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1) Select the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs to treat
psychiatric disorders in psychosomatic patients - answer potassium
2) select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the psychosocial life
cycle - answer erickson
3) select two causes of dissociative amnesia - answer sexual abuse and
partner betrayal
4) select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during
prescribing antipsychotic drugs - answer aims
5) select the two comorbid disorders with which pica occurs most
commonly - answer autism and intellectual disability
6) select the prognosis range of untreated ptsd patients - answer 20%
recover, 10% mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30% no change
or worse
,7) select the memory category retained in transient global amnesia that is
absent in dissociative amnesia - answer sequential events
8) the following is not an endocrine change noted with anorexia nervosa -
answer eating with friends but not family
9) select the two most important elements of the psychiatric interview to
establish a mental illness diagnosis. - answer psychiatrist history and
mental status examination
10) select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients. -
answer patient resistance
11) select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common symptom
- answer central apnea
12) select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is
likely to initially seek help from a primary care provider - answer
hoarding
13) select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder
- answer caps
14) select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed -
answer 4
15) select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to
observing violence in television, movies, and video games - answer
dysthymia
,16) select a provider's most important knowledge area essential to a
successful mental health interview of a child - answer medical history
17) select the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of
antidepressant drug therapy - answer 6-8 weeks
18) what is one main difference between acute stress disorder and ptsd?
- answer ptsd has recurrent, distressing dreams
19) factors that indicate a good prognosis for ptsd disorders include all
the following except: - answer short duration of symptoms
20) select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause of
somatic symptom disorder or hypochondriasis - answer angina
pectoris
21) what is the most immediate consideration in assessing depression
in adolescents? - answer appetite
22) select the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the
pathophysiology of schizophrenia. - answer acetylcholine
23) select the most important component of the patient-provider
rapport. - answer privacy
24) select the most effective treatment for social anxiety disorder in
children - answer cognitive-behaviour therapy cbt and ssri
antidepressants
, 25) all the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing
speech and language in children except: - answer echolalia
26) select the factor that is required to cause ptsd from a stressor -
answer concurrent substance abuse
27) all the following are classes of coping mechanisms in the model of
mental health as resilience where humans overcome stressful situations
except: - answer generativity versus
28) anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a
decreased activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive
behaviors? - answer caudate
29) select the two complications in diagnosing patients with anorexia
nervosa - answer secracy of eating rituals and insisting weight loss has
a medical cause
30) select the anxiety disorder that emerges in ages 9 to 18 months. -
answer separation
31) select the two most common peripheral symptoms of anxiety -
answer dizziness and constipation
32) select the hormone or neurotransmitter that is involved in
regulating the 24-hour circadian sleep-wake cycle. - answer melatonin
33) select the event most associated with the occurrence of dissociative
fugue - answer unplanned travel