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Select the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs to treat psychiatric disorders in
psychosomatic patients - answer ✔✔-Potassium
Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the psychosocial life cycle - answer ✔✔-Erickson
Select two causes of dissociative amnesia - answer ✔✔-Sexual abuse and Partner Betrayal
Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during prescribing antipsychotic drugs - answer
✔✔-AIMS
Select the two comorbid disorders with which Pica occurs most commonly - answer ✔✔-Autism and
Intellectual disability
Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients - answer ✔✔-20% recover, 10% mild symptoms,
40% moderate symptoms, 30% no change or worse
Select the memory category retained in transient global amnesia that is absent in dissociative amnesia -
answer ✔✔-Sequential events
The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with anorexia nervosa - answer ✔✔-Eating with friends
but not Family
Select the two most important elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a mental illness
diagnosis. - answer ✔✔-Psychiatrist History and mental status examination
Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients. - answer ✔✔-Patient Resistance
, Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common symptom - answer ✔✔-Central Apnea
Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely to initially seek help from a Primary
Care Provider - answer ✔✔-Hoarding
Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder - answer ✔✔-CAPS
Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed - answer ✔✔-4
Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to observing violence in television,
movies, and video games - answer ✔✔-Dysthymia
Select a provider's most important knowledge area essential to a successful mental health interview of a
child - answer ✔✔-Medical history
Select the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of antidepressant drug therapy - answer
✔✔-6-8 weeks
What is one main difference between acute stress disorder and PTSD? - answer ✔✔-PTSD has recurrent,
distressing dreams
Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD disorders include all the following EXCEPT: - answer
✔✔-Short duration of symptoms
Select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause of somatic symptom disorder or
hypochondriasis - answer ✔✔-Angina Pectoris
What is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing depression in adolescents? - answer ✔✔-
Appetite