MARYVILLE NUR 661 EXAM 1 TO 4
PACKAGE 2026 EXAM PREP STUDY GUIDE
COMPLETE Q&A 100% CORRECT
⩥ Who is most likely to succeed at committing suicide? Answer: Older
while males
⩥ What are some protective factors for suicide? Answer: Having
children
Religion
Stronger alliances with medical providers and therapists
⩥ What is lethality? Answer: the probability that a person will
successfully complete suicide
⩥ What is intent? Answer: Effective expectations for desire of active
death
⩥ What is a suicide attempt? Answer: Includes all willful, self-inflicted
life-threatening attempts that have not led to death
⩥ What is suicidal ideation? Answer: thinking about suicide, usually
with some serious emotional and intellectual or cognitive overtones
,⩥ Where in the brain do we theorize violence and aggression originate?
Answer: Prefrontal cortex
⩥ How to assess for homicidal ideation? Answer: Do you have
homicidal ideation? Who do you want to kill? How do you plan to do
this? Do you have access to the means necessary? Do you intend to
commit the act?
⩥ What legal follow up is needed for homicidal ideation? Answer: Duty
to warn
Based on state laws
⩥ Obsession Answer: 1. Recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or
images that are experienced, at some time during the disturbance, as
intrusive and unwanted, and that in most individuals cause marked
anxiety or distress
2. The individual attempts to ignore or suppress such thoughts, urges, or
images, or to neutralize them with some other thought or action (i.e. by
performing a compulsion)
⩥ Compulsion Answer: 1. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that the
individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession or
according to rules that must be applied rigidly
,2. The behaviors or mental acts are aimed at preventing or reducing
anxiety or distress, or preventing some dreaded event or situation,
however, these behaviors or mental acts are not connected in a realistic
way with what they are designed to neutralize or prevent, or are clearly
excessive
⩥ Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Answer: A. Presence of
obsessions, compulsions, or both
B. The obsessions or compulsions are time-consuming (e.g. take more
than one hour per day) or cause clinically significant distress or
impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of
functioning
C. The obsessive-compulsive symptoms are not attributable to the
physiological effects of a substance or another medical condition
D. The disturbance is not better explained by the symptoms of another
mental disorder
⩥ PANDAS Answer: Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Associated with Streptococcal infections
⩥ OCD common co-morbid conditions Answer: MDD (Major
depressive disorder)
Skin Picking
Hair Pulling
, ⩥ Most Common Compulsions Answer: Checking
Ordering
Arranging
Washing/cleaning
Hand-washing
Flipping lights
Counting
⩥ Differentiation between OCD and eating disorders Answer: Those
with eating disorders will be counting calories, focused on weight loss or
maintaining a specific weight
⩥ Treatment for OCD Answer: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
⩥ Pharmacological Treatment for OCD Answer: First line treatment-
SSRI (Luvox, fluoxetine)
Second-line treatment TCA with serotonergic properties (clomipramine)
SNRI or MAOI
Augmentation with benzos, lithium, or Buspar
⩥ DSM-5 Body Dysmorphic Disorder Answer: Preoccupation with
perceived flaw on body taht is not observed by others
PACKAGE 2026 EXAM PREP STUDY GUIDE
COMPLETE Q&A 100% CORRECT
⩥ Who is most likely to succeed at committing suicide? Answer: Older
while males
⩥ What are some protective factors for suicide? Answer: Having
children
Religion
Stronger alliances with medical providers and therapists
⩥ What is lethality? Answer: the probability that a person will
successfully complete suicide
⩥ What is intent? Answer: Effective expectations for desire of active
death
⩥ What is a suicide attempt? Answer: Includes all willful, self-inflicted
life-threatening attempts that have not led to death
⩥ What is suicidal ideation? Answer: thinking about suicide, usually
with some serious emotional and intellectual or cognitive overtones
,⩥ Where in the brain do we theorize violence and aggression originate?
Answer: Prefrontal cortex
⩥ How to assess for homicidal ideation? Answer: Do you have
homicidal ideation? Who do you want to kill? How do you plan to do
this? Do you have access to the means necessary? Do you intend to
commit the act?
⩥ What legal follow up is needed for homicidal ideation? Answer: Duty
to warn
Based on state laws
⩥ Obsession Answer: 1. Recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or
images that are experienced, at some time during the disturbance, as
intrusive and unwanted, and that in most individuals cause marked
anxiety or distress
2. The individual attempts to ignore or suppress such thoughts, urges, or
images, or to neutralize them with some other thought or action (i.e. by
performing a compulsion)
⩥ Compulsion Answer: 1. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that the
individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession or
according to rules that must be applied rigidly
,2. The behaviors or mental acts are aimed at preventing or reducing
anxiety or distress, or preventing some dreaded event or situation,
however, these behaviors or mental acts are not connected in a realistic
way with what they are designed to neutralize or prevent, or are clearly
excessive
⩥ Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Answer: A. Presence of
obsessions, compulsions, or both
B. The obsessions or compulsions are time-consuming (e.g. take more
than one hour per day) or cause clinically significant distress or
impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of
functioning
C. The obsessive-compulsive symptoms are not attributable to the
physiological effects of a substance or another medical condition
D. The disturbance is not better explained by the symptoms of another
mental disorder
⩥ PANDAS Answer: Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Associated with Streptococcal infections
⩥ OCD common co-morbid conditions Answer: MDD (Major
depressive disorder)
Skin Picking
Hair Pulling
, ⩥ Most Common Compulsions Answer: Checking
Ordering
Arranging
Washing/cleaning
Hand-washing
Flipping lights
Counting
⩥ Differentiation between OCD and eating disorders Answer: Those
with eating disorders will be counting calories, focused on weight loss or
maintaining a specific weight
⩥ Treatment for OCD Answer: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
⩥ Pharmacological Treatment for OCD Answer: First line treatment-
SSRI (Luvox, fluoxetine)
Second-line treatment TCA with serotonergic properties (clomipramine)
SNRI or MAOI
Augmentation with benzos, lithium, or Buspar
⩥ DSM-5 Body Dysmorphic Disorder Answer: Preoccupation with
perceived flaw on body taht is not observed by others
