People with unipolar disorders experience________people with bipolar disorders are vulnerable to:
Correct answer: B. depression only; alternating periods of depression and mania
- A. alternating periods of depression and mania; mania only
- B. depression only; alternating periods of depression and mania
- C. mania only; alternating periods of depression and mania
- D. alternating periods of depression and mania; depression and mania simultaneously
Explanation
Unipolar depression involves depressive episodes without mania, whereas bipolar disorders involve vulnerability to both depressive and manic episodes. The contrast is therefore depression only versus alternating depression and mania.
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