CMN 548 Final Exam Study Guide Overview UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Primary prevention Aimed at decreasing the incidence (number of new cases) of mental disorders.
Example: Stress management classes for graduate students, smoking prevention
classes, Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)
Secondary prevention Aimed at decreasing the prevalence (number of existing cases) of mental
disorders. Example: Telephone hotlines, crisis intervention, disaster responses
, Tertiary prevention Aimed at decreasing the disability and severity of a mental disorder. Example: Day
treatment programs; case management for physical, housing, or vocational needs;
social skills training
Dystonia Muscle spasm; spasticity of muscle group, especially back or neck muscles;
subjectively painful Note: Often mistaken for agitation or unusual, stereotypic
movements characteristic of schizophrenia
Echolalia Repetition of the last-heard words of other people
Clanging Speech directed by the sound of a word rather than by its meaning; punning and
rhyming
Neologisms New word or phrase whose derivation is not understood, made up word
Abstract thinking Ask the patient what certain proverbs mean or ask the patient to tell you
similarities in two different objects
BMI for anorexia investigation Less than 18.5
Cranial nerve assessed during hearing test VIII Vestibulocochlear
Cultural humility A process that requires humility as individuals continually engage in self-reflection
and self-critique as lifelong learners and reflective practitioners in an effort to
address power imbalances and to advocate for others.
Cultural awareness The ability to explore your own cultural identity and bring your values and biases
to a conscious level.
Aphonia A loss of voice that accompanies disease affecting the larynx or its nerve supply
Dysarthria A defect in muscular control of speech apparatus (lips, tongue, palate, pharynx)
words may be slurred, nasal, but language remains intact.
Aphasia A disorder in producing or understanding language often caused by brain lesions
usually the left hemisphere.
Oral apraxia A disorder that makes it difficult to move the lips, tongue, soft palate and throat
for non speech purposes like whistling or smiling.
Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) Dementia screening test
Core skills of motivational interviewing Focused, goal-directed therapy, motivation is elicited from the client,
nonconfrontational, nonadversarial, builds on the transtheoretical model of
change
Autonomy Doing for ones self
Nonmaleficence Doing no harm
and CORRECT Answers
Primary prevention Aimed at decreasing the incidence (number of new cases) of mental disorders.
Example: Stress management classes for graduate students, smoking prevention
classes, Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)
Secondary prevention Aimed at decreasing the prevalence (number of existing cases) of mental
disorders. Example: Telephone hotlines, crisis intervention, disaster responses
, Tertiary prevention Aimed at decreasing the disability and severity of a mental disorder. Example: Day
treatment programs; case management for physical, housing, or vocational needs;
social skills training
Dystonia Muscle spasm; spasticity of muscle group, especially back or neck muscles;
subjectively painful Note: Often mistaken for agitation or unusual, stereotypic
movements characteristic of schizophrenia
Echolalia Repetition of the last-heard words of other people
Clanging Speech directed by the sound of a word rather than by its meaning; punning and
rhyming
Neologisms New word or phrase whose derivation is not understood, made up word
Abstract thinking Ask the patient what certain proverbs mean or ask the patient to tell you
similarities in two different objects
BMI for anorexia investigation Less than 18.5
Cranial nerve assessed during hearing test VIII Vestibulocochlear
Cultural humility A process that requires humility as individuals continually engage in self-reflection
and self-critique as lifelong learners and reflective practitioners in an effort to
address power imbalances and to advocate for others.
Cultural awareness The ability to explore your own cultural identity and bring your values and biases
to a conscious level.
Aphonia A loss of voice that accompanies disease affecting the larynx or its nerve supply
Dysarthria A defect in muscular control of speech apparatus (lips, tongue, palate, pharynx)
words may be slurred, nasal, but language remains intact.
Aphasia A disorder in producing or understanding language often caused by brain lesions
usually the left hemisphere.
Oral apraxia A disorder that makes it difficult to move the lips, tongue, soft palate and throat
for non speech purposes like whistling or smiling.
Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) Dementia screening test
Core skills of motivational interviewing Focused, goal-directed therapy, motivation is elicited from the client,
nonconfrontational, nonadversarial, builds on the transtheoretical model of
change
Autonomy Doing for ones self
Nonmaleficence Doing no harm
