CMN 548 Module 3 Study Guide: Fully
Answered and 100% Complete 2026
1. This concept is defined as a person's personal experience of whether they are
male or female and may be the same or different from the sex they are
assigned at birth.
A. Cisgender
B. Gender identity
C. Transgender
D. Gender dysphoria - ANSWER B. Gender Identity
2. This is one of the three structures that make up the mind and personality, is
regulated by guilt and shame, and contains the sense of right versus wrong.
A. The Id
B. The Ego
C. The Superego
D. Sublimation - ANSWER C. The Superego
3. Primary prevention - ANSWER Aimed at decreasing the incidence (number
of new cases) of mental disorders. Example: Stress management classes for
graduate students, smoking prevention classes, Drug Abuse Resistance
Education (DARE)
4. Secondary prevention - ANSWER Aimed at decreasing the prevalence
(number of existing cases) of mental disorders. Example: Telephone
hotlines, crisis intervention, disaster responses
5. Tertiary prevention - ANSWER Aimed at decreasing the disability and
severity of a mental disorder. Example: Day treatment programs; case
management for physical, housing, or vocational needs; social skills training
6. Dystonia - ANSWER Muscle spasm; spasticity of muscle group, especially
back or neck muscles; subjectively painful Note: Often mistaken for
agitation or unusual, stereotypic movements characteristic of schizophrenia
7. Echolalia - ANSWER Repetition of the last-heard words of other people
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8. Clanging - ANSWER Speech directed by the sound of a word rather than by
its meaning; punning and rhyming
9. Neologisms - ANSWER New word or phrase whose derivation is not
understood, made up word
10.Abstract thinking - ANSWER Ask the patient what certain proverbs mean or
ask the patient to tell you similarities in two different objects
11.BMI for anorexia investigation - ANSWER Less than 18.5
12.Cranial nerve assessed during hearing test - ANSWER VIII
Vestibulocochlear
13.Cultural humility - ANSWER A process that requires humility as individuals
continually engage in self-reflection and self-critique as lifelong learners and
reflective practitioners in an effort to address power imbalances and to
advocate for others.
14.Cultural awareness - ANSWER The ability to explore your own cultural
identity and bring your values and biases to a conscious level.
15.Aphonia - ANSWER A loss of voice that accompanies disease affecting the
larynx or its nerve supply
16.Dysarthria - ANSWER A defect in muscular control of speech apparatus
(lips, tongue, palate, pharynx) words may be slurred, nasal, but language
remains intact.
17.Aphasia - ANSWER A disorder in producing or understanding language
often caused by brain lesions usually the left hemisphere.
18.Oral apraxia - ANSWER A disorder that makes it difficult to move the lips,
tongue, soft palate and throat for non speech purposes like whistling or
smiling.
19.Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) - ANSWER Dementia screening
test
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20.Core skills of motivational interviewing - ANSWER Focused, goal-directed
therapy, motivation is elicited from the client, nonconfrontational,
nonadversarial, builds on the transtheoretical model of change
21.Autonomy - ANSWER Doing for ones self
22.Nonmaleficence - ANSWER Doing no harm
23.Confidentiality - ANSWER The client's right to assume that information
given to the provider will not be disclosed
24.Beneficence - ANSWER Promoting well-being and doing good
25.Ways to assess a patient's level of attention - ANSWER Digit span, serial 7s,
spelling backward
26.Most likely method for men who commit suicide - ANSWER Firearms
27.Insight in a mental status exam - ANSWER Whether your patient knows that
he has an illness and has some realistic conception of its causes and possible
treatments
28.SIGECAPS - ANSWER MD,
Sleep/interest/guilt/energy/concentration/appetite/psychomotor/suicidality
29.MIDAS - ANSWER Medical Hx, Medications, illness hx, PCP, Allergies,
Surgical Hx
30.DIGFAST - ANSWER Mania, Distractibility, indiscretion, grandiosity,
flight of ideas, activity, sleep, talkativeness
31.Cranial nerve assessed during trapezius contraction - ANSWER XI, Spinal
Accessory
32.Manifestations of Bell's palsy - ANSWER Loss of taste, hyperacusis,
increased or decreased tearing. VII Facial
33.Cluster headaches - ANSWER Severe unilateral headaches that occur
particularly at night and often are worse with alcohol ingestion (they are also
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associated with a red eye). They commonly are "clustered", with remissions
and exacerbations occurring over weeks or months
34.Migraine - ANSWER In classic migraine, there is a preceding aura,
commonly a visual disturbance in one or both eyes (e.g., a wavy distortion,
or scotoma, in front of one or both eyes, dizziness, nausea, and sometimes
hemisensory or motor deficits).
35.Opioid intoxication symptoms - ANSWER Sedation, pinpoint pupils,
dysarthria, slowed cognition
36.Opioid withdrawal symptoms - ANSWER Lacrimation, rhinorrhea,
yawning, piloerection, myalgias, pupillary dilation, bowel discomfort
37.Identifying Data in psychiatric evaluation - ANSWER You want to not only
identify who the patient is but also to locate her within the context of social
and cultural norms. This includes age, sex, marital status, and source of
referral at a minimum and may include other information such as
occupation, living situation, and presence of other family.
38.Lithium effects on electrolytes - ANSWER Lithium may cause an increase
in TSH, creeping creatinine
39.Common types of hallucinations - ANSWER Auditory, visual, olfactory,
gustatory, tactile, or somatic with auditory being most common.
40.Affect - ANSWER Your own impression of someone's emotional state and
includes terms like normal, happy, sad, anxious, angry, or indifferent
41.Mood - ANSWER A patient's subjective report of how he feels
42.Temperament - ANSWER How someone acts and approaches the world
43.Substance detection in urine - ANSWER Alcohol: 7-12hrs, Amphetamines:
48-72hrs, Benzodiazepines: 3 days
44.Causes of decreased blood urea nitrogen (BUN) - ANSWER Liver failure,
acromegaly, malnutrition, impaired absorption, nephrotic syndrome, SIADH
45.Causes of hypercalcemia - ANSWER Vitamin D, milk, antacids, thiazides