PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY WILKES N552 STUDY GUIDE AND
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS:
LATEST UPDATE 2024|GURANTEED A+ GRADE
Dissociation
✔ defense mechanism that protects a person from overwhelming anxiety by
emotionally separating
Depersonalization
✔ unreality or detachment from one's body, thoughts, feeling and actions
Derealization:
✔ unreality or detachment from one's surroundings
Body dysmorphic disorder
✔ Preoccupation with one or more perceived defects or flaws in physical
appearance
Spends significant time trying to correct perceived flaw with makeup,
dermatological procedures or plastic surgery
Hoarding disorder
✔ Persistent difficulty discarding possessions regardless of actual value
Results in accumulation of possessions that compromise living space or inability
to function
, PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY WILKES N552 STUDY GUIDE AND
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS:
LATEST UPDATE 2024|GURANTEED A+ GRADE
Patients who remain resistant to psychosocial interventions, or who lack access to
them, can be provided a trial of a serotonin-reuptake inhibitor, particularly if they
have a comorbid affective or anxiety disorder;
Trichotillomania
✔ Recurrent pulling out one's hair despite repeated attempts to stop.
Txt: SSRI, Clomipramine; atypical antipsychotics, lithium
Excoriation Disorder
✔ Recurrent skin picking that results in lesions despite attempts to stop.
Cognitive-behavioral therapies may be beneficial for patients accepting
psychiatric referral
Txt: SSRIS, antipsychotics, anxiolytics
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
✔ Re-experiencing of an extremely traumatic event accompanied by symptoms
of increased arousal and avoidance of stimuli associate with the trauma.
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS:
LATEST UPDATE 2024|GURANTEED A+ GRADE
Dissociation
✔ defense mechanism that protects a person from overwhelming anxiety by
emotionally separating
Depersonalization
✔ unreality or detachment from one's body, thoughts, feeling and actions
Derealization:
✔ unreality or detachment from one's surroundings
Body dysmorphic disorder
✔ Preoccupation with one or more perceived defects or flaws in physical
appearance
Spends significant time trying to correct perceived flaw with makeup,
dermatological procedures or plastic surgery
Hoarding disorder
✔ Persistent difficulty discarding possessions regardless of actual value
Results in accumulation of possessions that compromise living space or inability
to function
, PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY WILKES N552 STUDY GUIDE AND
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS:
LATEST UPDATE 2024|GURANTEED A+ GRADE
Patients who remain resistant to psychosocial interventions, or who lack access to
them, can be provided a trial of a serotonin-reuptake inhibitor, particularly if they
have a comorbid affective or anxiety disorder;
Trichotillomania
✔ Recurrent pulling out one's hair despite repeated attempts to stop.
Txt: SSRI, Clomipramine; atypical antipsychotics, lithium
Excoriation Disorder
✔ Recurrent skin picking that results in lesions despite attempts to stop.
Cognitive-behavioral therapies may be beneficial for patients accepting
psychiatric referral
Txt: SSRIS, antipsychotics, anxiolytics
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
✔ Re-experiencing of an extremely traumatic event accompanied by symptoms
of increased arousal and avoidance of stimuli associate with the trauma.
