PMHNP Board Review Question Bank | Comprehensive Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Exam Prep

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,What is true of interprofessionality?
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All health professionals have individual professional competencies
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What is the significance of an experimental p-value of 0.05
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There is a 5% chance of a similar result occurring by chance alone
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What percentage of children with oppositional defiance disorder will develop conduct disorder?
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30%

In the DSM-5, selective mutism is now considered what type of disorder? anxiety disorder
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Symptoms of selective mutism must persist for at least
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overlap more than one health care professional, although not necessarily all health care p
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rofessionals, and are competencies expected of all health care professionals
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those that each individual profession must possess to work with others, including those
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who practice within different specialties within a profession.
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Interpersonal collaboration is _______ centered kr kr kr kr patient

Cognitive therapy is recommended for patients that have
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faulty conceptions
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Humanistic Therapy focuses on assisting patients with
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Behavioral Therapy focuses on kr kr kr




changing maladaptive behaviors through the use of behavioral modification techniques
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120 who got diarrhea ate lettuce. 80 with diarrhea did not eat lettuce. 40 without diarrhea ate le
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ttuce. 160 without diarrhea ate lettuce. What is the odds ratio of eating lettuce and developing di
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arrhea? 6 ((120X160)/(80x40)) kr

,The New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (NFCMH) released a report that suggested
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Focusing on promoting recovery and building resilience
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The efficacy of mental health treatments was found to be well documented in
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State of high negative emotion and pessimism
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Commonly known as an optimistic outlook on life They are are outgoing, like social interaction, r
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espond to external rewards, have more active dopamine networks, and are responsive to positiv
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e reinforcement.
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Introverts are more likely to be _______ motivated and more likely to respond to _______ reinfo
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rcement internally

negative (more likely to interact with internal motivation/self-image)
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Interpersonal trait of cooperation, easy going nature. Tend to have smooth relationships often at
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the expense of self-assertion Agreeableness
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Associated with self-control and a focused, organized approach to life. Are achievement-
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oriented goal setters who can delay immediate gratification to obtain their long term desired out
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come. They are considered responsible, reliable, and dependable. conscientiousness
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In behavioral couples therapy, the initial sessions are spent doing a functional analysis of behavio
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r (FAB). What is true about FAB?
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FAB is concerned only with observable stimuli connected to operant behavior
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FAB is based on operant conditioning (identifying antecedent stimuli, operant behaviors, and con
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The goal of FAB is modifying willful operant behavior
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Gestalt theory deals with _____, not _____ perceptual psychology
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behavior

Medication that can delay ejaculation in patients with premature ejaculation
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Paroxetine (and other SSRIs) kr kr kr




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Topical anesthetic kr




Tramadol

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First line treatment for lithium induced diabetes insipidus
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Ways to reduce polyuria associated with lithium toxicity
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take once daily at night (may be 5-30% lower than when given in divided doses over the day)
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What is true about ECT in Parkinson's disease
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it's more likely to cause transient delirium (worsened dyskinesias induced by l-dopa)
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nonselective MAOIs decrease the efficacy of ______ and increase the risk of a __________
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Selegiline is selective for kr kr kr MAO-B

(after 10mg there is an increase in risk of serotonin syndrome if given with other meds that incre
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ase serotonin)
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SSRI's can _______ Parkinsonism tremor
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Process describes the mechanism by which the hippocampus stores memories
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loss of memory relating to a particular category of information (inability to recall important auto
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biographical information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature, that is inconsistent with ordin
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ary forgetting) systematized amnesia
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Lack of memories from a circumscribed period of time, usually immediately following a traumati
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c event localized amnesia
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Person can recall some but not all of events from a particular time period selective amnesia
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Lack of memory of the patient's entire life
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The drugs that are FDA approved for GAD
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Citalopram

Escitalopram