NURSING 322 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
95% of suicides are done by individuals with? Correct Answers
diagnosed with a mental disorder
Age effect on depression Correct Answers depression is more
common in young women than older women
depression is more common in older men than younger
akathisia Correct Answers continuous restlessness and
fidgeting
Akinesia Correct Answers muscular weakness
Anergia Correct Answers deficiency of energy
anhendonia Correct Answers inability to experience pleasure
Approximately how many people end their lives each year by
suicide? Correct Answers 30,000
Autism Correct Answers focus more inward on themselves;
escape into fantasy world
Biochemical influences on bipolar Correct Answers possible
excess of NE and dopamine
Biological influences for schizophrenia Correct Answers
genetics
biochemical influences: excess dopamine in brain
,physiological influences: anatomical abnormalities
Can you genetically inherit depression? Correct Answers
hereditary factors may be involved
Contraindications to antipsychotics Correct Answers known
hypersensitivity
CNS depression including alcohol
Blood dyscrasia
liver, renal and cardiac insufficiency
use cautiously with diabetics and elderly
Delusional Eromatic type: Correct Answers believes that
someone is in love with him or her
Delusional Grandiose type: Correct Answers exaggerated
ideas regarding own worth, talent, knowledge or power
Delusional Jealous type: Correct Answers irrational idea that
sexual partner unfaithful
Delusional persecutory type: Correct Answers believes in
being treated badly in someway
Delusional somatic type: Correct Answers irrational belief
they have some physical defect
Depersonalization Correct Answers feeling of unreality
Depression is more prevelant in what race>? Correct Answers
whites
, Depression is more severe and disabling in what race? Correct
Answers blacks
depression symptoms for ages 3-5 Correct Answers accident
prone, phobias, excessive self-approach
depression symptoms for ages 6-8 Correct Answers physical
complaints, aggressive and clingy behavior
depression symptoms for ages 9-12 Correct Answers morbid
thoughts and excessive thinking
Describe acute mania Correct Answers marked impairment in
funcitoning mood, cognition and perception
usually requires hospitalizations
Describe Bipolar 1 Correct Answers is experiencing or has
experienced full syndrome of maniac or mixed symptoms
or experienced episodes of depression
Describe Bipolar 2 Correct Answers characterized by bouts of
major depression with episodes of hypomania
can still fucntion socially or in job
Describe brief psychotic disorder Correct Answers sudden
onset of psychotic symptoms in less than a month and person
return to full premorbid function
Describe catatonic schizophrenia Correct Answers extreme
psychomotor retardation
SOLUTIONS
95% of suicides are done by individuals with? Correct Answers
diagnosed with a mental disorder
Age effect on depression Correct Answers depression is more
common in young women than older women
depression is more common in older men than younger
akathisia Correct Answers continuous restlessness and
fidgeting
Akinesia Correct Answers muscular weakness
Anergia Correct Answers deficiency of energy
anhendonia Correct Answers inability to experience pleasure
Approximately how many people end their lives each year by
suicide? Correct Answers 30,000
Autism Correct Answers focus more inward on themselves;
escape into fantasy world
Biochemical influences on bipolar Correct Answers possible
excess of NE and dopamine
Biological influences for schizophrenia Correct Answers
genetics
biochemical influences: excess dopamine in brain
,physiological influences: anatomical abnormalities
Can you genetically inherit depression? Correct Answers
hereditary factors may be involved
Contraindications to antipsychotics Correct Answers known
hypersensitivity
CNS depression including alcohol
Blood dyscrasia
liver, renal and cardiac insufficiency
use cautiously with diabetics and elderly
Delusional Eromatic type: Correct Answers believes that
someone is in love with him or her
Delusional Grandiose type: Correct Answers exaggerated
ideas regarding own worth, talent, knowledge or power
Delusional Jealous type: Correct Answers irrational idea that
sexual partner unfaithful
Delusional persecutory type: Correct Answers believes in
being treated badly in someway
Delusional somatic type: Correct Answers irrational belief
they have some physical defect
Depersonalization Correct Answers feeling of unreality
Depression is more prevelant in what race>? Correct Answers
whites
, Depression is more severe and disabling in what race? Correct
Answers blacks
depression symptoms for ages 3-5 Correct Answers accident
prone, phobias, excessive self-approach
depression symptoms for ages 6-8 Correct Answers physical
complaints, aggressive and clingy behavior
depression symptoms for ages 9-12 Correct Answers morbid
thoughts and excessive thinking
Describe acute mania Correct Answers marked impairment in
funcitoning mood, cognition and perception
usually requires hospitalizations
Describe Bipolar 1 Correct Answers is experiencing or has
experienced full syndrome of maniac or mixed symptoms
or experienced episodes of depression
Describe Bipolar 2 Correct Answers characterized by bouts of
major depression with episodes of hypomania
can still fucntion socially or in job
Describe brief psychotic disorder Correct Answers sudden
onset of psychotic symptoms in less than a month and person
return to full premorbid function
Describe catatonic schizophrenia Correct Answers extreme
psychomotor retardation
