NSG 552 Psychopharmacology Exam 2 Questions and
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Occurs when a person develops emotional or behavioral symptoms
Adjustment disorders in response to a stressful event or situation; symptoms aren't those of
normal bereavement and resolve within 6 months of the stressor
Which of the following class of meds are used as first-line therapy for
SSRIs (sertraline and duloxetine) PTSD?
3 multiple choice options
Blood pressure What do you need to monitor if a patient is on Prazosin?
Why are benzodiazepines They interfere with the psychological processes needed to benefit
contraindicated in PTSD from CBT: there is a high rate of comorbid SUD w/PTSD and
treatment? benzodiazepines are highly addictive
What medications are FDA Sertraline and Paroxetine
approved to treat PTSD?
When would you augment Only in SEVERE cases
treatment of PTSD with an atypical
antipsychotic?
What co-occurring disorder do PTSD
patients with DID typically have?
What are SSRIs effective for in Co-occurring depressive or PTSD symtpoms
DID?
What are the suggested Psychotherapy and pharmacology to target associated symptoms
treatments for adjustment like anxiety, depression, insomnia
disorders?
, In patients with DID, what Naltrexone
medication is used to reduce self-
injurous behaviors?
No- there is often concurrent depression/anxiety and ECT can be
Is ECT contraindicated in DID?
effective in treating it- especially if symptoms are treatment resistant
What are the suggested Psychotherapy; SSRIs to treat concurrent anxiety/depression;
treatments for excoriation antipsychotics; ansiolytics
disorder?
What disorder has the following excoriation disorder
characteristics: recurrent skin
picking that results in lesions
despite attempts to stop?
What is the suggested treatment Psychotherapy; SSRIs for concurrent anxiety/depression;
for tricholillomania? Clomipramine, Atypical antipsychotics (lithium, N-acetylcyteine
What disorder has the Trichotillomania
characteristic of recurrent pulling
out one's hair despite repeated
attempts to stop?
What is the suggested treatment CBT specific for hoarding; SSRIs to treat concurrent
for hoarding disorder? anxiety/depression
What disorder has the following Hoarding disorder
characteristics: persistant difficulty
discarding possessions regardless
of value resulting in accumulation
of possessions that compromise
living space/ability to function.
Person is resistant to treatment
What is the suggested treatment Psychotherapy, SSRIs for concurrent anxiety/depression/OCD
for body dysmorphic disorder?
What disorder has the following Body dysmorphia disorder
characteristics? Preoccupation
with one or more perceived
defects or flaws in physical
appearance; spends significant
time trying to correct perceived
flaws w/makeup, dermatological
procedures, or plastic surgery
Psychotherapy, SSRIs to target comorbid depressive/PTSD
What are the recommended
symptoms, Prazosin for nightmares, Naltrexone to decrease self-
treatments for DID?
injurous behaviors
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Terms in this set (134)
Occurs when a person develops emotional or behavioral symptoms
Adjustment disorders in response to a stressful event or situation; symptoms aren't those of
normal bereavement and resolve within 6 months of the stressor
Which of the following class of meds are used as first-line therapy for
SSRIs (sertraline and duloxetine) PTSD?
3 multiple choice options
Blood pressure What do you need to monitor if a patient is on Prazosin?
Why are benzodiazepines They interfere with the psychological processes needed to benefit
contraindicated in PTSD from CBT: there is a high rate of comorbid SUD w/PTSD and
treatment? benzodiazepines are highly addictive
What medications are FDA Sertraline and Paroxetine
approved to treat PTSD?
When would you augment Only in SEVERE cases
treatment of PTSD with an atypical
antipsychotic?
What co-occurring disorder do PTSD
patients with DID typically have?
What are SSRIs effective for in Co-occurring depressive or PTSD symtpoms
DID?
What are the suggested Psychotherapy and pharmacology to target associated symptoms
treatments for adjustment like anxiety, depression, insomnia
disorders?
, In patients with DID, what Naltrexone
medication is used to reduce self-
injurous behaviors?
No- there is often concurrent depression/anxiety and ECT can be
Is ECT contraindicated in DID?
effective in treating it- especially if symptoms are treatment resistant
What are the suggested Psychotherapy; SSRIs to treat concurrent anxiety/depression;
treatments for excoriation antipsychotics; ansiolytics
disorder?
What disorder has the following excoriation disorder
characteristics: recurrent skin
picking that results in lesions
despite attempts to stop?
What is the suggested treatment Psychotherapy; SSRIs for concurrent anxiety/depression;
for tricholillomania? Clomipramine, Atypical antipsychotics (lithium, N-acetylcyteine
What disorder has the Trichotillomania
characteristic of recurrent pulling
out one's hair despite repeated
attempts to stop?
What is the suggested treatment CBT specific for hoarding; SSRIs to treat concurrent
for hoarding disorder? anxiety/depression
What disorder has the following Hoarding disorder
characteristics: persistant difficulty
discarding possessions regardless
of value resulting in accumulation
of possessions that compromise
living space/ability to function.
Person is resistant to treatment
What is the suggested treatment Psychotherapy, SSRIs for concurrent anxiety/depression/OCD
for body dysmorphic disorder?
What disorder has the following Body dysmorphia disorder
characteristics? Preoccupation
with one or more perceived
defects or flaws in physical
appearance; spends significant
time trying to correct perceived
flaws w/makeup, dermatological
procedures, or plastic surgery
Psychotherapy, SSRIs to target comorbid depressive/PTSD
What are the recommended
symptoms, Prazosin for nightmares, Naltrexone to decrease self-
treatments for DID?
injurous behaviors
