Mental Health Final Exam Rasmussen University
questions with verified answers
Abuse of children (characteristics) Ans✓✓✓ bruises in different stages of healing,
cannot attest for injuries
objective data - such as half healed broken bone mandates reporting
Acute Stress Disorder Ans✓✓✓ per the DSM-5, lasts 0-30 days. Example: divorce,
lost employment
ADHD interventions Ans✓✓✓ small-short tasks that the child repeats. Tell the
child something and they repeat back
boundaries, schedule, follow a board
Med in the AM after breakfast
Adolescence suicidal behavior Ans✓✓✓ Males are more likely to use a lethal
method
Ageism Ans✓✓✓ Ageism is stereotyping and/or discrimination against individuals
or groups on the basis of their age.
agoraphobia Ans✓✓✓ fear or avoidance of situations, such as crowds or wide
open places, where one has felt loss of control and panic
,Alcohol withdrawal symptoms and treatment Ans✓✓✓ · Mild symptoms usually
show up as early as 6 hours after you put down your glass. They can include:
Anxiety, shaky hands, headache, nausea, vomiting, insomnia, sweating.
· More serious problems range from hallucinations about 12 to 24 hours after that
last drink to seizures within the first 2 days after you stop. You can see, feel, or
hear things that aren't there.
All or Nothing Thinking Ans✓✓✓ black and white thinking
perfectionistic tendencies something is either completely okay or wrong
Anorexia Ans✓✓✓ ask during the interview what kind of upbringing they had.
Usually very strict and overbearing parents.
The person is a "perfectionist". Person would like very put together: hair done;
make-up done. They need to be in charge
anti-psychotic med interventions Ans✓✓✓ manage the side effects of the meds,
TD and EPS, dystonia, akathisia
Anti-social & Conduct Disorder Ans✓✓✓ they are move violent. Call for back up,
keep safety. Milleu therapy
Anticipatory Grief Ans✓✓✓ mourning for something you know that is coming
Antisocial personality disorder Ans✓✓✓ disregard for other people
, tend to lie, break laws, act impulsively, and lack regard for their own safety or the
safety of others.
Anxiety levels Ans✓✓✓ Mild, moderate, severe and panic
Anxiety meds Ans✓✓✓ Acute: benzos. Chronic: SSRIs, TCAs ( Amitripyline -
Elavil / Imipramine - Tofranil - ends in INE-IL: hard on the heart: blocks, heart
attack, elderly, MAOIs: foods (Phenalzine - Nardil), Buspar (buspirone): only med
for chronic anxiety, prophylactic
ASD vs PTSD Ans✓✓✓ less than 30 days is ASD. Trauma hasn't been resolved is
PTSD at 31+ days
Assessment of someone with Bulimia- what would you find? Ans✓✓✓ · Routine
labs: CBC with differential, serum chemistry and thyroid profiles, and urine
chemistry microscopy testing.
· Episodic binge eating
· Use of diuretics, laxatives, vomiting, and exercise.
· Abdominal and epigastric, Amenorrhea
· Painless swelling of the salivary glands, hoarseness, throat irritation or
lacerations, and dental erosion.
· calluses of the knuckles or abrasions and scars on the dorsum of the hand,
resulting from tooth injury during self-induced vomiting
· The patient's psychosocial history may reveal an exaggerated sense of guilt,
symptoms of depression, childhood trauma (especially sexual abuse), parental
obesity, or a history of unsatisfactory sexual relationships.
questions with verified answers
Abuse of children (characteristics) Ans✓✓✓ bruises in different stages of healing,
cannot attest for injuries
objective data - such as half healed broken bone mandates reporting
Acute Stress Disorder Ans✓✓✓ per the DSM-5, lasts 0-30 days. Example: divorce,
lost employment
ADHD interventions Ans✓✓✓ small-short tasks that the child repeats. Tell the
child something and they repeat back
boundaries, schedule, follow a board
Med in the AM after breakfast
Adolescence suicidal behavior Ans✓✓✓ Males are more likely to use a lethal
method
Ageism Ans✓✓✓ Ageism is stereotyping and/or discrimination against individuals
or groups on the basis of their age.
agoraphobia Ans✓✓✓ fear or avoidance of situations, such as crowds or wide
open places, where one has felt loss of control and panic
,Alcohol withdrawal symptoms and treatment Ans✓✓✓ · Mild symptoms usually
show up as early as 6 hours after you put down your glass. They can include:
Anxiety, shaky hands, headache, nausea, vomiting, insomnia, sweating.
· More serious problems range from hallucinations about 12 to 24 hours after that
last drink to seizures within the first 2 days after you stop. You can see, feel, or
hear things that aren't there.
All or Nothing Thinking Ans✓✓✓ black and white thinking
perfectionistic tendencies something is either completely okay or wrong
Anorexia Ans✓✓✓ ask during the interview what kind of upbringing they had.
Usually very strict and overbearing parents.
The person is a "perfectionist". Person would like very put together: hair done;
make-up done. They need to be in charge
anti-psychotic med interventions Ans✓✓✓ manage the side effects of the meds,
TD and EPS, dystonia, akathisia
Anti-social & Conduct Disorder Ans✓✓✓ they are move violent. Call for back up,
keep safety. Milleu therapy
Anticipatory Grief Ans✓✓✓ mourning for something you know that is coming
Antisocial personality disorder Ans✓✓✓ disregard for other people
, tend to lie, break laws, act impulsively, and lack regard for their own safety or the
safety of others.
Anxiety levels Ans✓✓✓ Mild, moderate, severe and panic
Anxiety meds Ans✓✓✓ Acute: benzos. Chronic: SSRIs, TCAs ( Amitripyline -
Elavil / Imipramine - Tofranil - ends in INE-IL: hard on the heart: blocks, heart
attack, elderly, MAOIs: foods (Phenalzine - Nardil), Buspar (buspirone): only med
for chronic anxiety, prophylactic
ASD vs PTSD Ans✓✓✓ less than 30 days is ASD. Trauma hasn't been resolved is
PTSD at 31+ days
Assessment of someone with Bulimia- what would you find? Ans✓✓✓ · Routine
labs: CBC with differential, serum chemistry and thyroid profiles, and urine
chemistry microscopy testing.
· Episodic binge eating
· Use of diuretics, laxatives, vomiting, and exercise.
· Abdominal and epigastric, Amenorrhea
· Painless swelling of the salivary glands, hoarseness, throat irritation or
lacerations, and dental erosion.
· calluses of the knuckles or abrasions and scars on the dorsum of the hand,
resulting from tooth injury during self-induced vomiting
· The patient's psychosocial history may reveal an exaggerated sense of guilt,
symptoms of depression, childhood trauma (especially sexual abuse), parental
obesity, or a history of unsatisfactory sexual relationships.
