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Question: 1. According to Margaret Mahler's object consistency developmental theory of psychology,
which of the following indicates a successful resolution of the process of separation-individualism in a
toddler?
Answer:
A. Trust
B. Intimacy
C. Object consistency
D. Normal symbiosis
E. Secondary individuation 2.
Question: Which of the following neurode- synaptic pruning velopmental processes predominantly
occurs during adolescence and young adulthood?
Answer:
A. Synaptic pruning
B. Decreased myelination
C. Ventricular enlargement
D. Prefrontal cortex reduction
E. Growth of gray matter volumes
3. Medical record data was used to estimate the prevalence of diabetes among patients who started on
an antipsychotic medication. Which of the follow best describes this study dehttps://www. ncbi. nlm.
nih. gov/pmc/articles/PMC3982854/cohort study 2/148
Question: Sign?
Answer:
A. Cohort study
B. Meta-analysis
C. Systematic review
D. Cost-benefit analysis
E. Randomized controlled trial
4. An 80 yer old presents with depressed mood and cognitive decline. The patient answers the
interviewer's questions with brief, one-word responses and rare spontaneous elaboration. This is an
example of which of
,Question: The following?
Answer:
A. Echolalia
B. Loss of goal
C. Poverty of speech
D. Latency of speech
E. Paraphasic speech
5. Despite an extensive workup, no medical etiology can be identified as the cause of a patient's leg
pain and weakness. The patient's primary care physician suspects a diagnosis of somatic symptom
disorder. Which of the following responses is the most
Question: Appropriate next step?
Answer:
Poverty of speech schedule frequent, brief follow-up appointments 3/148
A. Refer for psychiatric evaluation
B. Inform the patient the leg pain is not real
C. Transition care of the patient to a neurologist
D. Schedule frequent, brief follow-up appointments
E. Reinforce the non-medical nature of the illness at each visit
6. Over the last six
months a ten year old child has been exhibitoppositional defiant disorder ing anger and temper
tantrums. Children with ODD often display frequent temper tantrums, The child has been
deliberateargue with adults, and refuse to comply with rules or rely annoying others and blaming
quests. They may also intentionally annoy others and exthis misbehavior on classmates. hibit spiteful
or vindictive behaviors. On the other hand, CD This has led to multiple disciplinary actions at school.
What is
,Question: The most likely diagnosis?
Answer:
A. Conduct disorder
B. Oppositional defiant disorder
C. Intermittent explosive disorder
D. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
E. Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder involves more severe and aggressive behaviors that violate
the rights of others. Both DMDD and oppositional defiant disorder criteria include irritability and
temper outbursts. However, the disorders differ in three respects: 1) severity: outbursts must occur
three times a week in DMDD, but only once a week in oppositional defiant disorder; 2) duration: the
required duration is 12 months for DMDD and 6 months for oppositional defiant disorder; and 3)
pervasiveness and impairment: in DMDD, function must be impaired in two of three settings, and it
must be severe in one setting; oppositional defiant disorder has no such requirement. 4/148
7. A patient presents to the psychiatrist with the complaint of "I think I'm going crazy." The patient
reports that she often feels as if she has "no self and her thoughts are not her own. In fact, she often
feels like a robot and as if she is unable to control her body. She states that she knows she has feelings
but is not able to feel them, instead feeling emotionally numb, and she frequently feels that her head is
"full of cotton." Recently, she has begun having "out of body" experiences. Which of the following is
the most likely
Question: Diagnosis?
Answer:
A. Illness anxiety disorder
B. Dissociative identity disorder
C. Posttraumatic stress disorder
D. Borderline personality disorder
E. Depersonalization/derealization disorder https://psychiatryonline. org/doi/10. 1176/appi. ajp. 2014.
13101301 depersonalization/derealization disorder 8. conditioned response 5/148 A cancer patient
becomes nauseous when seeing a commercial on television for the local cancer center where they
receive chemotherapy. The patient's nausea is best described as what element of classical
, Question: Conditioning?
Answer:
A. Reinforcement
B. Conditioned stimulus
C. Conditioned response
D. Unconditioned stimulus
E. Unconditioned response
9. In the 1970's, evidence for the role of serotonin in depression and a desire to develop drugs with a
better side effect profile than the tricyclics and monoamine oxidase inhibitors, led to the development
of which
Question: Of the following medications?
Answer:
A. Buspirone
B. Bupropion
C. Fluoxetine
D. Lamotrigine
E. Clomipramine
10. A 72 year old patient is seen for a six month histofluoxetine prion disease 6/148 ry of rapid
dementia, gait unsteadiness, and jerky movements. Electroencephalogram (EEG) demonstrates a
periodic discharge with sharp waves occurring every one second. What
Question: Is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer:
A. Prion disease
B. Status epilepticus
C. Alcohol withdrawal
D. Herpes encephalitis
E. Hepatic encephalopathy
11. A primary care practice follows patient progress through a registry. Each patient is assigned a
primary care provider and a behavioral health care manager. A psychiatrist is consistently available to
these providers for consultation. This arrangement
Question: Is best described by which model?
