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COURSE: NSG 552 Psychopharmacology Exam 2
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EXAM CODE: NSG 552: PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY-101
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EXAM INSTRUCTIONS:
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1. Print your full name and date clearly in the header above.
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2. This exam booklet contains both Test Questions (Part I) and Verified Solutions (Part II).
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3. Answer all multiple-choice questions clearly. Double-check your work.
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4. Do not break the seal or open this booklet until instructed to do so by the proctor.
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Q1. Term
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[Verified Solution]: Definition tb tbtb




Q2. Adjustment disorders
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[Verified Solution]: Occurs when a person develops emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to a s
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tressful event or situation; symptoms aren't those of normal bereavement and resolve within 6 months of th
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e stressor
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Q3. SSRIs (sertraline and duloxetine)
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[Verified Solution]: Which of the following class of meds are used as first-line therapy for PTSD?
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Q4. Blood pressure
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[Verified Solution]: What do you need to monitor if a patient is on Prazosin?
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Q5. Why are benzodiazepines contraindicated in PTSD treatment?
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[Verified Solution]: They interfere with the psychological processes needed to benefit from CBT: there is
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a high rate of comorbid SUD w/PTSD and benzodiazepines are highly addictive
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,Q6. What medications are FDA approved to treat PTSD?
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[Verified Solution]: Sertraline and Paroxetine
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Q7. When would you augment treatment of PTSD with an atypical antipsychotic?
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[Verified Solution]: Only in SEVERE cases
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Q8. What co-occurring disorder do patients with DID typically have?
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[Verified Solution]: PTSD tb tbtb




Q9. What are SSRIs effective for in DID?
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[Verified Solution]: Co-occurring depressive or PTSD symtpoms
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Q10. What are the suggested treatments for adjustment disorders?
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[Verified Solution]: Psychotherapy and pharmacology to target associated symptoms like anxiety, depres
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Q11. In patients with DID, what medication is used to reduce self-injurous behaviors?
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Q12. Is ECT contraindicated in DID?
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there is often concurrent depression/anxiety and ECT can be effective in treating it-
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especially if symptoms are treatment resistant
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Q13. What are the suggested treatments for excoriation disorder?
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[Verified Solution]: Psychotherapy; SSRIs to treat concurrent anxiety/depression; antipsychotics; ansiolyt
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Q14. What disorder has the following characteristics: recurrent skin picking that results in lesio
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ns despite attempts to stop?
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[Verified Solution]: excoriation disorder
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, Q15. What is the suggested treatment for tricholillomania?
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[Verified Solution]: Psychotherapy; SSRIs for concurrent anxiety/depression; Clomipramine, Atypical an
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tipsychotics (lithium, N-acetylcyteinetb tb




Q16. What disorder has the characteristic of recurrent pulling out one's hair despite repeated at
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[Verified Solution]: Trichotillomania
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Q17. What is the suggested treatment for hoarding disorder?
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[Verified Solution]: CBT specific for hoarding; SSRIs to treat concurrent anxiety/depression
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Q18. What disorder has the following characteristics: persistant difficulty discarding possession
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s regardless of value resulting in accumulation of possessions that compromise living space/abilit
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y to function. Person is resistant to treatment
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[Verified Solution]: Hoarding disorder
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Q19. What is the suggested treatment for body dysmorphic disorder?
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[Verified Solution]: Psychotherapy, SSRIs for concurrent anxiety/depression/OCD
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Q20. What disorder has the following characteristics? Preoccupation with one or more perceive
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d defects or flaws in physical appearance; spends significant time trying to correct perceived fla
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ws w/makeup, dermatological procedures, or plastic surgery
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[Verified Solution]: Body dysmorphia disorder
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Q21. What are the recommended treatments for DID?
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[Verified Solution]: Psychotherapy, SSRIs to target comorbid depressive/PTSD symptoms, Prazosin for
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nightmares, Naltrexone to decrease self-injurous behaviors
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Q22. Are there any medications effective in treating depersonalization/derealization
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