FUNDAMENTALS 1871 PREMIUM EXAMPREP
PACK 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
▶ Tourette Answer: motor + vocal tics waxing/waning for a year
▶ treatment for disruptive and tic disorders Answer: ABILIFY med for kids
Behavior therapy + antipsychotics if severe
▶ Separation anxiety Answer: fear of losing attachment figure
▶ OCD Answer: obsessions & compulsions
▶ treatment for Anxiety & OCD Answer: CBT + SSRIs (higher levels)
▶ Childhood depression presents as Answer: behavior changes &
IRRITABILITY
Decreased grades, school avoidance
▶ Learning & communication disorders affect Answer: academics
▶ Enuresis Answer: repeated passage of urine in inappropriate places
▶ Encopresis Answer: the repeated passage of feces in inappropriate
places.
▶ hyperactivity/impulsivity presentation sx Answer: fidgets/squirms, runs or
climbs in inappropriate places, trouble w quiet activities, has trouble waiting
for their turn
▶ ADHD Neurocircuitry: dysregulation of ????*** Answer: Dysregulation of
Dopamine and Norepinephrine in the prefrontal cortex
▶ ADHD is the most common ___ Answer: childhood behavioral health
disorder
▶ ADHD: more ___ than ___ diagnosed Answer: boys than girls
▶ ADHD: what is key Answer: input from family and teachers
, ▶ ADHD meds: side effects for children Answer: Watch their weight !!!!
Lack of appetite, sleep
▶ ADHD medications Answer: Atomoxetine (non-stimulant)
Lisdexamfetamine (stimulant)
Adderall (mixed amphetamine)
Methylphenidate (long acting)
Methylphenidate (short acting)
Buproprion
▶ ADHD MOA Answer: most ADHD meds work by:
1. inhibiting dopamine transporter, increasing synaptic dopamine
2. some also block norepinephrine transporters, improving alertness and
attention
results in better focus, impulse control, and executive functioning
▶ ADHD common side effects Answer: headaches
irritability
decreased appetite/weight loss
insomnia
▶ ADHD - monitor what Answer: EMC, especially if they have a cardiac
history ????
Blood pressure
▶ Cognition Answer: perception, reasoning, memory
▶ Neurocognitive disorders = decline in what Answer: cognition
▶ Cognition & Neurocognitive Disorders - Domains: Answer: attention,
memory, language, social cognition, social engagement, processing
▶ Delirium = Answer: acute, reversible, fluctuating course
AMS
disordered thinking
often due to: UTI, sepsis, meds, metabolic imabalance, hypoxia,
PACK 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
▶ Tourette Answer: motor + vocal tics waxing/waning for a year
▶ treatment for disruptive and tic disorders Answer: ABILIFY med for kids
Behavior therapy + antipsychotics if severe
▶ Separation anxiety Answer: fear of losing attachment figure
▶ OCD Answer: obsessions & compulsions
▶ treatment for Anxiety & OCD Answer: CBT + SSRIs (higher levels)
▶ Childhood depression presents as Answer: behavior changes &
IRRITABILITY
Decreased grades, school avoidance
▶ Learning & communication disorders affect Answer: academics
▶ Enuresis Answer: repeated passage of urine in inappropriate places
▶ Encopresis Answer: the repeated passage of feces in inappropriate
places.
▶ hyperactivity/impulsivity presentation sx Answer: fidgets/squirms, runs or
climbs in inappropriate places, trouble w quiet activities, has trouble waiting
for their turn
▶ ADHD Neurocircuitry: dysregulation of ????*** Answer: Dysregulation of
Dopamine and Norepinephrine in the prefrontal cortex
▶ ADHD is the most common ___ Answer: childhood behavioral health
disorder
▶ ADHD: more ___ than ___ diagnosed Answer: boys than girls
▶ ADHD: what is key Answer: input from family and teachers
, ▶ ADHD meds: side effects for children Answer: Watch their weight !!!!
Lack of appetite, sleep
▶ ADHD medications Answer: Atomoxetine (non-stimulant)
Lisdexamfetamine (stimulant)
Adderall (mixed amphetamine)
Methylphenidate (long acting)
Methylphenidate (short acting)
Buproprion
▶ ADHD MOA Answer: most ADHD meds work by:
1. inhibiting dopamine transporter, increasing synaptic dopamine
2. some also block norepinephrine transporters, improving alertness and
attention
results in better focus, impulse control, and executive functioning
▶ ADHD common side effects Answer: headaches
irritability
decreased appetite/weight loss
insomnia
▶ ADHD - monitor what Answer: EMC, especially if they have a cardiac
history ????
Blood pressure
▶ Cognition Answer: perception, reasoning, memory
▶ Neurocognitive disorders = decline in what Answer: cognition
▶ Cognition & Neurocognitive Disorders - Domains: Answer: attention,
memory, language, social cognition, social engagement, processing
▶ Delirium = Answer: acute, reversible, fluctuating course
AMS
disordered thinking
often due to: UTI, sepsis, meds, metabolic imabalance, hypoxia,
