Question Bank for PMHNP Boards Exam Questions and Correct
Answers 2026 /2027 Graded A+|Brand New!!!
Unchanging, abnormal motor behaviors or action sequences without obvious reinforcement -
Answer -Stereotypies
1st line treatment for stereotypies - Answer -Behavioral
What is the correct sequence of Bowlby's stages of behavior when a young child is separated
from his or her mother for an extended period of time - Answer -Protest (crying out)
Despair(giving up)
Detachment (emotional disengagement, indifferent about caregiver's return)
3 features of intellectual disability - Answer -1. deficits in intellectual fxn
2. deficits in adaptive fxning
3. onset before age 18
In order to qualify for deficits in adaptive functioning, they have to result in - Answer -failure to
meet developmental and sociocultural standards for personal independence and social
responsibility
limit finding in 1 or more ADL
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,Valproic Acid has FDA indications for the treatment of ______ in the pediatric population -
Answer -mania (12 years old and up)
seizure disorder
Therapeutic divalproex sodium levels in acute mania (adults) - Answer -50-120mcg/ml
Absolute contraindications for valproic acid use - Answer -hepatic disease/severe hepatic
dysfunction
known urea cycle d/o
pregnancy
PCOS
Common side effects of divalproex sodium - Answer -alopecia
GI
neurological
opthalmological
rash
Divalproex sodium is _______ protein bound - Answer -80-90%
Maximum recommended dose of Divalproex sodium is - Answer -60mg/kg/day
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,What neurotransmitter is stored in large dense-core vesicles, modulate neuronal
communication by acting on cell surface receptors, and are not recycled into cell after secretion
- Answer -Somatostatin
Hypothalmic-releasing hormones
Endorphins
Enkephalins
Opioids
Small molecule transmitters that are stored in clear, small membrane-ground granules called
synaptic vesicles and mediate fast synaptic transmission (and are recycled) - Answer -GABA
Glutamate
Glycine
Acetylcholine
Serotonin
Dopamine
NE
Epinephrine
Histamine
Which neurotransmitters are involved in the promotion of sleep? - Answer -Adenosine
GABA
Which neurotransmitters promote wakefulness - Answer -Dopamine
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, Histamine
Acetylcholine
Glutamate
Produced by cells in the hypothalamus and basal forebrain promoting NREM sleep - Answer -
Adenosine
Neurotransmitters that promotes wakefulness - Answer -Dopamine
Acetylcholine
Norepinephrine
Setting fires, vandalism, cruelty to animals, and criminal behavior are characteristic of - Answer -
Conduct disorder
Oppositional defiant disorder is more prevalent in which gender prior to adolescence? - Answer
-1.4x more in males
Oppositional defiant disorder is more prevalent in which gender during adolescence? - Answer -
same prevalence
Adolescent moral decision making is impacted by - Answer -limited impulse control
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Answers 2026 /2027 Graded A+|Brand New!!!
Unchanging, abnormal motor behaviors or action sequences without obvious reinforcement -
Answer -Stereotypies
1st line treatment for stereotypies - Answer -Behavioral
What is the correct sequence of Bowlby's stages of behavior when a young child is separated
from his or her mother for an extended period of time - Answer -Protest (crying out)
Despair(giving up)
Detachment (emotional disengagement, indifferent about caregiver's return)
3 features of intellectual disability - Answer -1. deficits in intellectual fxn
2. deficits in adaptive fxning
3. onset before age 18
In order to qualify for deficits in adaptive functioning, they have to result in - Answer -failure to
meet developmental and sociocultural standards for personal independence and social
responsibility
limit finding in 1 or more ADL
1|Page
,Valproic Acid has FDA indications for the treatment of ______ in the pediatric population -
Answer -mania (12 years old and up)
seizure disorder
Therapeutic divalproex sodium levels in acute mania (adults) - Answer -50-120mcg/ml
Absolute contraindications for valproic acid use - Answer -hepatic disease/severe hepatic
dysfunction
known urea cycle d/o
pregnancy
PCOS
Common side effects of divalproex sodium - Answer -alopecia
GI
neurological
opthalmological
rash
Divalproex sodium is _______ protein bound - Answer -80-90%
Maximum recommended dose of Divalproex sodium is - Answer -60mg/kg/day
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,What neurotransmitter is stored in large dense-core vesicles, modulate neuronal
communication by acting on cell surface receptors, and are not recycled into cell after secretion
- Answer -Somatostatin
Hypothalmic-releasing hormones
Endorphins
Enkephalins
Opioids
Small molecule transmitters that are stored in clear, small membrane-ground granules called
synaptic vesicles and mediate fast synaptic transmission (and are recycled) - Answer -GABA
Glutamate
Glycine
Acetylcholine
Serotonin
Dopamine
NE
Epinephrine
Histamine
Which neurotransmitters are involved in the promotion of sleep? - Answer -Adenosine
GABA
Which neurotransmitters promote wakefulness - Answer -Dopamine
3|Page
, Histamine
Acetylcholine
Glutamate
Produced by cells in the hypothalamus and basal forebrain promoting NREM sleep - Answer -
Adenosine
Neurotransmitters that promotes wakefulness - Answer -Dopamine
Acetylcholine
Norepinephrine
Setting fires, vandalism, cruelty to animals, and criminal behavior are characteristic of - Answer -
Conduct disorder
Oppositional defiant disorder is more prevalent in which gender prior to adolescence? - Answer
-1.4x more in males
Oppositional defiant disorder is more prevalent in which gender during adolescence? - Answer -
same prevalence
Adolescent moral decision making is impacted by - Answer -limited impulse control
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