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Reduced symptom severity with Chlorpromazine.

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Better overall functioning with Chlorpromazine.
Reduced symptom severity with Chlorpromazine.

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Worse overall functioning with Chlorpromazine.
Reduced symptom severity with Chlorpromazine.

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Better overall functioning with Chlorpromazine.
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No difference in functioning with Chlorpromazine.
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Used to diagnose/classify patients through drug response.
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CBTp uses Socratic questioning to evaluate delusional logic collaboratively."}]},{"id":"f8f3dcb6-a218-434a-86d7-3241cd936721","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"Why may severe negative symptoms make CBTp unsuitable?","back":"CBTp requires effort, insight and motivation to engage.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"CBTp requires effort, insight and motivation to engage.","correct":true,"explanation":"Severe negative symptoms such as avolition and reduced emotional engagement can undermine the effort, insight and motivation needed to participate actively in CBTp tasks and discussion."},{"text":"CBTp requires sedation, compliance and supervision to engage.","correct":false,"explanation":"These requirements relate more closely to medication management than psychological therapy. CBTp depends on the patient having sufficient effort, insight and motivation to participate actively."},{"text":"CBTp requires strong memory and high intelligence to engage.","correct":false,"explanation":"CBTp does not require unusually high intelligence or exceptionally strong memory. The relevant difficulty is that severe negative symptoms reduce the effort, insight and motivation needed for engagement."},{"text":"CBTp requires hallucinations, delusions and paranoia to engage.","correct":false,"explanation":"These positive symptoms may be treatment targets, but they are not engagement requirements. CBTp needs effort, insight and motivation, which severe negative symptoms can substantially reduce."}]},{"id":"69642523-80ee-4927-9d6d-fa8c2100c425","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Unipolar depression is linked to low levels of [ ] in mood-regulating neural networks.","back":"Unipolar depression is linked to low levels of serotonin in mood-regulating neural networks.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"serotonin","correct":true,"explanation":"The monoamine explanation associates unipolar depression with reduced serotonin activity in neural networks involved in regulating mood, although depression is not explained by one neurotransmitter alone."},{"text":"adrenaline","correct":false,"explanation":"Adrenaline primarily supports physiological arousal and the fight-or-flight response, rather than being the neurotransmitter identified here. 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Remains longer in the synaptic cleft.
Repeatedly activates post-synaptic receptors.

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Remains longer in the synaptic cleft.
Repeatedly activates post-synaptic receptors.

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Is immediately broken down in the synaptic cleft.
Stops activating post-synaptic receptors.

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Returns more quickly to the presynaptic neuron.
Repeatedly activates presynaptic receptors.

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Leaves the synapse through the bloodstream.
Activates fewer post-synaptic receptors.

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Cipriani et al. found that all 21 antidepressants studied, including drugs from several classes, were more effective than placebos."},{"text":"None of the 21 antidepressants, including SSRIs, beat placebos.","correct":false,"explanation":"This confuses criticisms of antidepressant effect sizes with the study’s actual result. All 21 antidepressants performed better than placebos, although their effectiveness varied."},{"text":"Only older antidepressants, excluding SSRIs, beat placebos.","correct":false,"explanation":"The evidence did not favour only older drug classes or exclude SSRIs. All 21 antidepressants examined, including SSRIs, were more effective than placebos."}]},{"id":"48ab126d-b5cd-4365-a309-17c059bdf608","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"What does the treatment-etiology fallacy warn against with SSRIs?","back":"Treatment success does not prove low serotonin caused depression.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Treatment success does not prove low serotonin caused depression.","correct":true,"explanation":"A treatment can relieve symptoms without correcting the disorder’s original cause. Therefore, SSRIs working does not establish that depression was caused by low serotonin."},{"text":"Treatment success proves low serotonin caused depression.","correct":false,"explanation":"This is precisely the treatment-etiology fallacy: assuming a treatment’s mechanism reveals the disorder’s cause. Successful SSRI treatment does not prove that low serotonin caused depression."},{"text":"Treatment failure proves serotonin is unrelated to depression.","correct":false,"explanation":"A drug’s failure for one patient cannot establish that serotonin has no role in depression. The warning is that treatment success does not prove low serotonin caused depression."},{"text":"Treatment success proves high serotonin caused depression.","correct":false,"explanation":"SSRIs increase serotonin availability, but symptom improvement does not prove either a high-serotonin or low-serotonin cause. Treatment response cannot by itself establish etiology."}]},{"id":"949ba3a1-f4c2-4cf6-8a65-27a9c5180c58","cardType":"basic","points":1,"front":"Which problem can occur if SSRIs are stopped abruptly?","back":"Discontinuation syndrome.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Discontinuation syndrome.","correct":true,"explanation":"Abruptly stopping SSRIs can produce discontinuation symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, anxiety and flu-like sensations because the nervous system has adapted to the medication."},{"text":"Serotonin syndrome.","correct":false,"explanation":"Serotonin syndrome is associated with dangerously excessive serotonergic activity, often from combining medications. Abrupt SSRI withdrawal instead risks discontinuation syndrome."},{"text":"Tardive dyskinesia.","correct":false,"explanation":"Tardive dyskinesia involves involuntary movements and is mainly linked to long-term antipsychotic use. Abruptly stopping SSRIs can instead cause discontinuation syndrome."},{"text":"Neuroleptic malignant syndrome.","correct":false,"explanation":"Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is a rare reaction usually associated with antipsychotic medication, not SSRI withdrawal. Sudden SSRI cessation can cause discontinuation syndrome."}]},{"id":"a2bf69aa-a49d-40c7-907a-6cdb2a058cb6","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"In Beck’s CBT, what does Patient as Scientist involve?","back":"Gather objective evidence to test negative beliefs.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Gather objective evidence to test negative beliefs.","correct":true,"explanation":"Patient as Scientist treats beliefs as hypotheses rather than facts. The patient gathers real-world, objective evidence to evaluate whether negative beliefs are accurate."},{"text":"Gather subjective impressions to confirm negative beliefs.","correct":false,"explanation":"Relying on impressions and seeking confirmation would reinforce cognitive bias. Patient as Scientist instead gathers objective evidence to test whether negative beliefs are valid."},{"text":"Accept negative beliefs without testing their accuracy.","correct":false,"explanation":"Beck’s approach does not ask patients to accept negative beliefs uncritically. Patient as Scientist involves gathering objective evidence and testing those beliefs against reality."},{"text":"Replace all negative thoughts with positive beliefs.","correct":false,"explanation":"CBT aims for realistic, evidence-based thinking rather than forced positivity. Patient as Scientist gathers objective evidence to test the accuracy of specific negative beliefs."}]},{"id":"d3538025-05a2-4eb7-a079-02912e2a13b3","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"In depression CBT, [ ] schedules pleasant activities to disrupt avoidance.","back":"In depression CBT, behavioural activation schedules pleasant activities to disrupt avoidance.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"behavioural activation","correct":true,"explanation":"Behavioural activation schedules rewarding or pleasant activities, interrupting the cycle in which low mood causes avoidance and reduced activity, which then deepens depression."},{"text":"cognitive restructuring","correct":false,"explanation":"Cognitive restructuring identifies and challenges distorted thoughts rather than primarily scheduling activities. Behavioural activation is the technique that uses planned pleasant activities to disrupt avoidance."