NRNP6635 / NRNP 6635 (Latest 2025 / 2026): Midterm Exam - Psychopathology and Diagnostic Reasoning – Walden

Q:: Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients. Answer:: Patient Resistance Q:: Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common symptom Answer:: Central Apnea Q:: Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely to initially seek help from a Primary Care Provider Answer:: Hoarding Q:: Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder Answer:: CAPS Q:: Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed Answer:: 4 Q:: Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to observing violence in television movies and video games Answer:: Dysthymia Q:: Select a provider's most important knowledge area essential to a successful mental health interview of a child Answer:: Medical history Q:: Select the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of antidepressant drug therapy Answer:: 6-8 weeks Q:: What is one main difference between acute stress disorder and PTSD? Answer:: PTSD has recurrent distressing dreams Q:: Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD disorders include all the following EXCEPT: Answer:: Short duration of symptoms Q:: Select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause of somatic symptom disorder or hypochondriasis Answer:: Angina Pectoris Q:: What is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing depression in adolescents? Answer:: Appetite Q:: Select the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Answer:: Acetylcholine Q:: Select the most important component of the patient-provider rapport. Answer:: Privacy Q:: Select the most effective treatment for social anxiety disorder in children Answer:: Cognitive-behaviour therapy CBT and SSRI antidepressants Q:: All the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing speech and language in children EXCEPT: Answer:: Echolalia Q:: Select the factor that is required to cause PTSD from a stressor Answer:: Concurrent substance abuse Q:: All the following are classes of coping mechanisms in the Model of Mental Health as Resilience where humans overcome stressful situations EXCEPT: Answer:: Generativity versus Q:: Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a decreased activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors? Answer:: Caudate Q:: Select the two complications in diagnosing patients with anorexia nervosa Answer:: Secracy of eating rituals and Insisting weight loss has a medical cause