Depression and Mania Can Occur in the Same Individual

question 132

Multiple Choice

Depression and mania can occur in the same individual. When this happens, the person would be most accurately diagnosed as having a(n)

• A) unipolar mood disorder.
• B) bipolar mood disorder.
• C) anxiety disorder.
• D) depressive disorder.

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Definitions:

Degrees Of Freedom

A concept in statistics referring to the number of independent values or quantities which can vary in the computation of a statistic, often related to the number of observations in a sample minus the number of restrictions or parameters.

T-Distribution

A type of probability distribution that is symmetric and bell-shaped, used in statistics for small sample sizes when the population variance is unknown.

Confidence Interval

A scope of values, derived through sample statistical methods, seen as likely to include the value of an unascertained population parameter.

Population Mean

The average of a set of numerical values obtained from every member of a population.