Final Exam: NRNP 6635 Psychopathology and Diagnostic Reasoning Practicum Questions with Verified Answers for Walden University – Latest 2024/2025 Graded A

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Final Exam: NRNP 6635 Psychopathology
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i-i-i- Questioni-1

Selecti-thei-mentali-functioni-thati-isi-mosti-affectedi-ini-mildi-cognitivei-impairment.

Selected

Answer: D. Recent memory
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i- Questioni-2

Selecti-thei-mosti-frequenti-causei-ofi-infanti-andi-childhoodi-intellectuali-disabilityi-thati-is

attributedi-toi-ai-specifici-gene.i-

Selected

Answer: C. Down syndrome
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i- Questioni-3

Selecti-thei-neurotransmitteri-thati-isi-mosti-associatedi-withi-thei-occurrencei-ofi-ADHD.

Selected

Answer: B. Dopamine i- i-



i- Questioni-4

Selecti-thei-drugi-ofi-choicei-toi-treati-psychosisi-ini-deliriousi-patients.i-

Selected

Answer:

D. Haloperidol
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i- Questioni-5

Selecti-thei-characteristici-thati-isi-greateri-ini-childhoodi-thani-adulti-onseti-schizophrenia.i-

Selected

Answer: B. Social withdrawal
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i- Questioni-6

Selecti-thei-personalityi-disorderi-ini-whichi-patientsi-arei-continuallyi-ini-crisisi-andi-exhibit

unpredictablei-behavior.i-

Selected

Answer: C. Borderline
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i- Questioni-7

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Selecti-thei-factori-thati-besti-correlatesi-withi-attemptedi-andi-completedi-suicide.i-Selected

Answer: A. Mental illness
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i- Questioni-8

Selecti-thei-braini-regioni-thati-showsi-thei-greatesti-anatomicali-abnormalitiesi-ini-schizophrenic

patients.

Selectedi-Byi-thei-endi-ofi-thei-20thi-century,i-however,i-researchersi-hadi-madei-significanti-stridesi-ini-revealingi-
ai-potentiali-neuropathologicali-basisi-fori-schizophrenia,i-primarilyi-ini-thei-limbici-systemi-andi-thei-basali-
ganglia,i-includingi-neuropathologicali-ori-neurochemicali-abnormalitiesi-ini-thei-cerebrali-cortex,i-thei-
thalamus,i-andi-thei-brainstem.i-Becausei-thei-basali-gangliai-andi-cerebellumi-arei-involvedi-ini-thei-controli-
ofi-movement,i-diseasei-ini-thesei-areasi-isi-implicatedi-ini-thei-pathophysiologyi-ofi-schizophrenia.

Answer: D. Basal ganglia
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i- Questioni-9

Selecti-thei-genderi-dysphoriai-ini-whichi-genitali-surgeryi-isi-usuallyi-noti-chosen.i-

Selected

Answer:i-buti-whoi-maintaini-ai-genderi-identityi-thati-isi-thei-samei-asi-theiri-birth-assignedi-genderi-knowni-asi-
crossdressers.

C. Crossdresser
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Questioni-10
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Selecti-thei-antipsychotici-drugi-fori-whichi-thei-labelingi-carriesi-ai-blacki-boxi-warningi-for

agranulocytosis.i-

Selectedi-

Answer:

A. Clozapine
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Questioni-11
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Selecti-thei-timei-ofi-onseti-fori-tolerancei-toi-developi-fromi-continuousi-usei-ofi-hallucinogens

suchi-asi-LSD.i-

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Answer:i-Tolerance,i-particularlyi-toi-thei-sensoryi-andi-otheri-psychologicali-effects,i-isi-evidenti-asi-sooni-asi-
thei-secondi-ori-thirdi-dayi-ofi-successivei-LSDi-use.i-Fouri-toi-6i-daysi-freei-ofi-LSDi-arei-necessaryi-toi-losei-
significanti-tolerance.

B.4-7 days i-



Questioni-12
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Selecti-thei-mosti-reliablei-methodi-toi-makei-ai-diagnosisi-ofi-schizophrenia.i-

Selected

Answer:i-Therefore,i-ai-patient’si-historyi-isi-essentiali-fori-thei-diagnosisi-ofi-schizophrenia;i-cliniciansi-cannoti-
diagnosei-schizophreniai-simplyi-byi-resultsi-ofi-ai-mentali-statusi-examination,i-whichi-mayi-vary.

D. Patient history
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Questioni-13
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Selecti-thei-dysfunctioni-thati-isi-commoni-toi-50%i-toi-85%i-ofi-schizophrenici-patients.i-

Selected

Answer:i-Variousi-studiesi-havei-reportedi-abnormali-eyei-movementsi-ini-50i-toi-85i-percenti-ofi-patientsi-withi-
schizophreniai-comparedi-withi-abouti-25i-percenti-ini-psychiatrici-patientsi-withouti-schizophreniai-andi-
feweri-thani-10i-percenti-ini-nonpsychiatricallyi-illi-controli-participant.

D. Eye movement
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Questioni-14
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Selecti-twoi-ofi-thei-“Fouri-A’s”i-symptomsi-ofi-schizophreniai-describedi-byi-Bleuler.

Selectedi-Thesei-symptomsi-includedi-associationali-disturbancesi-ofi-thought,i-especiallyi-looseness,i-
affectivei-disturbances,i-autism,i-andi-ambivalence,i-summarizedi-asi-thei-fouri-As:i-associations,i-affect,i-
autism,i-andi-ambivalence.

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A. autism B. ambivalence i- i-



Questioni-15
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Selecti-thei-personalityi-disorderi-ini-whichi-patientsi-exhibiti-coverti-obstructionism,

procrastinationi-andi-pessimism.

Selectedi-Ini-psychoanalytici-terms,i-thisi-phenomenoni-isi-calledi-masochismi-andi-includesi-failure,i-
procrastination,i-sillyi-ori-provocativei-behavior,i-self-demeaningi-clowning,i-andi-franklyi-self-destructivei-acts.

Answer: D. Passive aggressive
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Questioni-16
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