Maryville University NURS 661
Exam 3 MegaDeck 2026 Exam
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Who is at highest risk of suicide? - ANSWER ✔✔White, elderly men
Schizophrenia
Single, never married, divorced, recently widowed
Previous attempts
Adolescents with depression, bullied, or family hx of suicide
Who is most likely to succeed at committing suicide? - ANSWER
✔✔Older while males
,What are some protective factors for suicide? - ANSWER ✔✔Having
children
Religion
Stronger alliances with medical providers and therapists
What is lethality? - ANSWER ✔✔the probability that a person will
successfully complete suicide
What is intent? - ANSWER ✔✔Effective expectations for desire of
active death
What is a suicide attempt? - ANSWER ✔✔Includes all willful, self-
inflicted life-threatening attempts that have not led to death
What is suicidal ideation? - ANSWER ✔✔thinking about suicide,
usually with some serious emotional and intellectual or cognitive
overtones
Where in the brain do we theorize violence and aggression originate? -
ANSWER ✔✔Prefrontal cortex
How to assess for homicidal ideation? - ANSWER ✔✔Do you have
homicidal ideation? Who do you want to kill? How do you plan to do
this? Do you have access to the means necessary? Do you intend to
commit the act?
,What legal follow up is needed for homicidal ideation? - ANSWER
✔✔Duty to warn
Based on state laws
Obsession - ANSWER ✔✔1. Recurrent and persistent thoughts,
urges, or images that are experienced, at some time during the
disturbance, as intrusive and unwanted, and that in most individuals
cause marked anxiety or distress
2. The individual attempts to ignore or suppress such thoughts, urges, or
images, or to neutralize them with some other thought or action (i.e. by
performing a compulsion)
Compulsion - ANSWER ✔✔1. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
that the individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession or
according to rules that must be applied rigidly
2. The behaviors or mental acts are aimed at preventing or reducing
anxiety or distress, or preventing some dreaded event or situation,
however, these behaviors or mental acts are not connected in a realistic
way with what they are designed to neutralize or prevent, or are clearly
excessive
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, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) - ANSWER ✔✔A. Presence
of obsessions, compulsions, or both
B. The obsessions or compulsions are time-consuming (e.g. take more
than one hour per day) or cause clinically significant distress or
impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of
functioning
C. The obsessive-compulsive symptoms are not attributable to the
physiological effects of a substance or another medical condition
D. The disturbance is not better explained by the symptoms of another
mental disorder
PANDAS - ANSWER ✔✔Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric
Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections
OCD common co-morbid conditions - ANSWER ✔✔MDD (Major
depressive disorder)
Skin Picking
Hair Pulling
Most Common Compulsions - ANSWER ✔✔Checking
Ordering
Arranging
Exam 3 MegaDeck 2026 Exam
Questions and Answers |
Already Graded A+
Who is at highest risk of suicide? - ANSWER ✔✔White, elderly men
Schizophrenia
Single, never married, divorced, recently widowed
Previous attempts
Adolescents with depression, bullied, or family hx of suicide
Who is most likely to succeed at committing suicide? - ANSWER
✔✔Older while males
,What are some protective factors for suicide? - ANSWER ✔✔Having
children
Religion
Stronger alliances with medical providers and therapists
What is lethality? - ANSWER ✔✔the probability that a person will
successfully complete suicide
What is intent? - ANSWER ✔✔Effective expectations for desire of
active death
What is a suicide attempt? - ANSWER ✔✔Includes all willful, self-
inflicted life-threatening attempts that have not led to death
What is suicidal ideation? - ANSWER ✔✔thinking about suicide,
usually with some serious emotional and intellectual or cognitive
overtones
Where in the brain do we theorize violence and aggression originate? -
ANSWER ✔✔Prefrontal cortex
How to assess for homicidal ideation? - ANSWER ✔✔Do you have
homicidal ideation? Who do you want to kill? How do you plan to do
this? Do you have access to the means necessary? Do you intend to
commit the act?
,What legal follow up is needed for homicidal ideation? - ANSWER
✔✔Duty to warn
Based on state laws
Obsession - ANSWER ✔✔1. Recurrent and persistent thoughts,
urges, or images that are experienced, at some time during the
disturbance, as intrusive and unwanted, and that in most individuals
cause marked anxiety or distress
2. The individual attempts to ignore or suppress such thoughts, urges, or
images, or to neutralize them with some other thought or action (i.e. by
performing a compulsion)
Compulsion - ANSWER ✔✔1. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
that the individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession or
according to rules that must be applied rigidly
2. The behaviors or mental acts are aimed at preventing or reducing
anxiety or distress, or preventing some dreaded event or situation,
however, these behaviors or mental acts are not connected in a realistic
way with what they are designed to neutralize or prevent, or are clearly
excessive
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) - ANSWER ✔✔A. Presence
of obsessions, compulsions, or both
B. The obsessions or compulsions are time-consuming (e.g. take more
than one hour per day) or cause clinically significant distress or
impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of
functioning
C. The obsessive-compulsive symptoms are not attributable to the
physiological effects of a substance or another medical condition
D. The disturbance is not better explained by the symptoms of another
mental disorder
PANDAS - ANSWER ✔✔Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric
Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections
OCD common co-morbid conditions - ANSWER ✔✔MDD (Major
depressive disorder)
Skin Picking
Hair Pulling
Most Common Compulsions - ANSWER ✔✔Checking
Ordering
Arranging
