NRt 547/t NR547t Finalt Exam:t Differentialt
Diagnosist int Psychiatric-Mentalt Healtht
Guidet (Latestt 2025/t 2026t Update)t |t
Questionst &t Answers|t Gradet A|t 100%t
Correctt (Verifiedt Solutions)-t Chamberlain
QUESTION
Whent at patientt hast ant impairmentt oft behaviort oft instrumentalst oft dailyt lifet sucht ast
cooking,t cleaning,t payingt bills.t Thist ist at _____t behaviort impairment.
Answer:
Mild
QUESTION
Whent at patientt hast ant impairmentt oft behaviort oft basict activitiest oft dailyt lifet sucht ast
eatingt andt dressing.t Thist ist at _____t behaviort impairment.
Answer:
Moderate
QUESTION
Whent at patientt hast ant impairmentt oft behaviort oft int allt activitiest andt thist patientt ist
completelyt dependentt ont someonet else.t Thist ist at _____t behaviort impairment.
Answer:
SEVERE
,QUESTION
__________t referst tot at diseaset processt markedt byt progressivet cognitivet impairmentt int
cleart consciousness.t Impairmentt int language,t executivet function,t learning/memory,t socialt
cognitiont andt perceptualt moret thant 1t impairmentt int anyt oft theset areas.
Answer:
DEMENTIA
QUESTION
Whatt aret somet causest oft NCD?
Answer:
Alzheimer'st disease,t frontotemporalt lobart degeneration,t Lewyt bodyt disease,t vasculart
disease,t traumatict braint injury,t substance/medicationt use,t HIVt infection,t priont disease,t
Parkinson'st disease,t Huntington'st disease
QUESTION
Whicht dementiat ist this?t Thist ist usuallyt at slowt onsett andt gradualt progressiont overt
monthst tot years.t Thist ist usuallyt at deficitt int short-termt memoryt losst alsot associatedt
witht episodict memoryt impairmentt accompaniedt byt subtlet cognitivet deficitst sucht ast
visuospatialt problemst (favoringt onet sidet ort hemisphere,t unablet tot seet anothert side)t andt
anomiat (difficultyt tot findt wordst ort names).t Thet patientt cant havet BRAINt ATROPHYt
witht NEUROTICt PLAQUESt containingt AMYLOIDt andt NEUROFIBRILLARYt
TANGLESt containingt phosphyorylatedt tau.
Answer:
Alzheimerst disease-t thet mostt commont causet oft dementia
QUESTION
Whatt aret neurocognitivet disorders?
,Answer:
Theset aret chronict ort progressivet disorderst oft anyt typet thatt affectt cognition,t memory,t
languaget andt at declinet int motort skills.t Thet impairmentt int cognitivet functiont ist oftent
accompaniedt byt at declinet int emotionalt control,t socialt behavior,t ort motivationt andt ist
markedt byt ant appreciablet deteriorationt int abilitiest thatt resultst int thet decreasedt abilityt
tot safelyt performt thet activitiest oft dailyt living.
QUESTION
Namet somet causest oft NCD
Answer:
Alzheimer'st disease
frontotemporalt lobart degeneration
Lewyt bodyt disease
vasculart disease
traumatict braint injury
substance/medicationt use
HIVt infection
priont disease
Parkinson'st disease
Huntington'st disease
QUESTION
NCDt diseaset processt hast severities:t Eithert Mildt ort Major.
Answer:
QUESTION
__________t Neurocognitivet Disorder-t thet cognitivet declinet ist limitedt tot beingt onlyt att at
modestt levelt oft severity.
•Thet diagnosist ist madet whent thet individual,t at knowledgeablet informant,t ort thet
cliniciant noticest at mildt declinet int thet patient'st cognitivet function
, •thist declinet mustt bet accompaniedt byt evidencet oft at modestt impairmentt int cognitivet
performancet preferablyt documentedt byt standardizedt neuropsychologicalt testingt ort anothert
quantifiedt clinicalt assessment
Answer:
MILD
QUESTION
_______t Neurocognitivet Disorder-t at significantt declinet int cognitiont thatt ist sot severet ast
tot interferet witht independence.
Answer:
MAJOR
QUESTION
Whicht dementiat ist this?t Vasculart riskt factorst sucht ast HTN,DM,t stroket ort MI.t Thet
patientt cant havet s/st sucht ast focalt neurologicalt deficitt consistentt witht stroket sucht ast
unilateralt weaknesst andt hyperreflexiat andt Babinkskit sign.t Temporalt relationalt betweent
vasculart eventt andt onsett oft cognitivet impairmentt withint minutest ort dayst witht at
stepwiset course.
Answer:
Vasculart Dementia
QUESTION
Whicht dementiat ist this?t At slowt onsett andt gradualt progressiont overt monthst ort years;t
FLUCTUATIONSt int levelst oft ALERTNESSt andt COGNITION.t REMt behaviort disordert
fort yearst precedingt thet cognitivet impairment.t VISUALt ANDt OTHERt
HALLUCINATIONSt ort aggressivet behavior.t Ont thet MRIt yout willt seet intraneuronalt
Lewyt bodyt inclusionst containingt at synuclein,t includingt int thet neocortex.t Thet patientt
willt alsot havet markedt visuospatialt problemst witht relativet preservationt oft memory;t
parkinsonism,t bradykinesiat (EPSt symptoms)t andt rigidityt butt alsot stoopedt posturet andt
Diagnosist int Psychiatric-Mentalt Healtht
Guidet (Latestt 2025/t 2026t Update)t |t
Questionst &t Answers|t Gradet A|t 100%t
Correctt (Verifiedt Solutions)-t Chamberlain
QUESTION
Whent at patientt hast ant impairmentt oft behaviort oft instrumentalst oft dailyt lifet sucht ast
cooking,t cleaning,t payingt bills.t Thist ist at _____t behaviort impairment.
