CMN 552 2026 PROFESSIONAL
COMMUNICATION PRACTICES REVIEW
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS EXPERT GUIDE
◉ excessive anxiety and worry (apprehensive expectation),
occurring more days than not for at least 6 months, about a number
of events or activities (such as work or school performance)
Answer: GAD
◉ an abrupt surge of intense fear or intense discomfort that reaches
a peak within minutes
Answer: panic attack
◉ what symptoms of panic disorder overlap with agoraphobia?
Answer: marked fear and avoidance behavior relating to specific
situations
◉ core fear in social anxiety disorder
Answer: erroneous association between social interactions and
negative consequences such as being perceived as boring or stupid
,◉ coping tactics by persons with anxiety disorders to temporarily
diminish feelings of threat and reduce one's anxiety level. can
emerge in response to situations, persons, activities or thoughts,
emotions, and memories that are a perceived threat
Answer: safety behaviors
◉ the people or objects used by patients with anxiety disorders to
diminish distress in situations that elicit anxiety. considered
antitherapeutic
Answer: safety signals
◉ 2 clinical features in specific phobia
Answer: excessive and unreasonable fear of a specific object or
situation
exposure to the phobic stimulus causes intense anxiety
◉ how to taper a patient off alprazolam?
Answer: 0.25 mg/weekly
◉ beta blocker used in the treatment of performance anxiety
Answer: propranolol
◉ potential side effects of buspirone?
, Answer: headache, dizziness, lightheadedness, nervousness,
excitement, fatigue, paresthesia, numbness, GI upset, some
movement disorders, precipitate hypomania or mania (primarily in
the elderly), high doses may worsen psychosis, dose depended
increase in prolactin and growth hormone levels reported
◉ indications for use of clonazepam?
Answer: panic disorder, seizure disorder, abnormal movements
associated with tardive dyskinesia, social phobia, catatonia,
myoclonus, restless legs syndrome, Tourette's syndrome, neuralgic
pain, rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder
◉ MODULE 3: TRAUMA AND STRESSOR RELATED DISORDERS
Answer:
◉ Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual
violence in one or more of the following ways
Answer: acute stress disorder
◉ the development of emotional or behavioral symptoms in
response to an identifiable stressor(s) occurring within 3 months of
the onset of the stressor(s)
Answer: adjustment disorder with anxiety
COMMUNICATION PRACTICES REVIEW
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS EXPERT GUIDE
◉ excessive anxiety and worry (apprehensive expectation),
occurring more days than not for at least 6 months, about a number
of events or activities (such as work or school performance)
Answer: GAD
◉ an abrupt surge of intense fear or intense discomfort that reaches
a peak within minutes
Answer: panic attack
◉ what symptoms of panic disorder overlap with agoraphobia?
Answer: marked fear and avoidance behavior relating to specific
situations
◉ core fear in social anxiety disorder
Answer: erroneous association between social interactions and
negative consequences such as being perceived as boring or stupid
,◉ coping tactics by persons with anxiety disorders to temporarily
diminish feelings of threat and reduce one's anxiety level. can
emerge in response to situations, persons, activities or thoughts,
emotions, and memories that are a perceived threat
Answer: safety behaviors
◉ the people or objects used by patients with anxiety disorders to
diminish distress in situations that elicit anxiety. considered
antitherapeutic
Answer: safety signals
◉ 2 clinical features in specific phobia
Answer: excessive and unreasonable fear of a specific object or
situation
exposure to the phobic stimulus causes intense anxiety
◉ how to taper a patient off alprazolam?
Answer: 0.25 mg/weekly
◉ beta blocker used in the treatment of performance anxiety
Answer: propranolol
◉ potential side effects of buspirone?
, Answer: headache, dizziness, lightheadedness, nervousness,
excitement, fatigue, paresthesia, numbness, GI upset, some
movement disorders, precipitate hypomania or mania (primarily in
the elderly), high doses may worsen psychosis, dose depended
increase in prolactin and growth hormone levels reported
◉ indications for use of clonazepam?
Answer: panic disorder, seizure disorder, abnormal movements
associated with tardive dyskinesia, social phobia, catatonia,
myoclonus, restless legs syndrome, Tourette's syndrome, neuralgic
pain, rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder
◉ MODULE 3: TRAUMA AND STRESSOR RELATED DISORDERS
Answer:
◉ Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual
violence in one or more of the following ways
Answer: acute stress disorder
◉ the development of emotional or behavioral symptoms in
response to an identifiable stressor(s) occurring within 3 months of
the onset of the stressor(s)
Answer: adjustment disorder with anxiety
