PRITE 2022 Questios And Answers 100%Solved

PRITE 2022 Questios And Answers
100%Solved
What neurochemical abnormality is most consistently described in Alzheimer disease of
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moderate severity. - correct answer...✔✔Decreased choline acetyltransferase activity
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Which of the following sources of pain is thought to have a primarily central (non-
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nociceptive) mechanism? m




a) cancer pain
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b) fibromyalgia
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c) osteoarthritis
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d) diabetic neuropathy
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e) postherpetic neuralgia - correct answer...✔✔b) fibromyalgia
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A patient presents with mild memory impairment, tearfulness, insomnia, and blurry visio
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n. The patient acts as if blind, cannot locate objects in the visual field, has left-
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right disorientation and alexia, and misses objects when instructed to reach for them. Th
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e patient only identifies a single object in a drawing of overlapping objects. Despite requi
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ring prompts to visually follow objects, cranial nerves, motor function, reflexes, and mov
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ement and color detection are otherwise intact. What is the most likely cause of the visu
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al disturbance? - correct answer...✔✔Cerebral infarct
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Variable phenotypic expression of 15q13 deletion depends on whether the encoding ge
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derived from the father or the mother. This phenomenon is commonly referred to as -
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correct answer...✔✔Genomic imprinting
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A patient hospitalized for burns sustained in a house fire one week prior is experiencing
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recurrent nightmares and frequent, intrusive memories about the fire accompanied by c
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oncern that the patient seems depressed, is sleeping poorly and startles when someone
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menters the room without knocking. On exam, the patient is distracted, sometimes irritabl
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e, and has labile affect. What is the most likely diagnosis? - correct answer...✔✔
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What is an example of epigenetic gene regulation? - correct answer...✔✔
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Addition of methyl group to a histone around which DNA is coiled.
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What sex hormone is most responsible for sexual differentiation in fetal brain developm
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ent? - correct answer...✔✔
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Testosterone (causes brain/body to be masculinized and defeminized)
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AGRADESOLUTIONS

,What psychiatric disorder occurs most frequently with secondary enuresis? -
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correct answer...✔✔ADHD
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The psychiatrist is concerned about a colleague's behavior and notifies the State's physi
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cian health program, which conducts an intervention. The physician should be referred f
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or professional evaluation/treatment in which scenario?
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A) drinks wine with diner
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B) has experienced depression and been hospitalized in past
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C) has bipolar disorder and is euthymic/med compliant
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D) uses cocaine occasionally but not habitually, on days off, negative utox
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E) aggressive toward patients on 3 different occasions during ED shifts -
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correct answer...✔✔E
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Abnormalities in which of the following components of the neurological examination wou
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ld indicate cerebellar dysfunction? - correct answer...✔✔Rapid alternating movements
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Excessive activation of which of the following receptors is thought to contribute to cell d
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eath in Alzheimer disease? - correct answer...✔✔NMDA
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In behavior mastery training, which of the following techniques teaches individuals with
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sexual addiction to identify factors that increase the likelihood of symptomatic sexual be
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havior? - correct answer...✔✔Risk management
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A patient has been prescribed a second-
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gen antipsychotic for just over a year. Since starting the medication, her libido is marked
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ly lower, and she has experienced irregular menstrual cycles. Which lab test would have
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mgreatest diagnostic value at this point? - correct answer...✔✔Prolactin
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A 58 year old patient develops progressive weakness and tingling two weeks after recei
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ving a vaccination. Examination reveals weakness and decreased sensation in the legs,
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mas well as absent DTRs in arms and legs. Imaging of the brain and spine is normal. Wh
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ich test will confirm the most likely diagnosis? - correct answer...✔✔
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Nerve conduction studies m m




Which of the following is among the first steps taken by a public school to address a stu
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dent's difficulty being successful academically? - correct answer...✔✔
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Initiate a response to intervention plan
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Which of the following nuclei of the hypothalamus is the major site for Neuropeptide Y s
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ynthesis? - correct answer...✔✔Arcuate nucleus
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Which type of group therapy encourages high intragroup dependence and less group le
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ader dependence? - correct answer...✔✔Transactional
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AGRADESOLUTIONS

, Which mechanism is the most likely cause of anosmia in patients infected with COVID1
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9? - correct answer...✔✔Direct viral involvement of the nasal epithelium
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An argumentative 10 year old who displays persistent anger outbursts, vindictiveness, a
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nd deliberately annoys adults most likely has what disorder? - correct answer...✔✔
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What outcome has been demonstrated to improve as a result of peer support services i
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n the treatment of people with mental illness? - correct answer...✔✔Social functioning
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Electroconvulsive therapy is indicated for which of the following conditions?
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A) Dissociative fugue
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B) Serotonin syndrome
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C) Intermittent explosive disorder
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E) NMS - correct answer...✔✔E) NMS
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Which white matter tracts connects the temporal and orbitofrontal cortices? -
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correct answer...✔✔Uncinate fasiculus
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Cingulum - correct answer...✔✔ m m m


Connects frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes and also subcortical nuclei to cingulate gy
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rus

Arcuate fasiculus - correct answer...✔✔Connects Wernicke's and Brocas
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Inferior longitudinal fasciculus - correct answer...✔✔
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Connects occipital and temporal lobes m m m m




Superior longitudinal fasciculus - correct answer...✔✔
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Connects frontal lobe and ipsilateral hemisphere
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The Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium dosing guidelines for antide
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pressants are based on genetic variations in _______. - correct answer...✔✔
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CYP450 enzymes m




Which molecular mechanism is best supported as a possible explanation for how early li
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fe stress could lead to the development of psychiatric disorders in adulthood? -
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mcorrect answer...✔✔DNA methylation
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Postpartum depression has been consistently associated with which outcome in childre
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n? - correct answer...✔✔Infant growth impairment
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AGRADESOLUTIONS