Swift River Mental Health psychiatric
definitions Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
ADHD - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Persistent pattern of at least 6 symptoms of
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inattention and/or hyperactivity or impulsivity that persists for at least 6 months
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that has a negative effect on social, occupational, or academic activities.
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Alcohol Use Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A problematic pattern of alcohol
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consumption within a 12-month period that causes impairment as manifested by
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two or more behaviors, such as craving alcohol, desire to decrease use, need to
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increased amounts to achieve intoxication, or symptoms of withdrawal upon
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cessation of use. | |
Anorexia Nervosa (AN) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-lack or loss of appetite for food
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(as a medical condition).
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Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A persistent
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pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others; callousness, or lack
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of empathy; deceitful; aggressive, manipulative; little to no capacity for intimacy
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in personal relationships; failure to confirm to social norms and laws; disregard
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for work, school, and family obligations; commonly referred to as sociopath.
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Bulimia Nervosa (BN) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An eating disorder characterized
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by binge eating and purging or consuming a large amount of food in a short
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amount of time, followed by an attempt to rid oneself of the food content
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(purging).
Catatonia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Patient moves very little or not at all, may be
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so severe as to exhibit muscle rigidity (catalepsy) and limbs can remain in
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whatever position they are placed; or excessive, purposeless movement that is
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accompanied by echolalia and echopraxia. | | | |
, Dementia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Slow onset of a collection of symptoms of
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significant cognitive decline in at least 1 cognitive domain (complex attention,
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language, social cognition, learning and memory, executive function) that is
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nonreversible and progressively worsens over time. | | | | |
Dissociative Amnesia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a condition in which a person
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cannot remember important information about their life. This forgetting may be
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limited to certain specific areas (thematic), or may include much of the person's
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life history and/or identity (general).
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Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-At least 5 symptoms
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present during the same two week period that includes either depressed mood
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or loss of interest in pleasure; symptoms can include feeling sad, empty or
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tearful; inability to feel happy (anhedonia); insomnia or hypersomnia;
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unintentional weight loss or gain; feelings of worthlessness; poor concentration;
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recurrent thoughts of death or suicidal ideation.
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Panic Disorder w/ Agoraphobia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Anxiety so intense it
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causes a person to fear death, fear more episodes, be afraid of crowds or open
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spaces, lasting six months or more.
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Schizophrenia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a long-term mental disorder of a type | | | | | | | | | |
involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior,
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leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from
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reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of
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mental fragmentation |
Somatic Symptom Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is diagnosed when a person
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has a significant focus on physical symptoms, such as pain, weakness or
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shortness of breath, to a level that results in major distress and/or problems
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functioning. The individual has excessive thoughts, feelings and behaviors relating
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|to the physical symptoms.
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definitions Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
ADHD - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Persistent pattern of at least 6 symptoms of
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inattention and/or hyperactivity or impulsivity that persists for at least 6 months
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that has a negative effect on social, occupational, or academic activities.
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Alcohol Use Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A problematic pattern of alcohol
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consumption within a 12-month period that causes impairment as manifested by
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two or more behaviors, such as craving alcohol, desire to decrease use, need to
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increased amounts to achieve intoxication, or symptoms of withdrawal upon
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cessation of use. | |
Anorexia Nervosa (AN) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-lack or loss of appetite for food
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(as a medical condition).
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Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A persistent
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pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others; callousness, or lack
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of empathy; deceitful; aggressive, manipulative; little to no capacity for intimacy
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in personal relationships; failure to confirm to social norms and laws; disregard
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for work, school, and family obligations; commonly referred to as sociopath.
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Bulimia Nervosa (BN) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An eating disorder characterized
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by binge eating and purging or consuming a large amount of food in a short
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amount of time, followed by an attempt to rid oneself of the food content
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(purging).
Catatonia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Patient moves very little or not at all, may be
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so severe as to exhibit muscle rigidity (catalepsy) and limbs can remain in
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whatever position they are placed; or excessive, purposeless movement that is
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accompanied by echolalia and echopraxia. | | | |
, Dementia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Slow onset of a collection of symptoms of
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significant cognitive decline in at least 1 cognitive domain (complex attention,
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language, social cognition, learning and memory, executive function) that is
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nonreversible and progressively worsens over time. | | | | |
Dissociative Amnesia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a condition in which a person
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cannot remember important information about their life. This forgetting may be
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limited to certain specific areas (thematic), or may include much of the person's
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life history and/or identity (general).
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Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-At least 5 symptoms
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present during the same two week period that includes either depressed mood
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or loss of interest in pleasure; symptoms can include feeling sad, empty or
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tearful; inability to feel happy (anhedonia); insomnia or hypersomnia;
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unintentional weight loss or gain; feelings of worthlessness; poor concentration;
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recurrent thoughts of death or suicidal ideation.
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Panic Disorder w/ Agoraphobia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Anxiety so intense it
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causes a person to fear death, fear more episodes, be afraid of crowds or open
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spaces, lasting six months or more.
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Schizophrenia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a long-term mental disorder of a type | | | | | | | | | |
involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior,
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leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from
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reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of
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mental fragmentation |
Somatic Symptom Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is diagnosed when a person
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has a significant focus on physical symptoms, such as pain, weakness or
| | | | | | | | | | | |
shortness of breath, to a level that results in major distress and/or problems
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functioning. The individual has excessive thoughts, feelings and behaviors relating
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|to the physical symptoms.
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