NRNP 6635 MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WELL ANSWERED LATEST UPDATE 2026

NRNP 6635 MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WELL ANSWERED LATEST UPDATE 2026 Potassium - Answers Select the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs to treat psychiatric disorders in psychosomatic patients Erickson - Answers Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the psychosocial life cycle Sexual abuse and Partner Betrayal - Answers Select two causes of dissociative amnesia AIMS - Answers Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during prescribing antipsychotic drugs Autism and Intellectual disability - Answers Select the two comorbid disorders with which Pica occurs most commonly 20% recover, 10% mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30% no change or worse - Answers Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients Sequential events - Answers Select the memory category retained in transient global amnesia that is absent in dissociative amnesia Eating with friends but not Family - Answers The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with anorexia nervosa Psychiatrist History and mental status examination - Answers Select the two most important elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a mental illness diagnosis. Patient Resistance - Answers Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients. Central Apnea - Answers Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common symptom Hoarding - Answers Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely to initially seek help from a Primary Care Provider CAPS - Answers Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder 4 - Answers Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed Dysthymia - Answers Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to observing violence in television, movies, and video games Medical history - Answers Select a provider's most important knowledge area essential to a successful mental health interview of a child 6-8 weeks - Answers Select the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of antidepressant drug therapy PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams - Answers What is one main difference between acute stress disorder and PTSD? Short duration of symptoms - Answers Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD disorders include all the following EXCEPT: Angina Pectoris - Answers Select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause of somatic symptom disorder or hypochondriasis Appetite - Answers What is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing depression in adolescents? Acetylcholine - Answers Select the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Privacy - Answers Select the most important component of the patient-provider rapport. Cognitive-behaviour therapy CBT and SSRI antidepressants - Answers Select the most effective treatment for social anxiety disorder in children Echolalia - Answers All the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing speech and language in children EXCEPT: Concurrent substance abuse - Answers Select the factor that is required to cause PTSD from a stressor Generativity versus - Answers All the following are classes of coping mechanisms in the Model of Mental Health as Resilience where humans overcome stressful situations EXCEPT: Caudate - Answers Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a decreased activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors? Secracy of eating rituals and Insisting weight loss has a medical cause - Answers Select the two complications in diagnosing patients with anorexia nervosa separation - Answers Select the anxiety disorder that emerges in ages 9 to 18 months. Dizziness and Constipation - Answers Select the two most common peripheral symptoms of anxiety Melatonin - Answers Select the hormone or neurotransmitter that is involved in regulating the 24-hour circadian sleep-wake cycle. unplanned travel - Answers Select the event most associated with the occurrence of dissociative fugue Intellect - Answers Select the neurodevelopmental disorder typically diagnosed in childhood negligent parenting - Answers Select the primary cause of reactive attachment disorder in children Depersonalisation disorder - Answers Select the psychiatric disorder for which drug and non-drug treatments are least effective Experienced Violence and natural disaster - Answers Select two events that are causes of dissociative trance disorder 6 months - Answers Select the time from occurrence of the stressor in which symptoms must appear to diagnose an adjustment disorder Magnesium - Answers Select the serum substance that should be measured to aid the diagnosis of restless leg syndrome. Dissociative disorder - Answers Select the DSM-5 disorder formerly called multiple personality disorder Seizures, Substance abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder - Answers Differential diagnosis for consideration when suspecting a cyclothymic disorder include: Chelation Therapy - Answers The following psychotherapy interventions is NOT a recommended in the treatment of PTSD: 2% placebo 4% drugs - Answers Select the difference in rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors between placebo and drug in children and adolescents observed from random controlled trials of nine antidepressant drugs that resulted in the 2004 FDA "black box" warning in labeling of antidepressant drugs.