NURS 6635 MIDTERM 4 2026 ACTUAL TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
COMPLETE STUDY PACKAGE
◉ When is a mental disorder considered diagnosable?
Answer: Mental disorders are usually associated with significant
distress or disability in social, occupational, or other important
activities.
◉ Syndrome
Answer: A group or set of concurrent symptoms which, together, are
indicative of a disorder or disease.
◉ What is a syndrome a collection of?
Answer: Signs and symptoms.
◉ Symptom
Answer: Any sign, physical or mental, that stands for or signifies
something (e.g., psychopathology).
◉ Sign
,Answer: Observable phenomena which may signify something (e.g.,
psychopathology, behavioral disturbance).
◉ What sometimes makes a syndrome or a disorder?
Answer: A symptom and a sign.
◉ What is similar to a syndrome?
Answer: An episode.
◉ What are you going to find out from what the client might be
telling you?
Answer: Symptoms.
◉ What are some examples of symptoms?
Answer: Appetite loss, anxiety, depressed mood, auditory
hallucinations.
◉ What are some examples of signs?
Answer: Tearful, agitation, severe weight loss.
◉ What is something you don't want to do when making a
diagnosis?
Answer: Telescoping.
, ◉ Telescoping.
Answer: When you see a symptom and decide it is a disorder.
Jumping to conclusions.
◉ What are some issues to keep in mind in regards to diagnosis?
Answer: 1. Signs are used interchangeably for symptoms.
2. One symptom does not constitute a disorder.
◉ What are some cases for when you may want to make a diagnosis
off of one disorder?
Answer: 1. Sometimes a symptom (e.g., sleep disturbance) appears
in a number of disorder descriptions.
2. Other times there are symptoms (e.g., auditory hallucinations)
that strongly suggest a certain disorder (however, rendering a
diagnosis based upon a single symptom).
◉ What are some of the reasons to diagnose?
Answer: 1. Definition and organization of clinical information.
2. Communication with other professionals and agencies (e.g.,
reports, insurance companies).
3. Prediction of clinical course (prognosis).
4. Selection of treatment (most important).
PAPER QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
COMPLETE STUDY PACKAGE
◉ When is a mental disorder considered diagnosable?
Answer: Mental disorders are usually associated with significant
distress or disability in social, occupational, or other important
activities.
◉ Syndrome
Answer: A group or set of concurrent symptoms which, together, are
indicative of a disorder or disease.
◉ What is a syndrome a collection of?
Answer: Signs and symptoms.
◉ Symptom
Answer: Any sign, physical or mental, that stands for or signifies
something (e.g., psychopathology).
◉ Sign
,Answer: Observable phenomena which may signify something (e.g.,
psychopathology, behavioral disturbance).
◉ What sometimes makes a syndrome or a disorder?
Answer: A symptom and a sign.
◉ What is similar to a syndrome?
Answer: An episode.
◉ What are you going to find out from what the client might be
telling you?
Answer: Symptoms.
◉ What are some examples of symptoms?
Answer: Appetite loss, anxiety, depressed mood, auditory
hallucinations.
◉ What are some examples of signs?
Answer: Tearful, agitation, severe weight loss.
◉ What is something you don't want to do when making a
diagnosis?
Answer: Telescoping.
, ◉ Telescoping.
Answer: When you see a symptom and decide it is a disorder.
Jumping to conclusions.
◉ What are some issues to keep in mind in regards to diagnosis?
Answer: 1. Signs are used interchangeably for symptoms.
2. One symptom does not constitute a disorder.
◉ What are some cases for when you may want to make a diagnosis
off of one disorder?
Answer: 1. Sometimes a symptom (e.g., sleep disturbance) appears
in a number of disorder descriptions.
2. Other times there are symptoms (e.g., auditory hallucinations)
that strongly suggest a certain disorder (however, rendering a
diagnosis based upon a single symptom).
◉ What are some of the reasons to diagnose?
Answer: 1. Definition and organization of clinical information.
2. Communication with other professionals and agencies (e.g.,
reports, insurance companies).
3. Prediction of clinical course (prognosis).
4. Selection of treatment (most important).
