Pharmacotherapy of Mood Disorders — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Drug of choice for prophylaxis of mania is:

Answer: Lithium

Flashcard 2: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation(rTMS) is approved for monotherapy in _____

Answer: resistant depression

Flashcard 3: _____ is the drug of choice for rapid cycle bipolar disorder

Answer: Sodium valproate

Flashcard 4: Do patients with atypical depression respond effectively to treatment with MAOIs and SSRIs?_____

Answer: Yes

Flashcard 5: _____ is used as a first-line agent for the management of acute bipolar depression.

Answer: Quetiapine

Flashcard 6: childhood bipolar disorder are now called as _____

Answer: disruptive mood dysregulation disorders

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Flashcard 7: Patients with major depressive episode with psychotic features have mood-congruent _____ and hallucinations

Answer: delusions

Flashcard 8: Rapid cycling bipolar disorder is characterised by _____ or more mood disturbances in a year with each episode either having a partial or full remission for at least 2 months or a switch to the opposite polarity.

Answer: 4

Flashcard 9: What anti-epileptics may be used in the treatment of bipolar disorder?_____, carbamazepine, and lamotrigine

Answer: Valproate

Flashcard 10: Use of _____ in patients with bipolar disorder can precipitate acute mania

Answer: antidepressants