressive disorder are reduced levels of serotonin correct incorrect

Bipolar disorder is more common than major depressive disorder correct incorrect

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. Which is false?

SSRIs increase the amount of serotonin in the synapse correct incorrect

Patients should avoid consuming wine, cheese, milk, and chocolate while on SSRIs correct incorrect

TCAs block postsynaptic acetylcholine and histamine receptors correct incorrect

MAOIs increase the level of dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine, serotonin, melatonin, and histamine in the synapse correct incorrect

All of the above are true correct incorrect

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. Which of the following factors is associated with bipolar disorder?

A strong genetic component correct incorrect

An enlarged prefrontal cortex correct incorrect

If a pregnant woman is exposed to the flu in her 7th month, her child has a greater risk of developing bipolar disorder correct incorrect

Unlike major depressive disorder, there are no neurochemical abnormalities associated with bipolar disorder correct incorrect

A and C are true correct incorrect

B and D are true correct incorrect

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. Which is true about schizophrenia?

Schizophrenia is an autosomal dominant disorder located on chromosome 17 correct incorrect

Brain scans of those with schizophrenia show reduced volume in the temporal lobe, hippocampus, limbic system, basal ganglia, and frontal lobe correct incorrect

Dopamine levels are elevated in all areas of the brain correct incorrect

Marijuana use lowers the risk of developing schizophrenia correct incorrect

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. Currently, almost one out of every ten Americans report taking at least one psychiatric drug

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. Children of depressed patients are almost twice as likely to have mood disorders than\children of non-depressed parents

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. Most depressed people experience recurrences

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. Sigmund Freud believed that depression was an inherited, unchangeable condition

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. If someone is taking an antidepressant drug and not seeing any improvement after 3 months, it is recommended that they add 1 or 2 additional antidepressant drugs to their regimen in addition to the original drug

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. People with BD are more creative than those in the general population

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. Lithium is used to treat major depressive disorder

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. Those with schizophrenia are disproportionately born in the late winter or early spring

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. Tardive dyskinesia is a side effect of antipsychotic use

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. Generalized anxiety disorder may be related to high cortisol and low GABA levels

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect