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NR606 – Diagnosis and Management in Psychiatric-Mental Health II
Exam Study Guide – Midterm Exam
Exam Format: Non-Cumulative exam
Question Type: Multiple Choice
Number of Questions: 75 Number of Points: 150 points Time Allotted: 90 Minutes
Testing Timeframe: The midterm exam will be available starting on Wednesday of Week 4 at
12:01 am MT until Friday of Week 4 at 11:59 pm MT.
Exam Coverage
Week 1:
Content Areas:
• Ethical Considerations in Treating Children and Adolescents
o Privacy and HIPAA o Informed consent o Prescribing
considerations o Mandatory reporting
• Prescribing Considerations for Maternal Mental Health
Treatment o Considerations during pregnancy o
Considerations for breastfeeding
• Substance Use Disorder in the Perinatal Period o Substance
risks
o Ethical and legal
considerations o Stigma
o Assessment and screening o
Treatment
Key Concepts to Study
• What are barriers to seeking mental health care in children, adolescents and perinatal
populations
• Social determinants and access to care in children and adolescents
• Developmentally appropriate teaching in children and adolescents
• Racial and ethnic barriers to treatment
• Know types of stigma: structural, self, public, intervention
• Parental access to child/adolescent’s mental health records – legal aspects
• Ethical and legal principles of informed consent
• Mandatory reporting
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• Explore physiologic differences in children that influence medication absorption,
distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
• Understand the principles of dosing medications for children, including weight-based
calculations and safety considerations.
Recommended Resources
• Canvas Modules: Week 1
• Textbook Chapters:
Preston, J. D., O’Neal, J. H., Talaga, M. C., & Moore, B. A. (2021). Child and
adolescent clinical psychopharmacology made simple (4th ed.). New Harbinger
Publications, Inc.
o Chapter 1: Issues in Psychopharmacological Treatment of Children and
Adolescents
• Gallaby, M., Woods, N., & Snellen, M. (2022). How clinicians can support women in
making decisions about psychopharmacological treatments in pregnancy World
Psychiatry, 21(1), 149-151. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20937
• Sanmartin, M., Ali, M., Chen, J., & Dwyer, D.S. (2019). Mental health treatment and
unmet mental health care need among pregnant women with major depressive episode in
the United States . Psychiatric Services, 70(6), 503-506.
Exam Coverage
Week 2:
Content Areas:
Maternal Mental
Health o Baby blues
o Maternal mental health disorders
Depression
Bipolar II disorder (BPD)
Anxiety
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Psychosis
o Impact of maternal mental health disorders on pediatric mental health o
Stigmas associated with maternal mental health disorders
NR606 – Diagnosis and Management in Psychiatric-Mental Health II
Exam Study Guide – Midterm Exam
Exam Format: Non-Cumulative exam
Question Type: Multiple Choice
Number of Questions: 75 Number of Points: 150 points Time Allotted: 90 Minutes
Testing Timeframe: The midterm exam will be available starting on Wednesday of Week 4 at
12:01 am MT until Friday of Week 4 at 11:59 pm MT.
Exam Coverage
Week 1:
Content Areas:
• Ethical Considerations in Treating Children and Adolescents
o Privacy and HIPAA o Informed consent o Prescribing
considerations o Mandatory reporting
• Prescribing Considerations for Maternal Mental Health
Treatment o Considerations during pregnancy o
Considerations for breastfeeding
• Substance Use Disorder in the Perinatal Period o Substance
risks
o Ethical and legal
considerations o Stigma
o Assessment and screening o
Treatment
Key Concepts to Study
• What are barriers to seeking mental health care in children, adolescents and perinatal
populations
• Social determinants and access to care in children and adolescents
• Developmentally appropriate teaching in children and adolescents
• Racial and ethnic barriers to treatment
• Know types of stigma: structural, self, public, intervention
• Parental access to child/adolescent’s mental health records – legal aspects
• Ethical and legal principles of informed consent
• Mandatory reporting
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• Explore physiologic differences in children that influence medication absorption,
distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
• Understand the principles of dosing medications for children, including weight-based
calculations and safety considerations.
Recommended Resources
• Canvas Modules: Week 1
• Textbook Chapters:
Preston, J. D., O’Neal, J. H., Talaga, M. C., & Moore, B. A. (2021). Child and
adolescent clinical psychopharmacology made simple (4th ed.). New Harbinger
Publications, Inc.
o Chapter 1: Issues in Psychopharmacological Treatment of Children and
Adolescents
• Gallaby, M., Woods, N., & Snellen, M. (2022). How clinicians can support women in
making decisions about psychopharmacological treatments in pregnancy World
Psychiatry, 21(1), 149-151. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20937
• Sanmartin, M., Ali, M., Chen, J., & Dwyer, D.S. (2019). Mental health treatment and
unmet mental health care need among pregnant women with major depressive episode in
the United States . Psychiatric Services, 70(6), 503-506.
Exam Coverage
Week 2:
Content Areas:
Maternal Mental
Health o Baby blues
o Maternal mental health disorders
Depression
Bipolar II disorder (BPD)
Anxiety
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Psychosis
o Impact of maternal mental health disorders on pediatric mental health o
Stigmas associated with maternal mental health disorders
