CMN 548- final exam UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What is primary prevention? Reduce new cases by avoiding stressors and adaptive coping.
What are examples of primary prevention? Stress management, smoking prevention, DARE programs, immunizations.
What is secondary prevention? Reduce existing cases through early detection and treatment.
What are examples of secondary prevention? Crisis intervention, hotlines, and effective screening.
What is tertiary prevention? Minimize disability and severity of disorders through rehabilitation.
What are examples of tertiary prevention? Day treatment programs, case management, skill training.
What is dystonia? Characterized by involuntary, sustained muscle contractions resulting in twisting,
torsional, repetitive movements.
how can a patient show sings of dystonia twisting, repetitive movements one or more body parts and frequently appear as
abnormal and sometimes painful or awkward positions and postures.
the third most common movement disorder after dystonia
Parkinson's disease and essential tremor
can present as a monosymptomatic condition or as a dystonia
feature of a broader condition
Any part of the body can be affected, including the dystonia
limbs, trunk, neck, eyelids, face, or
vocal cords.
What is echolalia? Automatic repetition of interlocutor's speech or words heard in the environment.
, sometimes with reversal of pronouns, correction of echolalia
grammar, and
completion of well-known phrases. Seen in
frontotemporal dementia and transcortical
aphasias
example of Immediate echolalia A therapist asks, "Do you want some water?" and the client responds with, "Do
you want some water?".
What is clanging? Use of the sounds of words rather than their meaning to determine connections
between ideas. words have no logical connection
An example of clanging in mental health is: "The cat that's fat is on the mat, and it's a bat, and that is that."
What are neologisms? Words created by the speaker with idiosyncratic meaning.
neologism as seen in this example: "I'm feeling verybluederingtoday, so I'm going to go sit by the window and
watch thesky-doodles".
Neologisms Invented or distorted words, or words with new and highly idiosyncratic
meanings.
Clanging Speech with choice of words based on sound, rather than meaning, as in
rhyming and punning. For example, "Look at my eyes and nose, wise eyes and
rosy nose.
Two to one, the ayes have it!
Echolalia Repetition of the words and phrases of others
How can abstract thinking be assessed or tested? Using proverbs and asking for similarities between objects.
Accessing abstract thinking through PROVERBS: ask the patient what the following proverbs mean:
-a stitch in time save nine
-dont count your chickens before they're hatched
-The proof of the pudding is in the eating
-A rolling stone gathers no moss
-The squeaky wheel gets the grease
An avere patient should give what kind of response when abstract or semiabstract responses such " prompt attention to a problem prevents
consisting abstract thinking? trouble"
Concrete responses such as "you should sew a rip before intellectual disability, delirium, or dementia but may also reflect limited education.
it gets bigger" are common in people with: Patients with schizophrenia may respond concretely or with personal and bizarre
interpretations.
CORRECT Answers
What is primary prevention? Reduce new cases by avoiding stressors and adaptive coping.
What are examples of primary prevention? Stress management, smoking prevention, DARE programs, immunizations.
What is secondary prevention? Reduce existing cases through early detection and treatment.
What are examples of secondary prevention? Crisis intervention, hotlines, and effective screening.
What is tertiary prevention? Minimize disability and severity of disorders through rehabilitation.
What are examples of tertiary prevention? Day treatment programs, case management, skill training.
What is dystonia? Characterized by involuntary, sustained muscle contractions resulting in twisting,
torsional, repetitive movements.
how can a patient show sings of dystonia twisting, repetitive movements one or more body parts and frequently appear as
abnormal and sometimes painful or awkward positions and postures.
the third most common movement disorder after dystonia
Parkinson's disease and essential tremor
can present as a monosymptomatic condition or as a dystonia
feature of a broader condition
Any part of the body can be affected, including the dystonia
limbs, trunk, neck, eyelids, face, or
vocal cords.
What is echolalia? Automatic repetition of interlocutor's speech or words heard in the environment.
, sometimes with reversal of pronouns, correction of echolalia
grammar, and
completion of well-known phrases. Seen in
frontotemporal dementia and transcortical
aphasias
example of Immediate echolalia A therapist asks, "Do you want some water?" and the client responds with, "Do
you want some water?".
What is clanging? Use of the sounds of words rather than their meaning to determine connections
between ideas. words have no logical connection
An example of clanging in mental health is: "The cat that's fat is on the mat, and it's a bat, and that is that."
What are neologisms? Words created by the speaker with idiosyncratic meaning.
neologism as seen in this example: "I'm feeling verybluederingtoday, so I'm going to go sit by the window and
watch thesky-doodles".
Neologisms Invented or distorted words, or words with new and highly idiosyncratic
meanings.
Clanging Speech with choice of words based on sound, rather than meaning, as in
rhyming and punning. For example, "Look at my eyes and nose, wise eyes and
rosy nose.
Two to one, the ayes have it!
Echolalia Repetition of the words and phrases of others
How can abstract thinking be assessed or tested? Using proverbs and asking for similarities between objects.
Accessing abstract thinking through PROVERBS: ask the patient what the following proverbs mean:
-a stitch in time save nine
-dont count your chickens before they're hatched
-The proof of the pudding is in the eating
-A rolling stone gathers no moss
-The squeaky wheel gets the grease
An avere patient should give what kind of response when abstract or semiabstract responses such " prompt attention to a problem prevents
consisting abstract thinking? trouble"
Concrete responses such as "you should sew a rip before intellectual disability, delirium, or dementia but may also reflect limited education.
it gets bigger" are common in people with: Patients with schizophrenia may respond concretely or with personal and bizarre
interpretations.
