PMHNP 101 LMR exam questions and answers|verified and accurate|2025/2026

PMHNP 101 LMR exam questions and
answers|verified and accurate|2025/2026
Antacids increase or decrease absorption of psychotropics? - ANSWER-Decrease (PPI)
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How far to space meds from antacids? - ANSWER-An hr before or after
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Self harming behavior: More for BPD or bipolar? - ANSWER-BPD
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How long is adjustment disorder? - ANSWER-Up to 6 months
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Malingering disorder vs factitious - ANSWER- B B B B B



Malingering more common in Men, refuse tests, resistent to treatments. Fakes illness for pers
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onal gain (i.e. faking workman's comp).
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Factitious more common in Females (except for Munchausens), usual hx of medical employm
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ent.



Reactive Attachment Disorder - ANSWER-
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Attachment disorder in which a child with disturbed behavior neither seeks out a caregiver no
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r responds to offers of help from one; fearfulness and sadness are often evident. WITHDRAW
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N, UNEMOTIONAL, probably FOSTER KID
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Conduct Disorder (CD) is considered _____ after age of 18 - ANSWER-
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Antisocial Personality Disorder B B




T/F ODD Does not usually progress to CD - ANSWER-T
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CD treatment - ANSWER-
B B B



mood stabilizers, antipsychotic/alpha agonist/adrenergic receptor blockers if overly aggressiv
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e

, Acute Stress Disorder vs PTSD - ANSWER-Acute: symptoms occur within and only last a month
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Criteria for Tourette's - ANSWER-2 motor tics and 1 vocal tic that have lasted for over a year
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Normal for kids and adolescence to have tics
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ADHD Prefrontal cortex (PFC) areas of involvement - ANSWER-
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PFC, (especially) dorsolateral PFC, orbitofrontal pfc, ventromedial pfc
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Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD) - ANSWER-
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A condition in which a child has chronic irritability and anger that culminates in frequent tantr
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ums that are inappropriate to the circumstances and to the child's age. Oftenn no identifiable
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trigger.



Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) - ANSWER-A type of impulse-
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control disorder characterized by repeated episodes of impulsive, uncontrollable aggression i
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n which people strike out at others or destroy property. Identifiable Triggers.
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Rett syndrome S&S - ANSWER-
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Loss of purposeful hand movements, speech, balance, coordination, (40% lose ambulatory abi
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lities)



Sterotypical hand movements: ringing, clasping, hand mouthing
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Irritable, Poor eye contact, weak/floppy muscle tone, slowed head growth
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What part of the brain does dementia effect - ANSWER-Frontal lobe
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A pt presents with what you suspect is dementia, what labs should you check - ANSWER-
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B12/folic acid to rule out vitamin deficiency
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