Answer:
Mild
QUESTION
Whent at patientt hast ant impairmentt oft behaviort oft basict activitiest oft dailyt lifet sucht ast
eatingt andt dressing.t Thist ist at _____t behaviort impairment.
Answer:
Moderate
QUESTION
Whent at patientt hast ant impairmentt oft behaviort oft int allt activitiest andt thist patientt ist
completelyt dependentt ont someonet else.t Thist ist at _____t behaviort impairment.
Answer:
SEVERE
,QUESTION
__________t referst tot at diseaset processt markedt byt progressivet cognitivet impairmentt int
cleart consciousness.t Impairmentt int language,t executivet function,t learning/memory,t socialt
cognitiont andt perceptualt moret thant 1t impairmentt int anyt oft theset areas.
Answer:
DEMENTIA
QUESTION
Whatt aret somet causest oft NCD?
Answer:
Alzheimer'st disease,t frontotemporalt lobart degeneration,t Lewyt bodyt disease,t vasculart
disease,t traumatict braint injury,t substance/medicationt use,t HIVt infection,t priont disease,t
Parkinson'st disease,t Huntington'st disease
QUESTION
Whicht dementiat ist this?t Thist ist usuallyt at slowt onsett andt gradualt progressiont overt
monthst tot years.t Thist ist usuallyt at deficitt int short-termt memoryt losst alsot associatedt
witht episodict memoryt impairmentt accompaniedt byt subtlet cognitivet deficitst sucht ast
visuospatialt problemst (favoringt onet sidet ort hemisphere,t unablet tot seet anothert side)t andt
anomiat (difficultyt tot findt wordst ort names).t Thet patientt cant havet BRAINt ATROPHYt
witht NEUROTICt PLAQUESt containingt AMYLOIDt andt NEUROFIBRILLARYt
TANGLESt containingt phosphyorylatedt tau.
Answer:
Alzheimerst disease-t thet mostt commont causet oft dementia
QUESTION
Whatt aret neurocognitivet disorders?
,Answer:
Theset aret chronict ort progressivet disorderst oft anyt typet thatt affectt cognition,t memory,t
languaget andt at declinet int motort skills.t Thet impairmentt int cognitivet functiont ist oftent
accompaniedt byt at declinet int emotionalt control,t socialt behavior,t ort motivationt andt ist
markedt byt ant appreciablet deteriorationt int abilitiest thatt resultst int thet decreasedt abilityt
tot safelyt performt thet activitiest oft dailyt living.
QUESTION
Namet somet causest oft NCD
Answer:
Alzheimer'st disease
frontotemporalt lobart degeneration
Lewyt bodyt disease
vasculart disease
traumatict braint injury
substance/medicationt use
HIVt infection
priont disease
Parkinson'st disease
Huntington'st disease
QUESTION
NCDt diseaset processt hast severities:t Eithert Mildt ort Major.
Answer:
QUESTION
__________t Neurocognitivet Disorder-t thet cognitivet declinet ist limitedt tot beingt onlyt att at
modestt levelt oft severity.
•Thet diagnosist ist madet whent thet individual,t at knowledgeablet informant,t ort thet
cliniciant noticest at mildt declinet int thet patient'st cognitivet function
, •thist declinet mustt bet accompaniedt byt evidencet oft at modestt impairmentt int cognitivet
performancet preferablyt documentedt byt standardizedt neuropsychologicalt testingt ort anothert
quantifiedt clinicalt assessment
Answer:
MILD
QUESTION
_______t Neurocognitivet Disorder-t at significantt declinet int cognitiont thatt ist sot severet ast
tot interferet witht independence.
Answer:
MAJOR
QUESTION
Whicht dementiat ist this?t Vasculart riskt factorst sucht ast HTN,DM,t stroket ort MI.t Thet
patientt cant havet s/st sucht ast focalt neurologicalt deficitt consistentt witht stroket sucht ast
unilateralt weaknesst andt hyperreflexiat andt Babinkskit sign.t Temporalt relationalt betweent
vasculart eventt andt onsett oft cognitivet impairmentt withint minutest ort dayst witht at
stepwiset course.
Answer:
Vasculart Dementia
QUESTION
Whicht dementiat ist this?t At slowt onsett andt gradualt progressiont overt monthst ort years;t
FLUCTUATIONSt int levelst oft ALERTNESSt andt COGNITION.t REMt behaviort disordert
fort yearst precedingt thet cognitivet impairment.t VISUALt ANDt OTHERt
HALLUCINATIONSt ort aggressivet behavior.t Ont thet MRIt yout willt seet intraneuronalt
Lewyt bodyt inclusionst containingt at synuclein,t includingt int thet neocortex.t Thet patientt
willt alsot havet markedt visuospatialt problemst witht relativet preservationt oft memory;t
parkinsonism,t bradykinesiat (EPSt symptoms)t andt rigidityt butt alsot stoopedt posturet andt
