Mental Health ATI CMS questions with verified answers
*ADDICTIONS* Ans✓✓✓
*DEFENSE MECHANISMS* Ans✓✓✓
*PSYCH MEDS* Ans✓✓✓
a member of the family with little power is blamed for problems within the family
Ans✓✓✓ scapegoating
A therapist or others serve as a role models for a client, who imitates this
modeling to improve behavior Ans✓✓✓ Modeling
a third party is drawn into the relationship with two members whose relationship
is unstable Ans✓✓✓ triangulation
Anorexia Ans✓✓✓ Weigh client daily for 1st week, then 3 times/week during
treatment;
Encourage fiber;
Initially, avoid foods that are hard to digest: raw veggies, dried fruit, carbonated
drinks, fatty or fried foods
Atypical Antipsychotics
[more effective for negative symptoms of schizo] Ans✓✓✓ aripiprazole [Abilify];
clozapine [Clozaril]: -causes agranulocytosis - weekly blood monitoring;
olanzapine [Zyprexa];
,quetiapine [Seroquel]: -doesn't cause weight gain;
risperidone [Risperdal];
ziprasidone [Geodon];
*SIDE EFFECTS*: anticholinergic, hyperglycemia
Believe that her thoughts have been removed form her mind by an outside
agency Ans✓✓✓ thought withdrawal
Believes that a force outside his body is controlling him Ans✓✓✓ being
controlled
believes that her thoughts are heard by others Ans✓✓✓ thought broacasting
believes that his body is changing in an unusual way, scubas growing a third arm
Ans✓✓✓ somatic delusions
believes that others thoughts are being inserted into his mind Ans✓✓✓ thought
insertion
Believes that she is all powerful and important like a god Ans✓✓✓ grandeur
Benzodiazepines
[antianxiety] Ans✓✓✓ end in [-pam], [-lam];
*SHORT ACTING*;
,alprazolam [Xanax];
midazolam ;
*INTERMEDIATE ACTING*;
clonazepam [Klonopin];
lorazepam [Ativan];
*LONG ACTING*;
diazepam [Valium]
*SIDE EFFECTS*: anticholinergic
Bipolar - mania interventions Ans✓✓✓ use firm calm approach;
provide frequent high-calorie foods;
maintain low-level of stimuli; - no group therapy;
provide frequent rest periods;
use short statements - no long explainations
Blaming others for unacceptable thoughts and feelings
Ex: a young adult planes his substance use disorder on his parents refusal to buy
him a new car Ans✓✓✓ projection
Borderline personality disorder Ans✓✓✓ pervasive pattern of unstable
interpersonal relationships and impulsivity or recklessness
, Bulimia nervosa Ans✓✓✓ normal weight range; thoughts are dominated by
concerns of weight gain; binge-purge; frequent vomiting causes metabolic
alkalosis, hypertrophy of parotid glands, puffy cheeks, and edema; hypotension
due to dehydration; brittle hair and hair loss due to malnutrition
carbamazepine [Tegretol] Ans✓✓✓ CLASS: anticonvulsant; also used to treat
symptoms of bipolar manic phase and schizo rage reactions;
COMMON SIDE EFFECT: dizziness
MAY INDICATE BLOOD DYSCRASIA: cough, fever, sore throat, lethergy
Characterized by arrogance, grandiose views of self importance, the need for
consistent admiration and a lack of empathy for others that strains most
relationships; often sensitive to criticism Ans✓✓✓ narcissistic
Characterized by disregard for others with exploitation, repeated unlawful
actions, deceit, and failure to accept personal responsibility Ans✓✓✓ Antisocial
Characterized by distrust and suspiciousness toward others based on unfounded
beliefs that others want to harm, exploit, or deceive the person Ans✓✓✓
Paranoid
characterized by emotional attention-seeking behavior in which the person needs
to be the center of attention often seductive and flirtations Ans✓✓✓ Histrionic
Characterized by emotional detachment, disinterest in close relationships and
indifference to praise or criticism; often uncooperative Ans✓✓✓ Schizoid
