Question 10 · LEK · Depressive disorders
The main symptoms of atypical depression include:
- A. hypersomnia, loss of appetite.
- B. mood reactivity, increased appetite.
- C. circadian mood fluctuations, body weight loss.
- D. increased appetite, psychomotor unease.
- E. evening mood worsening, shortened sleep.
Hint
Atypical depression is the reverse of melancholic depression with regard to mood response, appetite and sleep.
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