Author Question: Every winter for the past three years, Natalie has felt extremely depressed for a period of months ... (Read 100 times)

ARLKQ · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Every winter for the past three years, Natalie has felt extremely depressed for a period of months and was unable to keep up with her responsibilities because of her low energy and difficulty concentrating.

She always appears to feel better by early spring and is at her best during the summer. Which of the following DSM-5 diagnoses would best fit Natalie?

a) Cyclothymic disorder
b) Major depression--melancholic subtype
c) Major depression--seasonal type
d) Natalie's symptoms reflect normal mood fluctuations and would not be given a DSM-5 diagnosis.

Question 2

Examples of perpetuating factors included in the Biopsychosocial Model of Conversion Disorder (Stonnington et al., 2006 ) are:

a) Suppression of expression of distress and impaired emotional processing
b) Minimization of psychological factors and external locus of control
c) A only
d) Both A and B