PMHNP Certification Exam RATED A+

PMHNP Certification Exam RATED A+
Tarasoff Principle - ✔✔1976 - duty to warn victims of potential harm from client



Deontological Theory - ✔✔Ethical theory that states an action is judged as good or bad based on the
act itself regardless of the consequences



Teleological Theory - ✔✔Ethical theory that states an action is judged as good or bad based on the
consequence or outcome



Virtue ethics - ✔✔ethical theory that states actions are chosen based on the moral virtues (eg.
honesty, courage, compassion, wisdom, gratitude, self-respect) or the character of the person
making the decision



Erikson's developmental stage infancy age range - ✔✔birth-1 year



Erikson's developmental stage infancy developmental tasks - ✔✔trust vs. mistrust



Erikson's developmental stage infancy indications of developmental mastery - ✔✔Ability to form
meaningful relationships, hope about the future trust in others



Erikson's developmental stage infancy indication of developmental failure - ✔✔poor relationships,
lack of future hope, suspicious of others



Erikson's developmental stage early childhood age - ✔✔1-3 yo



Erikson's developmental stage early childhood developmental task - ✔✔autonomy vs. shame and
doubt



Erikson's developmental stage early childhood indications of developmental mastery - ✔✔self-
control, self-esteem, willpower

,Erikson's developmental stage early childhood indications of developmental failure - ✔✔poor self-
control, low self esteem, self-doubt, lack of independence



Erikson's developmental stage late childhood age - ✔✔3-6yo



Erikson's developmental stage late childhood developmental task - ✔✔initiative vs guilt



Erikson's developmental stage late childhood indications of developmental mastery - ✔✔self-
directed behavior, goal formation, sense of purpose



Erikson's developmental stage late childhood indications of developmental failure - ✔✔lack of self-
initiated behavior, lack of goal orientation



Erikson's developmental stage school-age ages - ✔✔6-12yo



Erikson's developmental stage school-age developmental task - ✔✔industry vs. inferiority



Erikson's developmental stage school-age indications of developmental mastery - ✔✔ability to work;
sense of competency and achievement



Erikson's developmental stage school-age indications of developmental failure - ✔✔sense of
inferiority, difficulty with working, learning



Erikson's developmental stage adolescence ages - ✔✔12-20yo



Erikson's developmental stage adolescence developmental task - ✔✔identity vs role confusion



Erikson's developmental stage adolescence indications of developmental mastery - ✔✔personal
sense of identity



Erikson's developmental stage adolescence indications of developmental failure - ✔✔identity
confusion, poor self-identification in group settings

,Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood ages - ✔✔20-35 years



Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood developmental task - ✔✔intimacy vs isolation



Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood indications of developmental mastery -
✔✔committed relationships, capacity to love



Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood indications of developmental failure - ✔✔emotional
isolation, egocentrism



Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood ages - ✔✔35-65 yo



Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood developmental task - ✔✔generativity vs. self-
absorption or stagnation



Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood indications of developmental mastery - ✔✔ability
to give time and talents to others, ability to care for others



Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood indications of developmental failure - ✔✔self-
absorption, inability to row and change as a person, inability to care for others



Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood age - ✔✔>65yo



Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood developmental task - ✔✔integrity vs despair



Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood indications of developmental mastery - ✔✔fulfilment
and comfort with life, willingness to face death, insight and balanced perspective on life's events



Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood indications of developmental failure - ✔✔bitterness,
sense of dissatisfaction with life, despair over impending death



Psychodynamic (Psychoanalytic) Theory - ✔✔-Sigmund Freud

-all bx is purposeful and meaningful

, -principle of psychic determinism

-most mental activity is unconscious

-conscious behaviors and choices are affected by unconscious mental content

-childhood experiences shape adult personality

-instincts, urges, or fantasies function as drives that motivate thoughts, feelings, and bx

-Id, Ego, Superego

-conflict is experienced consciously as anxiety



Principle of psychic determinism - ✔✔Even apparently meaningless, random, or accidental behavior
is actually motivated by underlying unconscious mental content



Intellectual disability typical age onset - ✔✔infancy- usually evident at birth



ADHD typical age onset - ✔✔early childhood (per DSM by age 12)



Schizophrenia typical age onset - ✔✔18-25 for men

25-35 for women



Major Depression typical age onset - ✔✔late adolescence to young adulthood



dementia typical age onset - ✔✔most common after age 85



Freud's Id - ✔✔-contains primary drives or instincts

-drives are largely unconscious

-operates on the pleasure principle

-"I want"



pleasure principle - ✔✔the id seeks immediate satisfaction



freud's ego - ✔✔-rational mind, logical and abstract thinking

-"I think, I evaluate"