Pmhnp Certification Exam Questions With Correct Verified Answers | 100% Pass (A+ Certified)

PMHNP CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS | 100% PASS (A+ CERTIFIED) 1. CAGE Answer items responses are scored either 1 or 0. A score 2 or higher is considered clinically significant 2. OCD Answer obsessive thoughts interfere with your daily life -are you concern about things being contaminated, keeping things in perfect order -do you feel driven to perform certain acts over and over again? -have unwanted images or thought that you cant seem to get out of your head 3. layman's explanation of mental illness Answer Abnormal functioning of neurotransmitters. Neuroanatomical differences have been found in some cases. -can arise from multiple sources, not a single or consistent cause has been established 4. biomedical psychiatry Answer mental illness is conceptualized as a disorder of the brain circuit 2 / 34 caused by a complex interplay of genetic and environmental factor 5. state-dependent learning Answer when a memory is formed a new neural pathway is created. If the memory was formed under specific chemical conditions (on a drug, manic), then the pathway will be primed to work most effectively under these circumstances. -state-dependent learning in bipolar. Bipolar individuals in a depressed episode may not be able to recall details of manic episodes. Corroboration is needed. 6. Assessment tools to screen for cognitive impairment Answer folstein mini-mental: perfect score is 30. 24 impairment. If only 9th grade education 17 7. Abnormal sodium levels Answer increased: dehydration, methyldopa, -decreased: SIADH, heart failure, nephrotic syndrome, hepatic disease. 8. Abnormal Potassium levels