CMN 552 – Final Exam, Complete Exam
Questions and Answers 2025/2026
Introduction:
This document contains comprehensive final exam questions
and precise answers for CMN 552. It covers key psychiatric
and mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) topics
including anxiety disorders, mood disorders, psychosis,
trauma-related disorders, pharmacology, women’s mental
health, homelessness, complementary therapies, and
neurobiology. The material is presented in a question-and-
answer format, making it suitable for exam preparation and
content review.
Exam Questions and Answers:
How would a PMHNP taper off alprazolam? ---Correct Precise
Answer---Dose reductions are done in 0.5 mg every 3 days or
slower.
Headache
dizziness
,lightheadedness
nervousness
excitement
fatigue
paresthesia
numbness, and GI upset
high dose can cause worsen psychosis
...all are side effects of ___________. ---Correct Precise
Answer---buspirone
______________ can be useful for panic-disorder/agoraphobia,
social phobia, and separation anxiety disorder, SEIZURES. ---
Correct Precise Answer---clonazepam
glutamate neurons are in the _________ __________. ---Correct
Precise Answer---lateral amygdala
GABA is located in the ____________. ---Correct Precise
Answer---intercalated cell mass of the amygdala
, ___________ is the main excitatory neurotransmitter in the
mammalian cortex. GABA is a metabolic product of this. ---
Correct Precise Answer---glutamate
__________ is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the
mammalian cortex ---Correct Precise Answer---GABA
______________prevention occurs before any evidence of
disease and aims to reduce or eliminate causal risk factors,
prevent onset, and thus reduce incidence of the disease. Well-
known examples include vaccinations to prevent infectious
diseases and encouraging healthy eating and physical activity
to prevent obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and other chronic
diseases and conditions. ---Correct Precise Answer---primary
prevention
______________ prevention occurs at a latent stage of
disease—after a disease has begun but before the person has
become symptomatic. The goals, which ultimately reduce the
prevalence of the disease, are early identification through
screening as well as providing interventions to prevent the
disease from becoming manifest. Screening tools and tests
(e.g., checking body mass index, mammography, HIV testing)
are examples of secondary prevention. ---Correct Precise
Answer---secondary prevention
Questions and Answers 2025/2026
Introduction:
This document contains comprehensive final exam questions
and precise answers for CMN 552. It covers key psychiatric
and mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) topics
including anxiety disorders, mood disorders, psychosis,
trauma-related disorders, pharmacology, women’s mental
health, homelessness, complementary therapies, and
neurobiology. The material is presented in a question-and-
answer format, making it suitable for exam preparation and
content review.
Exam Questions and Answers:
How would a PMHNP taper off alprazolam? ---Correct Precise
Answer---Dose reductions are done in 0.5 mg every 3 days or
slower.
Headache
dizziness
,lightheadedness
nervousness
excitement
fatigue
paresthesia
numbness, and GI upset
high dose can cause worsen psychosis
...all are side effects of ___________. ---Correct Precise
Answer---buspirone
______________ can be useful for panic-disorder/agoraphobia,
social phobia, and separation anxiety disorder, SEIZURES. ---
Correct Precise Answer---clonazepam
glutamate neurons are in the _________ __________. ---Correct
Precise Answer---lateral amygdala
GABA is located in the ____________. ---Correct Precise
Answer---intercalated cell mass of the amygdala
, ___________ is the main excitatory neurotransmitter in the
mammalian cortex. GABA is a metabolic product of this. ---
Correct Precise Answer---glutamate
__________ is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the
mammalian cortex ---Correct Precise Answer---GABA
______________prevention occurs before any evidence of
disease and aims to reduce or eliminate causal risk factors,
prevent onset, and thus reduce incidence of the disease. Well-
known examples include vaccinations to prevent infectious
diseases and encouraging healthy eating and physical activity
to prevent obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and other chronic
diseases and conditions. ---Correct Precise Answer---primary
prevention
______________ prevention occurs at a latent stage of
disease—after a disease has begun but before the person has
become symptomatic. The goals, which ultimately reduce the
prevalence of the disease, are early identification through
screening as well as providing interventions to prevent the
disease from becoming manifest. Screening tools and tests
(e.g., checking body mass index, mammography, HIV testing)
are examples of secondary prevention. ---Correct Precise
Answer---secondary prevention
