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One important advantage of using a classification and diagnostic system
like the DSM-5 is that knowing a patient's diagnosis:
a. Helps the Psychiatric NP develop a treatment plan and prognosis
b. Allows the psychiatric NP to see the patient as an individual
c. Allows patients to fully participate in their own treatment plan
d. Permits the insurance company to have access to patients record
a. Helps the Psychiatric NP develop a treatment plan and prognosis
,A housewife tells stories which are disconnected with each other and
with reality. A disorganized speech pattern is referred to as:
a. Derailment
b. Delusions of persecution
c. Psychomotor retardation
d. Delusions of grandeur
a. Derailment
When an elderly stockbroker went to a psychiatrist for the first time the
clinician asked him to identify the current date, time, year and where
they were. Which category of the mental status exam do these questions
cover?
a. Intellectual functioning
b. Thought process
c. Appearance and behavior
d. Sensorium
d. Sensorium
, When a young teacher went to a psychiatric NP for the first time, the
provider asked details of the auditory hallucinations she experienced.
Which category of the mental status exam do these questions cover?
a. Thought process
b. Appearance and behavior
c. Intellectual functioning
d. Thought content
d. Thought content
People who are correctly diagnosed with a DSM-5, disorders like MDD
will:
a. Typically, have very few of the same symptoms as others with the
disorder
b. Usually have some of the same symptoms as others with the disorder
c. Usually experience all the symptoms as others with the disorder
d. Always have at least five of the same symptoms with the disorder
b. Usually have some of the same symptoms as others with the disorder