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Maryville University NURS 661 Exam
3 Megadeck| Actual Questions With
Answers
Alcoholism and suicide - correct-answer -15% of alcoholics commit suicide
schizophrenia - correct-answer -10% of those with schizophrenia commit suicide
Social supports and suicide - correct-answer -they are usually lacking in those who
commit suicide
Details of a suicide plan that contribute to the success of a suicide plan - correct-
answer -a detailed plan increases likelihood of suicide
are those who are married more likely to commit suicide? - correct-answer -no
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self mutilation - correct-answer -a method of coping. Don't injure themselves to
end their life, but instead a way to know they are still alive
suicidal gestures - correct-answer -individual sees no other way out and choose to
end their lives
What are some examples of OCD behaviors other than the leading behavior of
checking - correct-answer -Washing 50%
Counting 36%
Need to ask or confess 31%
Symmetry and precision 28%
Hoarding 18%
medication for Tricholtillomania - correct-answer -SSRI
Therapy treatment for Trichotillomania - correct-answer -behavioral treatments:
biofeedback, self monitoring, desensitization and habit reversal, insight-oriented
psychotherapy, and hypnotherapty
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pre disposing factors for anorexia in males - correct-answer -gay orientation in
men, because of pressures for muscular slimness
at risk are those in performance sports: wrestling, modeling, dancing, gymnastics,
swimming
*17% of boys who wrestle, develop full or partial eating disorder, with minority
continuing on after training
visual bilateral stimulation in EMDR - correct-answer -eyes moving horizontally
back and forth
auditory bilateral stimulation in EMDR - correct-answer -eye moving horizontally
back and forth
Tactile bilateral stimulation in EMDR - correct-answer -alternate tapping on each
hand or knee
three stages of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) - correct-answer -beginning (1-3
sessions), middle and end (3 sessions)
How to assess for homicidal ideation - correct-answer -Address the patient's
beliefs; do they want to harm someone else? do they have a plan to harm
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someone? do they have the means to carry out the plan? Do they state that they
want to carry out the plan?
What area of the brain is most associated with violence - correct-answer -Pre
frontal cortex
Which symptom if not resolved often leads to suicide? - correct-answer -
hopelessness
Identify internal protective factors among patients at risk for suicide: - correct-
answer -ability to cope with stress, religious beliefs, frustration tolerance
Know which symptoms if not resolved often lead to patients attempting suicide -
correct-answer -hopelessness
Which medication has been linked to reducing suicidal ideation among patients? -
correct-answer -Lithium
Maryville University NURS 661 Exam
3 Megadeck| Actual Questions With
Answers
Alcoholism and suicide - correct-answer -15% of alcoholics commit suicide
schizophrenia - correct-answer -10% of those with schizophrenia commit suicide
Social supports and suicide - correct-answer -they are usually lacking in those who
commit suicide
Details of a suicide plan that contribute to the success of a suicide plan - correct-
answer -a detailed plan increases likelihood of suicide
are those who are married more likely to commit suicide? - correct-answer -no
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self mutilation - correct-answer -a method of coping. Don't injure themselves to
end their life, but instead a way to know they are still alive
suicidal gestures - correct-answer -individual sees no other way out and choose to
end their lives
What are some examples of OCD behaviors other than the leading behavior of
checking - correct-answer -Washing 50%
Counting 36%
Need to ask or confess 31%
Symmetry and precision 28%
Hoarding 18%
medication for Tricholtillomania - correct-answer -SSRI
Therapy treatment for Trichotillomania - correct-answer -behavioral treatments:
biofeedback, self monitoring, desensitization and habit reversal, insight-oriented
psychotherapy, and hypnotherapty
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pre disposing factors for anorexia in males - correct-answer -gay orientation in
men, because of pressures for muscular slimness
at risk are those in performance sports: wrestling, modeling, dancing, gymnastics,
swimming
*17% of boys who wrestle, develop full or partial eating disorder, with minority
continuing on after training
visual bilateral stimulation in EMDR - correct-answer -eyes moving horizontally
back and forth
auditory bilateral stimulation in EMDR - correct-answer -eye moving horizontally
back and forth
Tactile bilateral stimulation in EMDR - correct-answer -alternate tapping on each
hand or knee
three stages of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) - correct-answer -beginning (1-3
sessions), middle and end (3 sessions)
How to assess for homicidal ideation - correct-answer -Address the patient's
beliefs; do they want to harm someone else? do they have a plan to harm
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someone? do they have the means to carry out the plan? Do they state that they
want to carry out the plan?
What area of the brain is most associated with violence - correct-answer -Pre
frontal cortex
Which symptom if not resolved often leads to suicide? - correct-answer -
hopelessness
Identify internal protective factors among patients at risk for suicide: - correct-
answer -ability to cope with stress, religious beliefs, frustration tolerance
Know which symptoms if not resolved often lead to patients attempting suicide -
correct-answer -hopelessness
Which medication has been linked to reducing suicidal ideation among patients? -
correct-answer -Lithium
