ADVANCED PRACTICE PSYCHIATRIC NURSING
CHAPTER 24 STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Prejudices against complementary and alternative approaches.
Answer: Approaches used only by a few people
Clients do not talk about using these approaches
Only used when conventional approaches fail
They are not effective
Complementary approaches are not professionally respected
◉ Prejudices in favor of complimentary and alternative approaches.
Answer: The belief that research is not needed
Used before safely
Effects cannot be proven
Natural substances are healthy
◉ The placebo effect.
Answer: The physiology of the placebo effect is basically self-healing
or nonspecific psychoneuroimmunological stimulation activated by
the context of the clinical encounter
,◉ SSRIs.
Answer: Initially used for depression are now also used for panic
disorder, social phobia, OCD, bulemia, impulse control disorders, and
fibromyalgia
◉ anticonvulsants.
Answer: initially used for seizure disorder are now found to be
effective in tx of bipolar mania, substance abuse, impulsivity,
treatment-resistant anxiety, depression, and psychosis
◉ atypical antipsychotics.
Answer: initially used for schizophrenia are now used for bipolar
mania, treatment-resistant depression, OCDs, delirium, and others
◉ Psychotherapy starts.
Answer: Believed to enhance the function of the prefrontal cortex
(PFC) and then down to the limbic system in a top-down manner
◉ Pharmacotherapy starts.
Answer: Starts at the limbic system and works up to the PFC in a
bottom-up pattern
◉ St John's wort.
, Answer: mild to moderate depression (nervous and psychiatric
disorders
◉ valerian.
Answer: insomnia;
◉ relaxation.
Answer: for anxiety
◉ (SAMe), inositol.
Answer: depression
◉ types of complementary interventions.
Answer: Biologically based practices
Mind-body practices
Manipulative, body-based practices
Energy approaches
Others
◉ biologically based products.
Answer: include a variety of herbal medicines, vitamins, minerals,
food, and other natural products
CHAPTER 24 STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Prejudices against complementary and alternative approaches.
Answer: Approaches used only by a few people
Clients do not talk about using these approaches
Only used when conventional approaches fail
They are not effective
Complementary approaches are not professionally respected
◉ Prejudices in favor of complimentary and alternative approaches.
Answer: The belief that research is not needed
Used before safely
Effects cannot be proven
Natural substances are healthy
◉ The placebo effect.
Answer: The physiology of the placebo effect is basically self-healing
or nonspecific psychoneuroimmunological stimulation activated by
the context of the clinical encounter
,◉ SSRIs.
Answer: Initially used for depression are now also used for panic
disorder, social phobia, OCD, bulemia, impulse control disorders, and
fibromyalgia
◉ anticonvulsants.
Answer: initially used for seizure disorder are now found to be
effective in tx of bipolar mania, substance abuse, impulsivity,
treatment-resistant anxiety, depression, and psychosis
◉ atypical antipsychotics.
Answer: initially used for schizophrenia are now used for bipolar
mania, treatment-resistant depression, OCDs, delirium, and others
◉ Psychotherapy starts.
Answer: Believed to enhance the function of the prefrontal cortex
(PFC) and then down to the limbic system in a top-down manner
◉ Pharmacotherapy starts.
Answer: Starts at the limbic system and works up to the PFC in a
bottom-up pattern
◉ St John's wort.
, Answer: mild to moderate depression (nervous and psychiatric
disorders
◉ valerian.
Answer: insomnia;
◉ relaxation.
Answer: for anxiety
◉ (SAMe), inositol.
Answer: depression
◉ types of complementary interventions.
Answer: Biologically based practices
Mind-body practices
Manipulative, body-based practices
Energy approaches
Others
◉ biologically based products.
Answer: include a variety of herbal medicines, vitamins, minerals,
food, and other natural products
