Your Roommate Is Acting Very Strangely

question 81

Multiple Choice

Your roommate is acting very strangely. Although she has not slept much in the past few days, she says she is on top of the world. She has cleaned and re-cleaned her closets several times. She has invested in a questionable financial venture. This period of non-stop activity has lasted for well over a week and is in sharp contrast to the depression and fatigue she exhibited in the previous semester. The DSM-IV diagnosis would most likely be

• A) bipolar disorder.
• B) depression.
• C) ADHD.
• D) mania.

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Definitions:

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