MSN 620 Final - Mental Health Exam
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Define bipolar disorder - Correct Answer️️ -Bipolar disorder (BD) is characterized by
chronically occurring episodes of mania or hypomania alternating with depression
What are the categories of bipolar disorder? - Correct Answer️️ -bipolar ...
unipolar diagnosis? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Inquiry into past hypomanic or manic episodes
is particularly important for patients with early onset of their first depressive episode (ie,
in patients younger than 25 years), a high number of lifetime depressive episodes (5 or
more episodes), and a family history of bipolar disorder. These findings in the patient's
history have been shown to increase the likelihood of a bipolar rather than a unipolar
diagnosis.
Other factors increasing the likelihood of a diagnostic change from MDD to BD include
the presence of psychosis, unresponsiveness to antidepressants, the induction of manic
or hypomanic symptoms by antidepressant drug treatment, and polymorbidity, defined
as 3 or more comorbid conditions.
Describe the criteria to diagnose BD-I - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Criteria met for at least one
manic episode, which might have been preceded or followed by a hypomanic episode
or major depressive episode (hypomanic or major depressive episodes are not required
for the diagnosis).
Describe the criteria to diagnose BD-II - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Criteria met for at least one
current or past hypomanic episode and a major depressive episode; no manic episodes.
Describe the criteria to diagnose cyclothymic disorder. - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Hypomanic
symptoms that do not meet the criteria for hypomanic episodes and depressive
symptoms that do not meet the criteria for major depressive episodes in
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