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Since traditional antidepressant medication such as tricyclics may actually provoke rapid cycling in patients with bipolar disorder, mood stabilizers and ________ are often prescribed instead.
 
  a. antipsychotics
 b. tranquilizers
 c. anticonvulsants
  d. opiates

Question 2

In about _____________ percent of patients, cyclothymic mood swings develop into full-blown bipolar disorder.
 
  a. 25  33
  b. 33  50
  c. 50  66
  d. 10 - 20



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

a



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