NPN 125 FINAL 2026 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
100% PASS
PTSD - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Disturbing behavior due to exposure to traumatic
events (natural disaster, combat, assault) at least 3 months after trauma
occurred
Three clusters of PTSD symptoms - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Reliving event;
Avoiding reminders of event; Being on guard or experiencing hyperarousal
When can PTSD occur? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Can occur at any age
,Adjustment Disordeer - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A reaction to a stressful event that
causes problems for the individuals; typically, the person has more than the
expected difficulty coping with or assimilating the event into his or her life
When do the symptoms for adjustment order develop? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Within a month, lasting no more than 6 months
What happens by 6 months of the adjustment disorder? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔It
has either been successful, or the person moves on to another diagnosis
Examples of adjustment disorder - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Financial, relationship,
and work-related stressors
Reactive Attachment Disorder - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Occurs before the age of 5
in response to the trauma of child abuse or neglect; the child shows
disturbed, inappropriate social relatedness in most situations; the child with
RAD exhibits minimal social and emotional responses to others, lacks a
positive affect, and may be sad, irritable, or afraid for no apparent reason
Dissociation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Subconscious defense mechanism used to
protect emotional self from recognizing full impact of some horrific or
traumatic event by following mind to forget or remove itself from painful
situation or memory
,Dissociative amnesia - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The client cannot remember
important person information (usually of a traumatic or stressful nature);
includes a fugue experience where the client suddenly moves to a new
geographic location with no memory of past events, and often the
assumption of a new identity
Dissociate identity disorder (DID) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Formerly multiple
personality disorder; the client displays two or mote distinct identities or
personality states that recurrently take control of his or her behavior;
accompanied by the inability to recall important personal information
Depersonalization disorder - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The client has a persistent or
recurrent feeling of being detached from his or her mental processes or
body
Derealization disorder - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Sensation of being in a dream-like
states where the environment seems doggy or unreal
PTSD and Dissociative Disorder treatment - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Community:
Based group or individual therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Pharmacological treatment: Paroxetine, sertraline for PTSD
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, Symptomatic treatment for dissociative disorders (anti-anxiety,
antidepressants)
Paroxetine - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔PTSD medication
Sertraline - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔PTSD medication
Anxiety - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Vague feeling of dread or apprehension
Anxiety - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Different from fear
Anxiety behaviors - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Panic without reason; unwarranted fear
of objects or life conditions; uncontrollable repetitive actions; re-
experiencing of traumatic events; unexplainable or overwhelming worry
Alarm reaction stage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Preparation for defense
Resistance stage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Blood shunted to areas needed for
defense
Exhaustion stage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Stores depleted; emotional components
unresolved
Mild Anxiety (Peplau) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Special attention; increased sensory
stimulation; motivational
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
100% PASS
PTSD - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Disturbing behavior due to exposure to traumatic
events (natural disaster, combat, assault) at least 3 months after trauma
occurred
Three clusters of PTSD symptoms - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Reliving event;
Avoiding reminders of event; Being on guard or experiencing hyperarousal
When can PTSD occur? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Can occur at any age
,Adjustment Disordeer - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A reaction to a stressful event that
causes problems for the individuals; typically, the person has more than the
expected difficulty coping with or assimilating the event into his or her life
When do the symptoms for adjustment order develop? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Within a month, lasting no more than 6 months
What happens by 6 months of the adjustment disorder? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔It
has either been successful, or the person moves on to another diagnosis
Examples of adjustment disorder - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Financial, relationship,
and work-related stressors
Reactive Attachment Disorder - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Occurs before the age of 5
in response to the trauma of child abuse or neglect; the child shows
disturbed, inappropriate social relatedness in most situations; the child with
RAD exhibits minimal social and emotional responses to others, lacks a
positive affect, and may be sad, irritable, or afraid for no apparent reason
Dissociation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Subconscious defense mechanism used to
protect emotional self from recognizing full impact of some horrific or
traumatic event by following mind to forget or remove itself from painful
situation or memory
,Dissociative amnesia - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The client cannot remember
important person information (usually of a traumatic or stressful nature);
includes a fugue experience where the client suddenly moves to a new
geographic location with no memory of past events, and often the
assumption of a new identity
Dissociate identity disorder (DID) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Formerly multiple
personality disorder; the client displays two or mote distinct identities or
personality states that recurrently take control of his or her behavior;
accompanied by the inability to recall important personal information
Depersonalization disorder - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The client has a persistent or
recurrent feeling of being detached from his or her mental processes or
body
Derealization disorder - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Sensation of being in a dream-like
states where the environment seems doggy or unreal
PTSD and Dissociative Disorder treatment - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Community:
Based group or individual therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Pharmacological treatment: Paroxetine, sertraline for PTSD
3
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Symptomatic treatment for dissociative disorders (anti-anxiety,
antidepressants)
Paroxetine - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔PTSD medication
Sertraline - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔PTSD medication
Anxiety - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Vague feeling of dread or apprehension
Anxiety - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Different from fear
Anxiety behaviors - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Panic without reason; unwarranted fear
of objects or life conditions; uncontrollable repetitive actions; re-
experiencing of traumatic events; unexplainable or overwhelming worry
Alarm reaction stage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Preparation for defense
Resistance stage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Blood shunted to areas needed for
defense
Exhaustion stage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Stores depleted; emotional components
unresolved
Mild Anxiety (Peplau) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Special attention; increased sensory
stimulation; motivational
