Terms in this set (120)
Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and
AIMS
during prescribing antipsychotic drugs
Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive- CAPS
compulsive disorder
Select the serum assessment that is used when Potassium
prescribing drugs to treat psychiatric disorders in
psychosomatic patients
Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the
Erickson
psychosocial life cycle
Select two causes of dissociative amnesia Sexual abuse and Partner Betrayal
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Select the two comorbid disorders with which Pica occurs Autism and Intellectual
disability most commonly
Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients 20% recover, 10% mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30% no change or
worse
Select the memory category retained in transient global Sequential events
amnesia that is absent in dissociative amnesia
The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with Eating with friends but not
Family anorexia nervosa
Select the two most important elements of the psychiatricPsychiatrist History and mental status examination
interview to establish a mental illness diagnosis.
Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosaPatient
Resistance patients.
Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common Central
Apnea symptom
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Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a Hoarding
patient is likely to initially seek help from a Primary Care
Provider
Select age after which encopresis may be correctly 4
diagnosed
Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic Dysthymia
exposure to observing violence in television, movies, and
video games
Select a provider's most important knowledge area Medical
history essential to a successful mental health interview of a child
Select the minimum treatment time to assess the 6-8 weeks
effectiveness of antidepressant drug therapy
What is one main difference between acute stress PTSD has recurrent, distressing
dreams disorder and PTSD?
Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD disorders Short duration of