PMHNP Comprehensive Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct

PMHNP Comprehensive Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct AIMS Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale for 8 and older 12 item tool to assess symptoms of tardive dyskinesia for patients taking antipsychotics Rating 0-4, >2 to diagnose TD and reduce dose BARS Barnes Akathisia Rating Scale for 8 and older 4 item tool to assess objective and subjective symptoms of akathisia with antipsychotics and/or SSRIs CRS-R Connors Rating Scales - Revised for 3-17 ADHD Parent (80 items) and Teacher Scales (59 items) Low T-score of 61= mildly atypical; >70 = markedly atypical Subscales for Oppositional Behaviors, Cognitive Problems, Hyperactivity, ADHD Index, Anxious-Shy, Perfectionism, Social Problems, DSM-IV Subscales and Connors' Global Index Vanderbilt ADHD Parent and Teacher 55 parent, 43 teacher items for 6-12 Initial assessment rates symptoms and impairment in academic and behavioral performance ASRS-1 Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale, 16 and older Two-part Screening Part A: 6 questions, 4 symptoms suggest ADHD Part B: 12 questions to clarify and quantify AUDIT-C Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test - Consumption, > 13 Documents use and frequency in prior year 0-4, F >3 = positive, M >4 = positive, >8 = hazardous drinking CAGE-AID IDs problem drinking or druging, 13 and older (C=cut down, A=annoy, G=guilty, E=Eye-opener, AID=altered to include drugs CRAFFT 6-item screen for alcohol or drugs in adolescents, 14-18 (C=car, R=relax, A=alone, F=forget, F= family or friends, T= trouble) BAI Beck Anxiety Inventory, 17 and older Assesses 21 symptoms of anxiety, 0-36 scores HAM-A Hamilton Anxiety Scale, most commonly used 14 domains, 14=mild, 18-24= moderate, 25-30=severe LSAS-CA Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale-Child/Adolescent Version, 7 and older 24 items, social and performance 55-65=moderate social phobia, 65-80=marked, 80-95=severe, >95=very severe MMSE Mini Mental Status Exam 30 items, 24-30= no cognitive impairment; 18-23=mild cognitive impairment; 0-17= severe cognitive impairment MOCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment >26=normal, add point for <12th grade education SPMSQ Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire 10 items, more than 3 incorrect indicates dementia BDI-2 Beck Depression inventory, 13 and older presence and impact of depressive symptoms 21 items, <10=normal; 11-17=mild depression; 18-23=moderate; 24+=severe CCSD Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia 19 items, <6=no significant depression; 8-17=probable major depression; >18=definite depression MDQ Mood Disorder Questionnaire Screen for mania or hypomania positive if 7 or more of 13 items in question #1 present and #2 is yes and #3 gets moderate or serious problem response YMRS Young Mania Rating Scale, 11 items (adult) Range 0-60; adults with 12 or more=mania CY-BOCS ... YBOCS Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale 10 items; age 14 and older gold standard for OC symptoms score indicates level of severity BPRS Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, 18 and older Assesses psychopathology (+, - and affective) with schizophrenia, not for screening or DX PANSS Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, 18 and older measures changes in symptom intensity in psychosis and schizophrenia Gold standard in studies of treatment efficacy SPS Suicide Probability Scale, 13 and older Rapid measure of suicide risk higher score indicates greater risk CIWA-Ar Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment of Alcohol Scale, Revised 9 item symptom rating scale, max score 67; <10 does not warrant