NFDN 2007 Midterm questions with verified
answers
2 Categories for mood disorders Ans✓✓✓ unipolar: major depression,
dysthymic disorder
bipolar: bipolar I, bipolar II, cyclothymic disorder
3 goals of Addiction Ans✓✓✓ stabilize the person's condition, alter the
course of the disorder, alter the person's overall functioning.
Acute Illness Period of Schizophrenia Ans✓✓✓ bizarre or disruptive
through and behaviour (cannot be over looked) + and - symptoms
included
TX = psychotherapeutics, suicide prevention, normalize sleep and
reduce substance abuse
Addiction Ans✓✓✓ chronic, relapsing & treatable medical condition.
Affect (MSE) Ans✓✓✓ expression of a mood manifest in a patter of
observable behaviour .
2 types:
, Blunt - limited range of emotion
Labile - intense frequently shifting emotional extremes
Alcohol Assessment: CAGE Ans✓✓✓ Cut down on your drinking/drug
use?
Angry about confrontation?
Guilty about drinking/drug use?
Eye opener
Atypical Antipsychotics Ans✓✓✓ riperdal or seroquel: newer
antipsychotic, less significant neurologic side, more effective at
improving negative symptoms
Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Ans✓✓✓ Rebound anxiety, seizures,
tremor, insomnia
Biogenic Amines (Bioamines) Ans✓✓✓ consist of small molecules that
contain an amine group:
dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine, serotonin, histamine.
Most central to current reasons of psychiatric disorders
answers
2 Categories for mood disorders Ans✓✓✓ unipolar: major depression,
dysthymic disorder
bipolar: bipolar I, bipolar II, cyclothymic disorder
3 goals of Addiction Ans✓✓✓ stabilize the person's condition, alter the
course of the disorder, alter the person's overall functioning.
Acute Illness Period of Schizophrenia Ans✓✓✓ bizarre or disruptive
through and behaviour (cannot be over looked) + and - symptoms
included
TX = psychotherapeutics, suicide prevention, normalize sleep and
reduce substance abuse
Addiction Ans✓✓✓ chronic, relapsing & treatable medical condition.
Affect (MSE) Ans✓✓✓ expression of a mood manifest in a patter of
observable behaviour .
2 types:
, Blunt - limited range of emotion
Labile - intense frequently shifting emotional extremes
Alcohol Assessment: CAGE Ans✓✓✓ Cut down on your drinking/drug
use?
Angry about confrontation?
Guilty about drinking/drug use?
Eye opener
Atypical Antipsychotics Ans✓✓✓ riperdal or seroquel: newer
antipsychotic, less significant neurologic side, more effective at
improving negative symptoms
Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Ans✓✓✓ Rebound anxiety, seizures,
tremor, insomnia
Biogenic Amines (Bioamines) Ans✓✓✓ consist of small molecules that
contain an amine group:
dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine, serotonin, histamine.
Most central to current reasons of psychiatric disorders
