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NRNP 6665 Midterm Exam – Walden University Questions And Answers Verified 100% Correct The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with anorexia nervosa - ANSWER -Eating with friends but not Family Select the two most important elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a mental illness diagnosis. - ANSWER -Psychiatrist History and mental status examination Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients. - ANSWER Patient Resistance Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common symptom - ANSWER Central Apnea Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely to initially seek help from a Primary Care Provider - ANSWER -Hoarding Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder - ANSWER CAPS Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed - ANSWER -4 Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to observing violence in television, movies, and video games - ANSWER -Dysthymia Select a provider's most important knowledge area essential to a successful mental health interview of a child - ANSWER -Medical history Select the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of antidepressant drug therapy - ANSWER -6-8 weeks What is one main difference between acute stress disorder and PTSD? - ANSWER -PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD disorders include all the following EXCEPT: - ANSWER -Short duration of symptoms Select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause of somatic symptom disorder or hypochondriasis - ANSWER -Angina Pectoris What is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing depression in adolescents? - ANSWER -Appetite Select the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. - ANSWER -Acetylcholine Select the most important component of the patient-provider rapport. - ANSWER Privacy Select the most effective treatment for social anxiety disorder in children - ANSWER -Cognitive-behaviour therapy CBT and SSRI antidepressants All the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing speech and language in children EXCEPT: - ANSWER -Echolalia Select the factor that is required to cause PTSD from a stressor - ANSWER Concurrent substance abuse 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 Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a decreased activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors? - ANSWER -Caudate Select the two complications in diagnosing patients with anorexia nervosa - ANSWER -Secracy of eating rituals and Insisting weight loss has a medical cause Select the anxiety disorder that emerges in ages 9 to 18 months. - ANSWER separation Select the two most common peripheral symptoms of anxiety - ANSWER Dizziness and Constipation Select the hormone or neurotransmitter that is involved in regulating the 24-hour circadian sleep-wake cycle. - ANSWER -Melatonin Select the event most associated with the occurrence of dissociative fugue - ANSWER -unplanned travel Select the neurodevelopmental disorder typically diagnosed in childhood - ANSWER -Intellect Select the primary cause of reactive attachment disorder in children - ANSWER negligent parenting Select the psychiatric disorder for which drug and non-drug treatments are least effective - ANSWER -Depersonalisation disorder Select two events that are causes of dissociative trance disorder - ANSWER Experienced Violence and natural disaster Select the time from occurrence of the stressor in which symptoms must appear to diagnose an adjustment disorder - ANSWER -6 months Select the serum substance that should be measured to aid the diagnosis of restless leg syndrome. - ANSWER -Magnesium Select the DSM-5 disorder formerly called multiple personality disorder - ANSWER -Dissociative disorder Differential diagnosis for consideration when suspecting a cyclothymic disorder include: - ANSWER -Seizures, Substance abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder The following psychotherapy interventions is NOT a recommended in the treatment of PTSD: - ANSWER -Chelation Therapy Select the difference in rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors between placebo and drug in children and adolescents observed from random controlled trials of nine antidepressant drugs that resulted in the 2004 FDA "black box" warning in labeling of antidepressant drugs. - ANSWER -2% placebo 4% drugs Select the drug that has been effective in treating social anxiety in children. - ANSWER -Fluoxetine

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NRNP 6665 Midterm Exam – Walden University
Questions And Answers Verified 100% Correct
The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with anorexia nervosa -
ANSWER -Eating with friends but not Family

Select the two most important elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a
mental illness diagnosis. - ANSWER -Psychiatrist History and mental status
examination

Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients. - ANSWER -
Patient Resistance

Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common symptom - ANSWER -
Central Apnea

Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely to initially
seek help from a Primary Care Provider - ANSWER -Hoarding

Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder - ANSWER -
CAPS

Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed - ANSWER -4

Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to observing
violence in television, movies, and video games - ANSWER -Dysthymia

Select a provider's most important knowledge area essential to a successful mental
health interview of a child - ANSWER -Medical history

Select the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of antidepressant
drug therapy - ANSWER -6-8 weeks

What is one main difference between acute stress disorder and PTSD? - ANSWER
-PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams

Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD disorders include all the
following EXCEPT: - ANSWER -Short duration of symptoms

, Select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause of somatic symptom
disorder or hypochondriasis - ANSWER -Angina Pectoris

What is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing depression in
adolescents? - ANSWER -Appetite

Select the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the pathophysiology of
schizophrenia. - ANSWER -Acetylcholine

Select the most important component of the patient-provider rapport. - ANSWER -
Privacy

Select the most effective treatment for social anxiety disorder in children -
ANSWER -Cognitive-behaviour therapy CBT and SSRI antidepressants

All the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing speech and language
in children EXCEPT: - ANSWER -Echolalia

Select the factor that is required to cause PTSD from a stressor - ANSWER -
Concurrent substance abuse

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

Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a decreased
activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors? -
ANSWER -Caudate

Select the two complications in diagnosing patients with anorexia nervosa -
ANSWER -Secracy of eating rituals and Insisting weight loss has a medical cause

Select the anxiety disorder that emerges in ages 9 to 18 months. - ANSWER -
separation

Select the two most common peripheral symptoms of anxiety - ANSWER -
Dizziness and Constipation

Select the hormone or neurotransmitter that is involved in regulating the 24-hour
circadian sleep-wake cycle. - ANSWER -Melatonin

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