*ADDICTIONS* Ans✓✓✓
*DEFENSE MECHANISMS* Ans✓✓✓
*PSYCH MEDS* Ans✓✓✓
a member of the family with little power is blamed for problems within the family
Ans✓✓✓ scapegoating
A therapist or others serve as a role models for a client, who imitates this
modeling to improve behavior Ans✓✓✓ Modeling
a third party is drawn into the relationship with two members whose relationship
is unstable Ans✓✓✓ triangulation
Anorexia Ans✓✓✓ Weigh client daily for 1st week, then 3 times/week during
treatment;
Encourage fiber;
Initially, avoid foods that are hard to digest: raw veggies, dried fruit, carbonated
drinks, fatty or fried foods
Atypical Antipsychotics
[more effective for negative symptoms of schizo] Ans✓✓✓ aripiprazole [Abilify];
clozapine [Clozaril]: -causes agranulocytosis - weekly blood monitoring;
olanzapine [Zyprexa];
,quetiapine [Seroquel]: -doesn't cause weight gain;
risperidone [Risperdal];
ziprasidone [Geodon];
*SIDE EFFECTS*: anticholinergic, hyperglycemia
Believe that her thoughts have been removed form her mind by an outside
agency Ans✓✓✓ thought withdrawal
Believes that a force outside his body is controlling him Ans✓✓✓ being
controlled
believes that her thoughts are heard by others Ans✓✓✓ thought broacasting
believes that his body is changing in an unusual way, scubas growing a third arm
Ans✓✓✓ somatic delusions
believes that others thoughts are being inserted into his mind Ans✓✓✓ thought
insertion
Believes that she is all powerful and important like a god Ans✓✓✓ grandeur
Benzodiazepines
[antianxiety] Ans✓✓✓ end in [-pam], [-lam];
*SHORT ACTING*;
,alprazolam [Xanax];
midazolam ;
*INTERMEDIATE ACTING*;
clonazepam [Klonopin];
lorazepam [Ativan];
*LONG ACTING*;
diazepam [Valium]
*SIDE EFFECTS*: anticholinergic
Bipolar - mania interventions Ans✓✓✓ use firm calm approach;
provide frequent high-calorie foods;
maintain low-level of stimuli; - no group therapy;
provide frequent rest periods;
use short statements - no long explainations
Blaming others for unacceptable thoughts and feelings
Ex: a young adult planes his substance use disorder on his parents refusal to buy
him a new car Ans✓✓✓ projection
Borderline personality disorder Ans✓✓✓ pervasive pattern of unstable
interpersonal relationships and impulsivity or recklessness
, Bulimia nervosa Ans✓✓✓ normal weight range; thoughts are dominated by
concerns of weight gain; binge-purge; frequent vomiting causes metabolic
alkalosis, hypertrophy of parotid glands, puffy cheeks, and edema; hypotension
due to dehydration; brittle hair and hair loss due to malnutrition
carbamazepine [Tegretol] Ans✓✓✓ CLASS: anticonvulsant; also used to treat
symptoms of bipolar manic phase and schizo rage reactions;
COMMON SIDE EFFECT: dizziness
MAY INDICATE BLOOD DYSCRASIA: cough, fever, sore throat, lethergy
Characterized by arrogance, grandiose views of self importance, the need for
consistent admiration and a lack of empathy for others that strains most
relationships; often sensitive to criticism Ans✓✓✓ narcissistic
Characterized by disregard for others with exploitation, repeated unlawful
actions, deceit, and failure to accept personal responsibility Ans✓✓✓ Antisocial
Characterized by distrust and suspiciousness toward others based on unfounded
beliefs that others want to harm, exploit, or deceive the person Ans✓✓✓
Paranoid
characterized by emotional attention-seeking behavior in which the person needs
to be the center of attention often seductive and flirtations Ans✓✓✓ Histrionic
Characterized by emotional detachment, disinterest in close relationships and
indifference to praise or criticism; often uncooperative Ans✓✓✓ Schizoid
