NR 547 CEA PREPARATION MANUAL 2026
PREMIUM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
▶ Child & Adolescent Mental Health Overview Answer:
Neurodevelopmental, mood, anxiety, disruptive, tic, elimination disorders
Early onset and developmental impact
Family and school involvement essential
▶ Intellectual Disability: onset, IQ and interventions Answer: Onset before
18
IQ ≤70 with adaptive deficits
Interventions: coping skills, family education, independence promotion, role
play
▶ Autism Spectrum Disorder Answer: Social communication impairment
Repetitive behaviors & need for sameness (eggs cooked in an exact pan)
▶ Autism Spectrum Disorder treatment Answer: behavioral therapy, family
collaboration, meds for irritability
▶ ADHD Answer: Inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity (ex: issues staying
focused on tasks, doesn't listen or daydreams, loses things, difficulty
organizing tasks and activities)
▶ Best treatment for ADHD Answer: stimulants + behavioral therapy
▶ ADHD: Females present with Answer: rejection, perfectionism, anxiety
▶ ODD Answer:
▶ Conduct disorder Answer:
▶ 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)
PREMIUM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
▶ Child & Adolescent Mental Health Overview Answer:
Neurodevelopmental, mood, anxiety, disruptive, tic, elimination disorders
Early onset and developmental impact
Family and school involvement essential
▶ Intellectual Disability: onset, IQ and interventions Answer: Onset before
18
IQ ≤70 with adaptive deficits
Interventions: coping skills, family education, independence promotion, role
play
▶ Autism Spectrum Disorder Answer: Social communication impairment
Repetitive behaviors & need for sameness (eggs cooked in an exact pan)
▶ Autism Spectrum Disorder treatment Answer: behavioral therapy, family
collaboration, meds for irritability
▶ ADHD Answer: Inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity (ex: issues staying
focused on tasks, doesn't listen or daydreams, loses things, difficulty
organizing tasks and activities)
▶ Best treatment for ADHD Answer: stimulants + behavioral therapy
▶ ADHD: Females present with Answer: rejection, perfectionism, anxiety
▶ ODD Answer:
▶ Conduct disorder Answer:
▶ 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)
