NRNP 6635 MIDTERM STUDY QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2023-2024
Potassium (correct answers) Select the serum assessment that is used when
prescribing drugs to treat psychiatric disorders in psychosomatic patients
Erickson (correct answers) Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the
psychosocial life cycle
Sexual abuse and Partner Betrayal (correct answers) Select two causes of dissociative
amnesia
AIMS (correct answers) Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during
prescribing antipsychotic drugs
Autism and Intellectual disability (correct 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
(correct answers) Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients
Sequential events (correct answers) Select the memory category retained in transient
global amnesia that is absent in dissociative amnesia
Eating with friends but not Family (correct answers) The following is NOT an endocrine
change noted with anorexia nervosa
Psychiatrist History and mental status examination (correct answers) Select the two
most important elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a mental illness
diagnosis.
Patient Resistance (correct answers) Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia
nervosa patients.
Central Apnea (correct answers) Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a
common symptom
Hoarding (correct answers) Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a
patient is likely to initially seek help from a Primary Care Provider
CAPS (correct answers) Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive
disorder
, 4 (correct answers) Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed
Dysthymia (correct answers) Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic
exposure to observing violence in television, movies, and video games
Medical history (correct answers) Select a provider's most important knowledge area
essential to a successful mental health interview of a child
6-8 weeks (correct answers) Select the minimum treatment time to assess the
effectiveness of antidepressant drug therapy
PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams (correct answers) What is one main difference
between acute stress disorder and PTSD?
Short duration of symptoms (correct answers) Factors that indicate a good prognosis for
PTSD disorders include all the following EXCEPT:
Angina Pectoris (correct answers) Select the medical condition that must be excluded
as a cause of somatic symptom disorder or hypochondriasis
Appetite (correct answers) What is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing
depression in adolescents?
Acetylcholine (correct answers) Select the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the
pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
Privacy (correct answers) Select the most important component of the patient-provider
rapport.
Cognitive-behaviour therapy CBT and SSRI antidepressants (correct answers) Select
the most effective treatment for social anxiety disorder in children
Echolalia (correct answers) All the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing
speech and language in children EXCEPT:
Concurrent substance abuse (correct answers) Select the factor that is required to
cause PTSD from a stressor
Generativity versus (correct answers) All the following are classes of coping
mechanisms in the Model of Mental Health as Resilience where humans overcome
stressful situations EXCEPT:
Caudate (correct answers) Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have
associated a decreased activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive
behaviors?
AND ANSWERS 2023-2024
Potassium (correct answers) Select the serum assessment that is used when
prescribing drugs to treat psychiatric disorders in psychosomatic patients
Erickson (correct answers) Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the
psychosocial life cycle
Sexual abuse and Partner Betrayal (correct answers) Select two causes of dissociative
amnesia
AIMS (correct answers) Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during
prescribing antipsychotic drugs
Autism and Intellectual disability (correct 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
(correct answers) Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients
Sequential events (correct answers) Select the memory category retained in transient
global amnesia that is absent in dissociative amnesia
Eating with friends but not Family (correct answers) The following is NOT an endocrine
change noted with anorexia nervosa
Psychiatrist History and mental status examination (correct answers) Select the two
most important elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a mental illness
diagnosis.
Patient Resistance (correct answers) Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia
nervosa patients.
Central Apnea (correct answers) Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a
common symptom
Hoarding (correct answers) Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a
patient is likely to initially seek help from a Primary Care Provider
CAPS (correct answers) Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive
disorder
, 4 (correct answers) Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed
Dysthymia (correct answers) Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic
exposure to observing violence in television, movies, and video games
Medical history (correct answers) Select a provider's most important knowledge area
essential to a successful mental health interview of a child
6-8 weeks (correct answers) Select the minimum treatment time to assess the
effectiveness of antidepressant drug therapy
PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams (correct answers) What is one main difference
between acute stress disorder and PTSD?
Short duration of symptoms (correct answers) Factors that indicate a good prognosis for
PTSD disorders include all the following EXCEPT:
Angina Pectoris (correct answers) Select the medical condition that must be excluded
as a cause of somatic symptom disorder or hypochondriasis
Appetite (correct answers) What is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing
depression in adolescents?
Acetylcholine (correct answers) Select the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the
pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
Privacy (correct answers) Select the most important component of the patient-provider
rapport.
Cognitive-behaviour therapy CBT and SSRI antidepressants (correct answers) Select
the most effective treatment for social anxiety disorder in children
Echolalia (correct answers) All the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing
speech and language in children EXCEPT:
Concurrent substance abuse (correct answers) Select the factor that is required to
cause PTSD from a stressor
Generativity versus (correct answers) All the following are classes of coping
mechanisms in the Model of Mental Health as Resilience where humans overcome
stressful situations EXCEPT:
Caudate (correct answers) Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have
associated a decreased activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive
behaviors?
