CME Test: Bipolar Disorder: Improving Long-term Treatment Outcomes in Mania and Bipolar Depression

Test: Bipolar Disorder: Improving Long-term Treatment Outcomes in Mania and Bipolar Depression

Please select the best answer of the available choices for each of the 10 questions below, then press the button marked "Score the Test" to proceed.

1.	Bipolar Disorder:
	A. Affects approximately 1% of persons in the United States
	B. Rarely recurs
	C. Is associated with complete remission in all cases
	D. Is not hereditary

2.	DSM-IV recognizes each of the following as part of bipolar disorder except:
	A. Bipolar I Disorder
	B. Cyclothymic Disorder
	C. Bipolar II Disorder
	D. Unipolar Depressive Disorder

3.	Bipolar illness is associated with high rates of comorbidity with which of the following:
	A. Alcohol Use Disorders
	B. Substance Use Disorders
	C. Anxiety Disorders
	D. All of the Above

4.	Episodes of mania or depression can be triggered by:
	A. Season
	B. Sugar
	C. Sleep Deprivation
	D. A and C

5.	The atypical symptoms of depression commonly seen in bipolar illness include each of the following except:
	A. Hypersomnia
	B. Hyperphagia
	C. Insomnia
	D. Psychomotor Retardation

6.	There are currently no FDA approved treatments for bipolar depression.
	A. True
	B. False

7.	Antidepressants can potentially cause a switch into mania.
	A. True
	B. False

8.	Lithium and Lamotrigine both appear to have antidepressant efficacy in the depressed phase of bipolar illness.
	A. True
	B. False

9.	Stopping antidepressants within three months after a person has had a remission of bipolar depression does not appear to increase their risk of relapsing back into depression.
	A. True
	B. False

10.	If a person has not switched into a mania after the acute treatment of their bipolar depression, maintaining them on antidepressants for up to one year may not increase risk for mania.
	A. True
	B. False