Nurse 6635 pmhnp midterm exam | 100 questions with correct answers & explanations | latest
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Potassium - -Select the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs to treat
psychiatric disorders in psychosomatic patients
-Erickson - -Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the psychosocial life cycle
-Sexual abuse and Partner Betrayal - -Select two causes of dissociative amnesia
-AIMS - -Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during prescribing
antipsychotic drugs
-Autism and Intellectual disability - -Select the two comorbid disorders with which Pica occurs
most commonly
-20% recover, 10% mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30% no change or worse - -
Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients
-Sequential events - -Select the memory category retained in transient global amnesia that is
absent in dissociative amnesia
-Eating with friends but not Family - -The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with
anorexia nervosa
-Psychiatrist History and mental status examination - -Select the two most important elements
of the psychiatric interview to establish a mental illness diagnosis.
-Patient Resistance - -Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients.
-Central Apnea - -Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common symptom
-Hoarding - -Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely to initially
seek help from a Primary Care Provider
-CAPS - -Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder
-4 - -Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed
-Dysthymia - -Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to observing
violence in television, movies, and video games
-Medical history - -Select a provider's most important knowledge area essential to a successful
mental health interview of a child
, -6-8 weeks - -Select the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of antidepressant
drug therapy
-PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams - -What is one main difference between acute stress
disorder and PTSD?
-Short duration of symptoms - -Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD disorders
include all the following EXCEPT:
-Angina Pectoris - -Select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause of somatic
symptom disorder or hypochondriasis
-Appetite - -What is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing depression in
adolescents?
-Acetylcholine - -Select the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the pathophysiology of
schizophrenia.
-Privacy - -Select the most important component of the patient-provider rapport.
-Cognitive-behaviour therapy CBT and SSRI antidepressants - -Select the most effective
treatment for social anxiety disorder in children
-Echolalia - -All the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing speech and language
in children EXCEPT:
-Concurrent substance abuse - -Select the factor that is required to cause PTSD from a stressor
-Generativity versus - -All the following are classes of coping mechanisms in the Model of
Mental Health as Resilience where humans overcome stressful situations EXCEPT:
-Caudate - -Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a decreased
activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors?
-Secracy of eating rituals and Insisting weight loss has a medical cause - -Select the two
complications in diagnosing patients with anorexia nervosa
-separation - -Select the anxiety disorder that emerges in ages 9 to 18 months.
-Dizziness and Constipation - -Select the two most common peripheral symptoms of anxiety
-Melatonin - -Select the hormone or neurotransmitter that is involved in regulating the 24-hour
circadian sleep-wake cycle.
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Potassium - -Select the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs to treat
psychiatric disorders in psychosomatic patients
-Erickson - -Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the psychosocial life cycle
-Sexual abuse and Partner Betrayal - -Select two causes of dissociative amnesia
-AIMS - -Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during prescribing
antipsychotic drugs
-Autism and Intellectual disability - -Select the two comorbid disorders with which Pica occurs
most commonly
-20% recover, 10% mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30% no change or worse - -
Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients
-Sequential events - -Select the memory category retained in transient global amnesia that is
absent in dissociative amnesia
-Eating with friends but not Family - -The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with
anorexia nervosa
-Psychiatrist History and mental status examination - -Select the two most important elements
of the psychiatric interview to establish a mental illness diagnosis.
-Patient Resistance - -Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients.
-Central Apnea - -Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common symptom
-Hoarding - -Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely to initially
seek help from a Primary Care Provider
-CAPS - -Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder
-4 - -Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed
-Dysthymia - -Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to observing
violence in television, movies, and video games
-Medical history - -Select a provider's most important knowledge area essential to a successful
mental health interview of a child
, -6-8 weeks - -Select the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of antidepressant
drug therapy
-PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams - -What is one main difference between acute stress
disorder and PTSD?
-Short duration of symptoms - -Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD disorders
include all the following EXCEPT:
-Angina Pectoris - -Select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause of somatic
symptom disorder or hypochondriasis
-Appetite - -What is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing depression in
adolescents?
-Acetylcholine - -Select the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the pathophysiology of
schizophrenia.
-Privacy - -Select the most important component of the patient-provider rapport.
-Cognitive-behaviour therapy CBT and SSRI antidepressants - -Select the most effective
treatment for social anxiety disorder in children
-Echolalia - -All the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing speech and language
in children EXCEPT:
-Concurrent substance abuse - -Select the factor that is required to cause PTSD from a stressor
-Generativity versus - -All the following are classes of coping mechanisms in the Model of
Mental Health as Resilience where humans overcome stressful situations EXCEPT:
-Caudate - -Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a decreased
activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors?
-Secracy of eating rituals and Insisting weight loss has a medical cause - -Select the two
complications in diagnosing patients with anorexia nervosa
-separation - -Select the anxiety disorder that emerges in ages 9 to 18 months.
-Dizziness and Constipation - -Select the two most common peripheral symptoms of anxiety
-Melatonin - -Select the hormone or neurotransmitter that is involved in regulating the 24-hour
circadian sleep-wake cycle.
