Mina is seeing a therapist for depression. After several sessions, Minas therapist recommends that she undergo light therapy and take antidepressant medication. Mina likely suffers from which disorder?
a. neurasthenia
b. somatization disorder
c. seasonal affective disorder
d. bipolar disorder
Question 2
What is the evidence to suggest that abrupt changes to ones daily schedule are detrimental to human behavior?
a. Switching from a day to night shift positively correlates with psychotic episodes.
b. Changing over to daylight savings time correlates with increased automobile accidents.
c. Divorce rates are higher in people who travel frequently to different time zones.
d. Murder rates typically increase during severe bouts of inclement weather.
Bipolar disease. The term bipolar means “pertaining to two poles.” The individual with this form of
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