PAEA Psych EOR Practice Exam |45| questions with correct answers

PAEA Psych EOR Practice Exam |45| questions with correct answers The histrionic personality disorder would be listed in what cluster? (A) Cluster A (B) Cluster B (C) Cluster C (D) Cluster D (E) Cluster E ANS-(B) Cluster B Which complication can be found in anorexia nervosa and not bulimia? (A) Salivary gland hypertrophy (B) Reversible cerebral atrophy (C) Petechial hemorrhages (D) Hypokalemia (E) Osteoporosis ANS-(E) Osteoporosis What is another name for multiple personalities? (A) Dissociative amnesia (B) Dissociative fugue (C) Depersonalization (D) Dissociative disorder not otherwise specified (E) Dissociative identity disorder ANS-(E) Dissociative identity disorder The diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa include: (A) Less than 85% of normal weight for their height (B) Patient feels lack of control overeating (C) Use of inappropriate compensatory behaviors (D) Two binge episodes a week for 3 months (E) Patient is concerned about weight and shape of their body ANS-(A) Less than 85% of normal weight for their height A patient presented to your office with multiple somatic complaints. During the mental status exam you notice that the patient loses the thread of conversation and discusses irrelevant topics based on external stimuli. The patient never gets back to the main point he or she was trying to express. What is the thought process called? (A) Tangentiality (B) Circumstantiality (C) Looseness of association (D) Word salad (E) Neologisms ANS-(A) Tangentiality Tangentiality is a disturbance in thought causing the person to start a train of thought, but never getting to the point. Circumstantiality is seen in someone who eventually gets to the point after a delay in the tho