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meagbuch

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Mood disorders are emotional disorders characterized by changes in mood, and they range from mania to depression. Which symptoms characterize major depressive disorder?
 
  1. Fatigue and decreased appetite
  2. Anxiety and elevated mood
  3. Low mood and increased activity
  4. Psychosis and euphoria

Question 2

The client tells the nurse, I thought I was just depressed, but my doctor says I have bipolar disorder. What is that? Which response by the nurse is the most appropriate?
 
  1. Bipolar disorder just means that your mood alternates with the seasons, and it becomes worse in the winter.
  2. Bipolar disorder means you have cycles of depression as well as hyperactivity, or mania.
  3. Bipolar disorder is just another type of depression, except your depression occurs in cycles.
  4. Bipolar disorder is a type of depression that includes attention deficit disorder symptoms.



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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: Major depressive disorder can be associated with fatigue and decreased appetite.
Rationale 2: Bipolar disorder is characterized by elevated mood (mania).
Rationale 3: Low mood and increased activity are hallmarks of bipolar disorder.
Rationale 4: Psychosis and euphoria are symptoms of bipolar disorder.
Global Rationale: Major depressive disorder can be associated with fatigue and decreased appetite. Bipolar disorder is characterized by elevated mood (mania), low mood, increased activity, psychosis, and euphoria.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: A mood change that becomes worse in the winter is called seasonal affective disorder.
Rationale 2: Clients with bipolar disorder can shift from emotions of extreme depression to extreme rage and agitation. Mania can include grandiosity, decreased need for sleep, pressured speech, racing thoughts, buying sprees, and sexual indiscretions.
Rationale 3: Bipolar disorder must include either mania or hypomania, not just depression.
Rationale 4: Bipolar disorder must include depression with either mania or hypomania, not attention deficit disorder.
Global Rationale: Clients with bipolar disorder can shift from emotions of extreme depression to extreme rage and agitation. Mania can include grandiosity, decreased need for sleep, pressured speech, racing thoughts, buying sprees, and sexual indiscretions. A mood change that becomes worse in the winter is called seasonal affective disorder. Bipolar disorder must include either mania or hypomania, not just depression; and not attention deficit disorder.




meagbuch

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


bitingbit

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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