PRITE PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TESTED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COMPLETE
REVIEW
●● Studies show effective intervention for children with ADHD is to
involve their parents in
what part of Tx? (4x)
Answer: BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT
●● Child w ADHD ineffective Tx with methylphenidate. Next step in
management: (4x)
Answer: DEXTROAMPHETAMINE
●● Child w ADHD not respond to methylphenidate IR. What med to try
next (4x)
Answer: MIXED AMPHETAMINE SALTS
●● What aspect of ADHD is most likely to improve as children age?
(3x)
Answer: HYPERACTIVITY
,●● Atomoxetine's principal mechanism of action exerts a therapeutic
action because it: (2x)
Answer: IS A SELECTIVE NOREPINEPHRINE REUPTAKE
INHIBITOR.
●● Atomoxetine is most likely to be considered as initial treatment in
ADHD in adolescents
with: (2x)
Answer: SUBSTANCE USE D/O
●● The multimodal Tx study of children w/ ADHD examined the
comparative responses over
14 months of children to medication and intense psychosocial
interventions. What did the
findings of the study reveal w/ respect to ADHD symptom changes? (2x)
Answer: MEDICATION MANAGEMENT IS SUPERIOR TO
COMMUNITY CARE TREATMENT
●● The component of ADHD that is most likely to remain in
adulthood:(x2)
Answer: INATTENTION
●● Which perinatal factor is specifically associated with development of
ADHD?
, Answer: MATERNAL TOBACCO USE PRENATALLY
●● Which DSM-V diagnosis requires symptoms to be present in 2 or
more settings?
Answer: ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
(ADHD)
●● Current thinking about relationship between ADHD in children and
adults:
Answer: SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CHILDREN WILL GO ON
TO BECOME ADULTS WITH ADHD
●● 8 y/o boy w/ ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder, and chronic
motor tic disorder has
worsening of his tics on a good dose of a stimulant that seems to control
his ADHD. How do
you manage this further in trying to improve the tics?
Answer: MONITOR THE TICS ONLY
●● Which comorbid diagnosis of childhood ADHD worsens the
prognosis into adolescence and
adulthood to the greatest degree?
Answer: CONDUCT DISORDER
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TESTED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COMPLETE
REVIEW
●● Studies show effective intervention for children with ADHD is to
involve their parents in
what part of Tx? (4x)
Answer: BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT
●● Child w ADHD ineffective Tx with methylphenidate. Next step in
management: (4x)
Answer: DEXTROAMPHETAMINE
●● Child w ADHD not respond to methylphenidate IR. What med to try
next (4x)
Answer: MIXED AMPHETAMINE SALTS
●● What aspect of ADHD is most likely to improve as children age?
(3x)
Answer: HYPERACTIVITY
,●● Atomoxetine's principal mechanism of action exerts a therapeutic
action because it: (2x)
Answer: IS A SELECTIVE NOREPINEPHRINE REUPTAKE
INHIBITOR.
●● Atomoxetine is most likely to be considered as initial treatment in
ADHD in adolescents
with: (2x)
Answer: SUBSTANCE USE D/O
●● The multimodal Tx study of children w/ ADHD examined the
comparative responses over
14 months of children to medication and intense psychosocial
interventions. What did the
findings of the study reveal w/ respect to ADHD symptom changes? (2x)
Answer: MEDICATION MANAGEMENT IS SUPERIOR TO
COMMUNITY CARE TREATMENT
●● The component of ADHD that is most likely to remain in
adulthood:(x2)
Answer: INATTENTION
●● Which perinatal factor is specifically associated with development of
ADHD?
, Answer: MATERNAL TOBACCO USE PRENATALLY
●● Which DSM-V diagnosis requires symptoms to be present in 2 or
more settings?
Answer: ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
(ADHD)
●● Current thinking about relationship between ADHD in children and
adults:
Answer: SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CHILDREN WILL GO ON
TO BECOME ADULTS WITH ADHD
●● 8 y/o boy w/ ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder, and chronic
motor tic disorder has
worsening of his tics on a good dose of a stimulant that seems to control
his ADHD. How do
you manage this further in trying to improve the tics?
Answer: MONITOR THE TICS ONLY
●● Which comorbid diagnosis of childhood ADHD worsens the
prognosis into adolescence and
adulthood to the greatest degree?
Answer: CONDUCT DISORDER
