Review Actual Exam
Steroids can induce what 3 psychiatric states?
Mania, Depression, Psychosis
Remember safety first; patient s/p assault. What is the first thing you do?
Reassure safety and provide an environment of safety.
What is the best environment to interview this patient in?
Private area with door open or partially open.
Language and memory are the 2 primary deficits in which type of dementia?
Cortical Dementia
What are 2 examples of cortical dementia?
• Alzheimer’s Disease
• Mad Cow Disease (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease)
Motor and behavioral deficits (depression, irritability, apathy) are the 2 primary
deficits in which type of dementia?
Subcortical Dementia
What are 3 examples of subcortical dementia?
• HIV Dementia
• Huntington’s Disease
• Parkinson’s Disease
, What is the value of integrative medicine (e.g., OB-GYN + PMHNP)?
Increased mental health access to those who need it most.
What is the most important factor in a child who is grieving?
Intact family system
How do you treat a child who is grieving?
• Normalize grief and loss
• Do not tell them what to do or how to grieve (responses vary)
• Supportive group therapy
How do you apply your knowledge of the relationship between ADHD and
substance abuse to practice?
• Screen ADHD patients for substance use
• Screen substance use disorder (SUD) patients for ADHD
When you look up data about a patient on social media, what are you violating?
Patient’s trust
Prior to sending prescriptions to a pharmacy, what do you need to do?
Obtain patient consent
If a patient is unable to give consent, what do you do?
Assess for involuntary treatment. (Do not forcefully give medication.)
The ethical principle associated with preventing imminent danger to the patient
is?
Nonmaleficence
Sending a patient to a crisis stabilization unit rather than a hospital is honoring
what patient right?
Least restrictive environment