Clinical Modalities Exam 3 Review – Practice Questions & Answers (2026)

Clinical Modalities Exam 3 Review – Practice
Questions & Answers (2026)




rahe-holmes - correct answersWhat is the scale that rates stressful events in a person's life?
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dissociative symptoms - correct answersAcute Stress Disorder is associated with presence of
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maturational crisis - correct answersName a type of crisis that arises internally; follow different stages of
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growth that humans experience; happens each time a person enters a new stage of life, they realize their old
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coping skills are inadequate.
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pre-crisis level of functioning - correct answersThe most reliable outcome for crisis intervention with regard
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to post-crisis level of functioning is to determine that the patient is at their ___________________
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how they handled crisis in the past - correct answersThe best was to assess a patients coping skills is to
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inquire about _______________________________________
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,place the trauma in the larger perspectives of their lives. - correct answersPrimary goal of PTSD treatment is
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to help them what?
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Phase 1 = problem arises that increases anxiety levels. You would most likely observe anxiety.
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Phase 2= Usual problem solving techniques don't work, anxiety rises. Trial and error attempts are made to
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Phase 3= Trial and error attempts fail and anxiety rises to severe or panic levels.
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Phase 4= when these measures don't reduce anxiety, the anxiety overwhelms the person and leads to
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serious disorganization. This signals the patient is in crisis. - correct answersWhat are Caplan's 4 stages of
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crisis?



Psychological first aid - correct answersWhat is a set of procedures called that help facilitate survivors'
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adaptive coping in a disaster? m m m m




asking if a supportive person can be with them the next few days - correct answersThe PMHNP can best help
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a person who receives devastating news by ___________________________________
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disequilibrium - correct answersIt is important for the PMHNP to understand that when a patient is in crisis m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m




they are in a state of ________________________
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individual psychotherapy - correct answersWhat is the most appropriate modality to use with schizoid
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assist the client in identifying appropriate coping strategies - correct answersThe best response by PMHNP
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when speaking with a client with BPD and wants to cut themselves is to_____________________________
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dysfunctional behavior but mostly the patient's best effort to cope - correct answersIf a BPD client who hasm m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m




been making progress has an anxiety producing event arise and cuts again this is
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splitting - correct answersA client with borderline personality disorder dramatically expresses feelings about
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each nurse on the staff, stating that only one nurse is understanding and trustworthy — the nurse the client
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is talking to at the time. This client is demonstrating which behavior?
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, self mutilation - correct answers___________________________ is mainly due to fear of abandonment or
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the increase of independence?
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perceived rejections - correct answersBPD is often characterized by an inability to tolerate
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__________________________?



their emotional distress - correct answersPatients will respond better to limit setting if the PMHNP can
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reflect back to the client an understanding and validation of ______________________ ?
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separation-individualization - correct answersClient's with BPD have not successfully achieved the m m m m m m m m m m m




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paranoid personality disorder - correct answersName the personality disorder described below: A pervasive
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distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent, beginning by
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early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. A person who has a longstanding feeling of mistrust or
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suspicion, no hallucinations, no delusions, and no antisocial behavior?
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paranoid personality disorder - correct answersClients with which disorder do not trust easily and its best to
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use a respectful neutral approach?
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project blame for their own shortcomings on others - correct answersClients with paranoid personality
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disorder are critical of others because they _____________________ ?
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narcissitic personality disorder - correct answerscharacterized by inflated or grandiose sense of themselves
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and an extreme need for admiration (expect others to notice their special qualities, even when their
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for others; strong sense of entitlement; tend to be preoccupied with fantasies of success and power, ideal
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schemas - correct answersConceptual frameworks a person uses to make sense of the world is
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cognitive therapy - correct answersWhat is the modality that prioritizes a client's schema?
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