Back to quiz

6. Bertakis found that women are much more likely to be diagnosed with depression than men, even with the same symptoms.

  • True
  • False

7. Davison and Neale put forward the idea that diagnosis of depression creates a self fulfilling prophecy

  • False
  • True

8. which one of these points is not a negative for the DSM?

  • suggests that depression is in/out- but most depressions run along a continuum
  • it is expensive to use
  • psychiatrists have bias'
  • based on self report, information may be prone to socially desirable responses

9. the 5HTT gene has an effect on serotonin. An extra long version of this gene has been linked to depression

  • False
  • True

10. Who studied twins and found that Monozygotic twins shared a 46% concordance rate opposed to Dizygotic twins who had 20%

  • Mcguffin
  • Wender
  • Allen
  • Olgivie

11. Allen found a 40% concordance rate of depression in Monozygotic twins

  • True
  • False

12. Who studied Adopted children with depression?

  • Suomi
  • Mann et al
  • Wender
  • Gershon

13. How many times more likely were the biological parents of these adopted children to have depression compared to the adoptive parents?

  • 4
  • 3
  • 7
  • 6
  • 8

14. Low levels of ..................... have been linked to depression

  • endorphins
  • Serotonin
  • dopamine

15. who found impaired serotinergic transmission in people with depression?

  • Gershon
  • Suomi
  • Mann et al
  • Egeland