Depression in Adolescents
True or False: Adolescents rarely suffer from depression.
What is False?
This treatment method involves the administration of electrical impulses to the brain.
What is Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
This theory suggests that depression results from learned helplessness.
What is Learning Theory?
The patient with major depressive disorder is unable to feel any pleasure. This symptom is called what?
What is anhedonia?
The highest-priority outcome for a hospitalized client with major depressive disorder?
What is ensuring the client does not harm themselves during the hospital stay?
The many symptoms of depression in adolescents are falsely attributed to what?
What is normal adolescent adjustment?
The primary reason oxygen is administered during and after ECT is to prevent what?
What is anoxia from medication-induced paralysis of respiratory muscles?
This theory suggests that early separation from a significant other can lead to depression.
What is Object Loss Theory?
The assessment scale commonly used by clinicians to evaluate depression
What is the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale?
The patient on bupropion (Wellbutrin) should avoid doing what if they miss a dose?
What is taking two pills to make up for the missed dose?
Suicide is the ___ leading cause of death among adolescents aged 15-24.
What is second?
The patients taking Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs) should avoid foods rich in what?
What is tyramine?
The theory that states depression arises due to a combination of genetic, biochemical, and psychosocial influences is called what?
What is the Transactional Model of Stress and Adaptation?
The mood disorder characterized by chronic depression lasting more than two years
What is Dysthymic Disorder?)
The distinguishing characteristic between dysthymia and major depressive disorder (MDD)?
What is Dysthymia
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The FDA-approved medication is prescribed for adolescents with major depressive disorder?
What is Escitalopram (Lexapro)?
This class of antidepressants may take up to four weeks to show therapeutic effects.
What are Tricyclic Antidepressants?
Aaron Beck’s Cognitive Theory states that depression is primarily a disturbance of what?
What is cognition?
The patient with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) must exhibit temper outbursts in at least how many settings?
What is two?
What is the correct way to administer a transdermal selegiline (Emsam) patch?
What is applying it to dry, intact skin?