},{"text":"systematic desensitisation","correct":false,"explanation":"Systematic desensitisation treats phobias by pairing gradual exposure with relaxation. Behavioural activation instead schedules pleasant activities to reduce avoidance in depression."},{"text":"psychoeducation","correct":false,"explanation":"Psychoeducation provides information about a disorder and its treatment, but it is not the activity-scheduling technique. Behavioural activation plans pleasant activities to disrupt avoidance."}]},{"id":"126b5a0d-28e2-4792-9e53-2f207c6212a5","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"Why can CBT reduce relapse compared with drugs alone?","back":"Patients learn lifelong strategies to intercept negative thoughts.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Patients learn lifelong strategies to intercept negative thoughts.","correct":true,"explanation":"CBT teaches transferable skills for identifying and challenging negative thinking. Patients can continue applying these strategies after formal therapy ends, helping prevent future episodes."},{"text":"Patients receive permanent medication effects after therapy ends.","correct":false,"explanation":"CBT does not produce permanent medication effects, and drug benefits may diminish after treatment stops. Its relapse advantage comes from lifelong strategies for intercepting negative thoughts."},{"text":"Patients learn to suppress all negative thoughts permanently.","correct":false,"explanation":"CBT does not eliminate or permanently suppress every negative thought. It teaches lifelong strategies for recognising, evaluating and intercepting unhelpful patterns when they occur."},{"text":"Patients avoid all stressful situations after therapy ends.","correct":false,"explanation":"Avoidance can maintain psychological difficulties and is not CBT’s long-term goal. CBT reduces relapse by teaching lifelong strategies to identify and intercept negative thoughts."}]},{"id":"4dbe9651-b1de-4ad4-af8b-8a8985a0fad7","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"Why is CBT less accessible than drug therapy?","back":"It needs one-to-one trained therapy over several months.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"It needs one-to-one trained therapy over several months.","correct":true,"explanation":"CBT commonly requires repeated individual sessions with a trained therapist. Limited therapist availability, waiting lists and the lengthy commitment make it less accessible than prescribed medication."},{"text":"It needs daily medical supervision over several months.","correct":false,"explanation":"CBT does not normally require daily medical supervision. Its accessibility problem is the need for repeated one-to-one sessions with a trained therapist over several months."},{"text":"It needs expensive laboratory testing before every session.","correct":false,"explanation":"Laboratory testing is not a standard requirement for CBT. The main resource barrier is sustained one-to-one treatment with a trained therapist over several months."},{"text":"It needs continuous hospital admission throughout the treatment.","correct":false,"explanation":"Most CBT is delivered through outpatient sessions rather than continuous hospital admission. It is less accessible because trained one-to-one therapy is required over several months."}]},{"id":"31d3690b-d6b1-4f5b-a5bd-b6fc47328f59","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"What ethical concern can CBT create by focusing on thoughts?","back":"It may imply patient responsibility and ignore social stressors.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"It may imply patient responsibility and ignore social stressors.","correct":true,"explanation":"Emphasising faulty thoughts can suggest that patients are responsible for their disorder or recovery, while overlooking poverty, discrimination, relationships and other social causes of distress."},{"text":"It may imply therapist responsibility and ignore biological vulnerabilities.","correct":false,"explanation":"CBT’s focus on patients’ cognitions does not primarily place responsibility on the therapist. The ethical concern is that it may blame patients while overlooking social stressors."},{"text":"It may imply family responsibility and ignore unconscious conflicts.","correct":false,"explanation":"Focusing on thoughts does not specifically blame the patient’s family or neglect unconscious conflict. The concern is implied patient responsibility and insufficient attention to social stressors."},{"text":"It may imply institutional responsibility and ignore behavioural symptoms.","correct":false,"explanation":"CBT does not typically attribute responsibility to treatment institutions, and it often addresses behaviour directly. Its cognitive focus may instead imply patient responsibility and neglect social stressors."}]},{"id":"34f01b5c-e583-4a84-a644-a0667e1d1811","cardType":"basic","points":1,"front":"For a difference between independent groups using ordinal BDI scores, which test is appropriate?","back":"Mann-Whitney U test.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Mann-Whitney U test.","correct":true,"explanation":"The Mann-Whitney U test assesses a difference between two independent groups when scores are ordinal, making it appropriate for comparing BDI scores in this design."},{"text":"Wilcoxon signed-rank test.","correct":false,"explanation":"The Wilcoxon signed-rank test is used for related or repeated-measures data. Independent groups with ordinal BDI scores require the Mann-Whitney U test."},{"text":"Spearman’s rho test.","correct":false,"explanation":"Spearman’s rho tests for a correlation between two co-variables rather than a difference between groups. 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