Gisela,a Sociology Major in University,has a History of Depression

question 226

Multiple Choice

Gisela,a sociology major in university,has a history of depression.But one day,she wakes up feeling very energetic.She tells her friends and professors that she has figured out a way to solve world hunger and the AIDS epidemic.Inspired,she spends the next five days without sleep completing applications to dozens of doctoral programs in sociology.It is likely that Gisela is suffering from:

• A)depression and generalized anxiety disorder.
• B)bipolar disorder.
• C)histrionic personality disorder.
• D)paranoid schizophrenia.

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