Answer:
A. Integrated care
B. Co-located care
C. Collaborative care
D. Remote consultation care
E. Assertive community treatment collaborative care 7/148 12.
Question: 1. According to Margaret Mahler's object consistency developmental theory of psychology,
which of the following indicates a successful resolution of the process of separation-individualism in a
toddler?
Answer:
A. Trust
B. Intimacy
C. Object consistency
D. Normal symbiosis
E. Secondary individuation 2.
Question: Which of the following neurode- synaptic pruning velopmental processes predominantly
occurs during adolescence and young adulthood?
Answer:
A. Synaptic pruning
B. Decreased myelination
C. Ventricular enlargement
D. Prefrontal cortex reduction
E. Growth of gray matter volumes
3. Medical record data was used to estimate the prevalence of diabetes among patients who started on
an antipsychotic medication. Which of the follow best describes this study dehttps://www. ncbi. nlm.
nih. gov/pmc/articles/PMC3982854/cohort study 2/148
Question: Sign?
Answer:
A. Cohort study
B. Meta-analysis
C. Systematic review
D. Cost-benefit analysis
E. Randomized controlled trial
4. An 80 yer old presents with depressed mood and cognitive decline. The patient answers the
interviewer's questions with brief, one-word responses and rare spontaneous elaboration. This is an
example of which of
,Question: The following?
Answer:
A. Echolalia
B. Loss of goal
C. Poverty of speech
D. Latency of speech
E. Paraphasic speech
5. Despite an extensive workup, no medical etiology can be identified as the cause of a patient's leg
pain and weakness. The patient's primary care physician suspects a diagnosis of somatic symptom
disorder. Which of the following responses is the most
Question: Appropriate next step?
Answer:
Poverty of speech schedule frequent, brief follow-up appointments 3/148
A. Refer for psychiatric evaluation
B. Inform the patient the leg pain is not real
C. Transition care of the patient to a neurologist
D. Schedule frequent, brief follow-up appointments
E. Reinforce the non-medical nature of the illness at each visit
6. Over the last six
months a ten year old child has been exhibitoppositional defiant disorder ing anger and temper
tantrums. Children with ODD often display frequent temper tantrums, The child has been
deliberateargue with adults, and refuse to comply with rules or rely annoying others and blaming
quests. They may also intentionally annoy others and exthis misbehavior on classmates. hibit spiteful
or vindictive behaviors. On the other hand, CD This has led to multiple disciplinary actions at school.
What is
,Question: The most likely diagnosis?
Answer:
A. Conduct disorder
B. Oppositional defiant disorder
C. Intermittent explosive disorder
D. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
E. Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder involves more severe and aggressive behaviors that violate
the rights of others. Both DMDD and oppositional defiant disorder criteria include irritability and
temper outbursts. However, the disorders differ in three respects: 1) severity: outbursts must occur
three times a week in DMDD, but only once a week in oppositional defiant disorder; 2) duration: the
required duration is 12 months for DMDD and 6 months for oppositional defiant disorder; and 3)
pervasiveness and impairment: in DMDD, function must be impaired in two of three settings, and it
must be severe in one setting; oppositional defiant disorder has no such requirement. 4/148
7. A patient presents to the psychiatrist with the complaint of "I think I'm going crazy." The patient
reports that she often feels as if she has "no self and her thoughts are not her own. In fact, she often
feels like a robot and as if she is unable to control her body. She states that she knows she has feelings
but is not able to feel them, instead feeling emotionally numb, and she frequently feels that her head is
"full of cotton." Recently, she has begun having "out of body" experiences. Which of the following is
the most likely
Question: Diagnosis?
Answer:
A. Illness anxiety disorder
B. Dissociative identity disorder
C. Posttraumatic stress disorder
D. Borderline personality disorder
E. Depersonalization/derealization disorder https://psychiatryonline. org/doi/10. 1176/appi. ajp. 2014.
13101301 depersonalization/derealization disorder 8. conditioned response 5/148 A cancer patient
becomes nauseous when seeing a commercial on television for the local cancer center where they
receive chemotherapy. The patient's nausea is best described as what element of classical
, Question: Conditioning?
Answer:
A. Reinforcement
B. Conditioned stimulus
C. Conditioned response
D. Unconditioned stimulus
E. Unconditioned response
9. In the 1970's, evidence for the role of serotonin in depression and a desire to develop drugs with a
better side effect profile than the tricyclics and monoamine oxidase inhibitors, led to the development
of which
Question: Of the following medications?
Answer:
A. Buspirone
B. Bupropion
C. Fluoxetine
D. Lamotrigine
E. Clomipramine
10. A 72 year old patient is seen for a six month histofluoxetine prion disease 6/148 ry of rapid
dementia, gait unsteadiness, and jerky movements. Electroencephalogram (EEG) demonstrates a
periodic discharge with sharp waves occurring every one second. What
Question: Is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer:
A. Prion disease
B. Status epilepticus
C. Alcohol withdrawal
D. Herpes encephalitis
E. Hepatic encephalopathy
11. A primary care practice follows patient progress through a registry. Each patient is assigned a
primary care provider and a behavioral health care manager. A psychiatrist is consistently available to
these providers for consultation. This arrangement
Question: Is best described by which model?
Answer:
A. Integrated care
B. Co-located care
C. Collaborative care
D. Remote consultation care
E. Assertive community treatment collaborative care 7/148 12.
