The symptoms for this disorder are a striking period of unusually and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood, accompanied by increased goal-directed activity or energy, and alternating with or accompanied by one or more major depressive disorders.
Bipolar Disorder
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What are the three different types of depression?
MDD, P-DD, DMDD
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It is most common for children to first display a ___ episode as their first major mood episode.
Depressive
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True or false? Between 2% and 8% of all children from ages 4-18 experience MDD each year.
True
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Depression and bipolar disorder are collectively known as what?
Mood Disorder
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Eeyore, from Winnie the Pooh, is said to have this form of depression because his depressed mood that occur for most of the day, on most days. and persist for at least 1 year.
Persistent Depressive Disorder
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What is a new mood disorder introduced in the DSM V?
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder
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What is a common medication used to treat children over the age of 12 with bipolar disorder?
Lithium
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What is the typical age of onset for depression?
Between ages 13 and 15
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True or False in children and adolescence irritable mood fits the criteria for MDD so a depressed mood does not necessarily need to be present.
True
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True or False - males are twice as likely than females to suffer from depression.
False (females are twice as likely)
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Name five other disorders that are have high comorbidity with bipolar disorder.