Chapter 21: Depression and Other Mood Disorders

Chapter 21: Depression and Other Mood Disorders

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. A prolonged emotional state that influences one’s whole personality and life functioning is called:

a.	Mood
b.	Feeling
c.	Attitude
d.	Intellectual response

 

 

ANS:  A

This is the definition of mood. Moods range from elation to despair and can be either adaptive or maladaptive.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   p. 236             OBJ:   1

TOP:   Theories Relating to Emotions and Their Disorders

KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment   MSC:  Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

 

2. The moods of adolescents:

a.	Are stable
b.	Vary widely
c.	Develop slowly
d.	Are not related to growth and development

 

 

ANS:  B

The moods of adolescents commonly swing from depression to elation. This is a time of hormonal changes and a time when teens are trying to develop their identity and both gain control over and express their emotions.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   p. 238             OBJ:   3

TOP:   Emotions in Adolescence                 KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment

MSC:  Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

 

3. Depression in the elderly is:

a.	Rare
b.	Common
c.	Nonexistent
d.	Seen occasionally

 

 

ANS:  B

Major depression affects as many as 40% of older Americans and is seen most often in women, persons with medical illnesses, and those individuals who are living in long-term care facilities.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   p. 238             OBJ:   3

TOP:   Depression in Older Adulthood        KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment

MSC:  Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

 

4. Theories that view depression as a group of learned responses are called ____ theories.

a.	Social
b.	Behavioral
c.	Biological
d.	Psychoanalytical

 

 

ANS:  B

Behaviorists view depression as a group of learned responses. Social theorists view depression as the result of flawed social interactions; biological theory focuses on causes of depression such as biochemical imbalances and genetics; and psychoanalytical theorists believe that mood disorders occur as a result of anger turned inward.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   p. 237             OBJ:   2

TOP:   Theories Relating to Emotions and Their Disorders

KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment   MSC:  Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity