BCPP - INTRODUCTION TO
PSYCHIATRIC PHARMACY EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
Components of a mental status exam - ANS Appearance, behavior, cognition, thought
process (ABCT)
Thought blocking - ANS Individual suddenly stops speaking without any obvious reason
Pressured speech - ANS Speech that is increased in amount, accelerated, and difficult or
impossible to interrupt
Flight of ideas - ANS Over-productive, rapid speech during which the patient jumps rapidly
from one idea to the next
Circumstantial speech - ANS Speech that lacks a clear direction because of excessive,
unrelated information but eventually makes full circle back to the point at hand
Tangential speech - ANS Speech where ultimate point is never made
Perseveration - ANS Repetition of an original answer to subsequent questions
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, Mutism - ANS Patient does not respond even though they are aware of the discussion
Mood - ANS Feelings subjectively reported by the patient
Affect - ANS Expressed through facial expression, body posture, and tone of voice
Blunted affect - ANS Range of emotional expression is reduced but not absent
Incongruent affect - ANS Affect displayed is opposite of the mood being described
Labile affect - ANS Rapidly shifting affect from one extreme to the other
Delusion - ANS Fixed, false belief that is not based in reality or consistent with religion or
culture of the patient
Anosognosia - ANS Patient is unaware of their own mental disorder
Thought broadcasting - ANS Belief that one's thoughts are audible to others
Hallucinations - ANS False sensory impressions or perceptions that occur in the absence of
an external stimulus - can be auditory, visual, olfactory, tactile, or gustatory; can be continuous
or intermittent
Illusions - ANS Visual misinterpretations involving a misinterpretation of a real sensory
stimulus
Obsessions - ANS Unwanted thoughts or ideas that intrude a person's thinking
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PSYCHIATRIC PHARMACY EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
Components of a mental status exam - ANS Appearance, behavior, cognition, thought
process (ABCT)
Thought blocking - ANS Individual suddenly stops speaking without any obvious reason
Pressured speech - ANS Speech that is increased in amount, accelerated, and difficult or
impossible to interrupt
Flight of ideas - ANS Over-productive, rapid speech during which the patient jumps rapidly
from one idea to the next
Circumstantial speech - ANS Speech that lacks a clear direction because of excessive,
unrelated information but eventually makes full circle back to the point at hand
Tangential speech - ANS Speech where ultimate point is never made
Perseveration - ANS Repetition of an original answer to subsequent questions
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, Mutism - ANS Patient does not respond even though they are aware of the discussion
Mood - ANS Feelings subjectively reported by the patient
Affect - ANS Expressed through facial expression, body posture, and tone of voice
Blunted affect - ANS Range of emotional expression is reduced but not absent
Incongruent affect - ANS Affect displayed is opposite of the mood being described
Labile affect - ANS Rapidly shifting affect from one extreme to the other
Delusion - ANS Fixed, false belief that is not based in reality or consistent with religion or
culture of the patient
Anosognosia - ANS Patient is unaware of their own mental disorder
Thought broadcasting - ANS Belief that one's thoughts are audible to others
Hallucinations - ANS False sensory impressions or perceptions that occur in the absence of
an external stimulus - can be auditory, visual, olfactory, tactile, or gustatory; can be continuous
or intermittent
Illusions - ANS Visual misinterpretations involving a misinterpretation of a real sensory
stimulus
Obsessions - ANS Unwanted thoughts or ideas that intrude a person's thinking
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