Poverty is associated with which of the following?
a. housing instability
b. chaotic family environments
c. exposure to maladaptive peer networks
d. all of the above
Question 2
Which of the following is not true of the developmental trajectories of mood
disorders:
a. Major depressive disorder (MDD) evolves into bipolar disorder, but only when it
occurs in children.
b. Youth with comorbid mood and conduct problems are more likely to be depressed
than antisocial in adulthood.
c. Dysthymia begins, on average, two or three years earlier than MDD and is
characterized by longer periods of dysfunction.
d. Dysthymia tends to develop into other disorders in a majority of affected children
and adolescents and thus disappear with age.
e. In childhood and early adolescence, manic episodes are mostly mixed with cycles
of mania, depression, and normal mood lasting from a few hours to a few days.
