UMASS BCT 353 FINAL EXAM 2026 REVISION
NOTES AND STRUCTURED CONSTRUCTION
TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW GUIDE
◉ potential functional consequences of disruptive mood
dysregulation disorder include. Answer: chronic severe irritability,
marked disruption in child's family and peer relationships, school
performance, friendships, dangerous behavior, suicidal ideations or
attempts, severe aggression, psychiatric hospitalization
◉ usually defined by its subjective component as the sensation of
not sleeping well or enough.. Answer: insomnia
◉ characterized by either excessive nighttime sleep or excessive
sleepiness during the day. Answer: hypersomnia
◉ form of therapy focused more on identifying the negatively
valanced automatic thoughts associated with depressed moods and
using strategies to both test the accuracy of the negative thoughts
and consider more rational alternatives. Answer: Cognitive Therapy
◉ therapy that develops a time-limited approach to address the
common problematic patterns in relationships that plague the lives
of people with depression, including unresolved grief, role disputes,
,role transitions, and interpersonal deficits. elicits an interpersonal
inventory and identifies the area or areas of interpersonal difficulty
of greatest relevance to a particular patient. Answer: interpersonal
psychotherapy
◉ emphasizes two skills: observing one's perceived sensations and
accepting and experiencing those sensations nonjudgmentally.
Answer: mindfulness meditation therapy
◉ identify thoughts and behaviors that you want to change, and the
therapist helps you create a plan to change those thoughts and
behaviors.. Answer: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
◉ draws connections between your mood and relationships to
underlying interpersonal issues. Answer: Interpersonal Therapy
◉ focuses on changing problematic behaviors, feelings, and thoughts
by discovering their unconscious meanings and motivations.
Answer: psychoanalysis therapy
◉ Name some signs of psychomotor agitation. Answer: emotional
distress, restlessness, tapping, starting and ending tasks abruptly,
fidgeting, pacing, hand-wringing, fast talking, racing thoughts,
crowded thoughts, moving objects for no reason
, ◉ set of behaviors that goes along with psychomotor agitation.
Answer: packing back and forth, taking off and on clothes, twisting
their hands, tapping feet on floor, tapping fingers on surface, picking
up and moving objects around a room for no reason
◉ most reliable somatic indicators of depressive disorder:. Answer:
anorexia and weight loss
◉ other somatic indicators of depressive disorder. Answer: blunted
olfactory or taste sensations, decreased enjoyment of food,
dizziness, lethargy, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, fever,
sweating, chills, malaise, incoordination, insomnia, vivid dreams
◉ contraindications to ECT treatment. Answer: rheumatoid arthritis
complicated by erosion of the odontoid process, recent mi (must
wait 8 weeks), increased intracranial pressure, recent intracerebral
hemorrhage/aneurysm or stroke (must wait 8 weeks), extremely
loose teeth, threatened retinal detachment, concurrent
administration of an irreversible MAOI (must be discontinued 14
days prior to elective anesthesia), concurrent drug toxicity
◉ baseline labs recommended prior to treatment with Celexa?.
Answer: serum sodium at baseline and after 4 weeks
◉ antidepressant that can cause dose dependent cardiac
irregularities. Answer: Celexa or Tricyclics
NOTES AND STRUCTURED CONSTRUCTION
TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW GUIDE
◉ potential functional consequences of disruptive mood
dysregulation disorder include. Answer: chronic severe irritability,
marked disruption in child's family and peer relationships, school
performance, friendships, dangerous behavior, suicidal ideations or
attempts, severe aggression, psychiatric hospitalization
◉ usually defined by its subjective component as the sensation of
not sleeping well or enough.. Answer: insomnia
◉ characterized by either excessive nighttime sleep or excessive
sleepiness during the day. Answer: hypersomnia
◉ form of therapy focused more on identifying the negatively
valanced automatic thoughts associated with depressed moods and
using strategies to both test the accuracy of the negative thoughts
and consider more rational alternatives. Answer: Cognitive Therapy
◉ therapy that develops a time-limited approach to address the
common problematic patterns in relationships that plague the lives
of people with depression, including unresolved grief, role disputes,
,role transitions, and interpersonal deficits. elicits an interpersonal
inventory and identifies the area or areas of interpersonal difficulty
of greatest relevance to a particular patient. Answer: interpersonal
psychotherapy
◉ emphasizes two skills: observing one's perceived sensations and
accepting and experiencing those sensations nonjudgmentally.
Answer: mindfulness meditation therapy
◉ identify thoughts and behaviors that you want to change, and the
therapist helps you create a plan to change those thoughts and
behaviors.. Answer: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
◉ draws connections between your mood and relationships to
underlying interpersonal issues. Answer: Interpersonal Therapy
◉ focuses on changing problematic behaviors, feelings, and thoughts
by discovering their unconscious meanings and motivations.
Answer: psychoanalysis therapy
◉ Name some signs of psychomotor agitation. Answer: emotional
distress, restlessness, tapping, starting and ending tasks abruptly,
fidgeting, pacing, hand-wringing, fast talking, racing thoughts,
crowded thoughts, moving objects for no reason
, ◉ set of behaviors that goes along with psychomotor agitation.
Answer: packing back and forth, taking off and on clothes, twisting
their hands, tapping feet on floor, tapping fingers on surface, picking
up and moving objects around a room for no reason
◉ most reliable somatic indicators of depressive disorder:. Answer:
anorexia and weight loss
◉ other somatic indicators of depressive disorder. Answer: blunted
olfactory or taste sensations, decreased enjoyment of food,
dizziness, lethargy, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, fever,
sweating, chills, malaise, incoordination, insomnia, vivid dreams
◉ contraindications to ECT treatment. Answer: rheumatoid arthritis
complicated by erosion of the odontoid process, recent mi (must
wait 8 weeks), increased intracranial pressure, recent intracerebral
hemorrhage/aneurysm or stroke (must wait 8 weeks), extremely
loose teeth, threatened retinal detachment, concurrent
administration of an irreversible MAOI (must be discontinued 14
days prior to elective anesthesia), concurrent drug toxicity
◉ baseline labs recommended prior to treatment with Celexa?.
Answer: serum sodium at baseline and after 4 weeks
◉ antidepressant that can cause dose dependent cardiac
irregularities. Answer: Celexa or Tricyclics
