Severe Depression That Comes on Suddenly and Seems to Have

question 4

Multiple Choice

Severe depression that comes on suddenly and seems to have no external cause is called ______.

• A)dysthymia
• B)bipolar disorder
• C)hypomania
• D)major depressive disorder

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Definitions:

Observation

An act of recording the occurrence or existence of a specific entity or phenomenon.

Box and Whisker Plot

A graphical representation of data that highlights the median, quartiles, and extremes of the dataset.

Five-number Summary

A statistical summary of a data set that includes the minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum.

30th Percentile

A value below which 30 percent of the data falls, used to indicate the lower-middle range of a data set.