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1. Which of the following is a characteristic of bipolar disorder?

A. More frequent episodes of mania/hypomania than depression B. Late age of onset of bipolar disorder C. Lower rates of suicide than with major depressive disorder D. Often misdiagnosed as unipolar depression

2. Patients with bipolar disorder:

A. experience an increase in depressive episodes with onset of illness after 30 years old. B. experience more social and functional impairment from mania than depressive symptoms. C. spend approximately 3 times more of their life with depressive than manic symptoms. D. suffer less loss of work from bipolar depression than those with unipolar depression.

3. Which of the following is true of antidepressants in patients with bipolar depression?

A. Are effective mood stabilizers B. Offer advantages in acute treatment C. Offer advantages in maintenance treatment D. May induce mania, hypomania, or rapid cycling

4. In the evaluation of therapies for bipolar depression, the “number needed to treat” (NNT) refers to how many patients would have to be treated with Intervention A versus Intervention B before encountering

A. 1 additional positive outcome of interest. B. 2 additional positive outcomes of interest. C. less than 1 adverse effect. D. equivalent adverse effects.

5. An analysis of approved treatments for bipolar depression showed that:

A. quetiapine was more effective than olanzapine + fluoxetine B. olanzapine + fluoxetine was more effective than quetiapine C. olanzapine + fluoxetine caused less weight gain than lurasidone D. lurasidone had a more favorable benefit-to-harm ratio than quetiapine

6. Which of the following is associated with nonadherence to treatment for bipolar disorder?

A. Older age B. Greater frequency of depressive episodes C. Lack of recent antipsychotic therapy D. Cognitive dysfunction

7. Which of the following has been shown to have the greatest improvement in medication adherence?

A. Psychoeducation B. Increased tolerability C. Easier dosing regimen D. Lower cost of medication

8.
A 28-year-old Caucasian female presents with the chief complaint of a depressed mood. She reports several episodes that started when she finished high school. She presents with depressed mood of sudden onset, difficulty with sleeping, fatigue and loss of energy, poor concentration, decreased appetite, and psychomotor agitation. Further questioning reveals that she had had periods of 1 to 2 weeks with increased spending, greater productivity at work, racing thoughts, increased rate of speech, and feeling elated. She has been treated with several antidepressants but has felt “irritable and restless” after a week or so and the medications have not improved her mood.

Which of the following would be most helpful for establishing a diagnosis of bipolar depression in this patient?

A. Depressed mood B. Difficulty sleeping C. History of elevated mood D. Fatigue and loss of energy

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1. Which of the following is a characteristic of bipolar disorder?

2. Patients with bipolar disorder:

3. Which of the following is true of antidepressants in patients with bipolar depression?

4. In the evaluation of therapies for bipolar depression, the “number needed to treat” (NNT) refers to how many patients would have to be treated with Intervention A versus Intervention B before encountering

5. An analysis of approved treatments for bipolar depression showed that:

6. Which of the following is associated with nonadherence to treatment for bipolar disorder?

7. Which of the following has been shown to have the greatest improvement in medication adherence?

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1. Which of the following is a characteristic of bipolar disorder?

2. Patients with bipolar disorder:

3. Which of the following is true of antidepressants in patients with bipolar depression?

4. In the evaluation of therapies for bipolar depression, the “number needed to treat” (NNT) refers to how many patients would have to be treated with Intervention A versus Intervention B before encountering

5. An analysis of approved treatments for bipolar depression showed that:

6. Which of the following is associated with nonadherence to treatment for bipolar disorder?

7. Which of the following has been shown to have the greatest improvement in medication adherence?

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