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:

ANS:  A

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

PTS:   1                    DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   p. 224

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:

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.

PTS:   1                    DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   p. 239

OBJ:   3                    TOP:   Emotions in Adolescence

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

3. Depression in the elderly is:

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.

PTS:   1                    DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   p. 240

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.

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.

PTS:   1                    DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   p. 238

OBJ:   2                    TOP:   Theories Relating to Emotions and Their Disorders

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