IFPC STUDY GUIDE 2026 DETAILED QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
▶ Genito-Pelvic Pain Disorders Answer: Dyspareunia and vaginismus
Biologic or emotional causes
▶ Paraphilias Answer: Persistent atypical sexual interests
Often identified through legal issues
▶ Gender Dysphoria Answer: Distress from assigned gender mismatch
Requires affirming care
▶ Dyspareunia Answer: pain during or after sex
▶ vaginismus Answer: vagina squeezes/spasms when something enters it
▶ sexual disorders - nursing assessment Answer: Assess medical,
psychological, relationship factors; Medication review important
▶ sexual disorders - Nursing Interventions Answer: Education and
communication
Referral to specialists
Holistic care approach
▶ Child & Adolescent Mental Health Overview Answer:
Neurodevelopmental, mood, anxiety, disruptive, tic, elimination disorders
Early onset and developmental impact
Family and school involvement essential
▶ Intellectual Disability: onset, IQ and interventions Answer: Onset before
18
IQ ≤70 with adaptive deficits
Interventions: coping skills, family education, independence promotion, role
play
▶ Autism Spectrum Disorder Answer: Social communication impairment
Repetitive behaviors & need for sameness (eggs cooked in an exact pan)
, ▶ Autism Spectrum Disorder treatment Answer: behavioral therapy, family
collaboration, meds for irritability
▶ ADHD Answer: Inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity (ex: issues staying
focused on tasks, doesn't listen or daydreams, loses things, difficulty
organizing tasks and activities)
▶ Best treatment for ADHD Answer: stimulants + behavioral therapy
▶ ADHD: Females present with Answer: rejection, perfectionism, anxiety
▶ ODD Answer:
▶ Conduct disorder Answer:
▶ Tourette Answer: motor + vocal tics waxing/waning for a year
▶ treatment for disruptive and tic disorders Answer: ABILIFY med for kids
Behavior therapy + antipsychotics if severe
▶ Separation anxiety Answer: fear of losing attachment figure
▶ OCD Answer: obsessions & compulsions
▶ treatment for Anxiety & OCD Answer: CBT + SSRIs (higher levels)
▶ Childhood depression presents as Answer: behavior changes &
IRRITABILITY
Decreased grades, school avoidance
▶ Learning & communication disorders affect Answer: academics
▶ Enuresis Answer: repeated passage of urine in inappropriate places
▶ Encopresis Answer: the repeated passage of feces in inappropriate
places.
AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
▶ Genito-Pelvic Pain Disorders Answer: Dyspareunia and vaginismus
Biologic or emotional causes
▶ Paraphilias Answer: Persistent atypical sexual interests
Often identified through legal issues
▶ Gender Dysphoria Answer: Distress from assigned gender mismatch
Requires affirming care
▶ Dyspareunia Answer: pain during or after sex
▶ vaginismus Answer: vagina squeezes/spasms when something enters it
▶ sexual disorders - nursing assessment Answer: Assess medical,
psychological, relationship factors; Medication review important
▶ sexual disorders - Nursing Interventions Answer: Education and
communication
Referral to specialists
Holistic care approach
▶ Child & Adolescent Mental Health Overview Answer:
Neurodevelopmental, mood, anxiety, disruptive, tic, elimination disorders
Early onset and developmental impact
Family and school involvement essential
▶ Intellectual Disability: onset, IQ and interventions Answer: Onset before
18
IQ ≤70 with adaptive deficits
Interventions: coping skills, family education, independence promotion, role
play
▶ Autism Spectrum Disorder Answer: Social communication impairment
Repetitive behaviors & need for sameness (eggs cooked in an exact pan)
, ▶ Autism Spectrum Disorder treatment Answer: behavioral therapy, family
collaboration, meds for irritability
▶ ADHD Answer: Inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity (ex: issues staying
focused on tasks, doesn't listen or daydreams, loses things, difficulty
organizing tasks and activities)
▶ Best treatment for ADHD Answer: stimulants + behavioral therapy
▶ ADHD: Females present with Answer: rejection, perfectionism, anxiety
▶ ODD Answer:
▶ Conduct disorder Answer:
▶ Tourette Answer: motor + vocal tics waxing/waning for a year
▶ treatment for disruptive and tic disorders Answer: ABILIFY med for kids
Behavior therapy + antipsychotics if severe
▶ Separation anxiety Answer: fear of losing attachment figure
▶ OCD Answer: obsessions & compulsions
▶ treatment for Anxiety & OCD Answer: CBT + SSRIs (higher levels)
▶ Childhood depression presents as Answer: behavior changes &
IRRITABILITY
Decreased grades, school avoidance
▶ Learning & communication disorders affect Answer: academics
▶ Enuresis Answer: repeated passage of urine in inappropriate places
▶ Encopresis Answer: the repeated passage of feces in inappropriate
places.
