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on: Jun 22, 2018
Recent trials of psychological treatment of bipolar disorder have shown that
 
  a) only medication should be used to treat bipolar disorder.
  b) there are several established treatments that can help people with bipolar disorder stay on medication and avoid hospitalization.
  c) these treatments only help with the highs (mania) and not the lows (depression).
  d) these treatments work better in decreasing symptoms than medication.

Question 2

A professor of psychiatry is giving a lecture on mood disorders. Then he presents a case history and asks for the likely diagnosis.
 
  When the class suggests bipolar disorder, the professor points out that they should first eliminate the possibility that the symptoms are due to which of the following?
   a) steroids
   b) antibiotic drugs
   c) antipsychotic drugs
   d) immune suppressing drugs


kthug

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

a


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