CLINICAL MODALITIES EXAM 3 223 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2024 A+ GUARANTEED
1. What is the scale that rates stressful events in a person's life?: rahe-holmes
2. Acute Stress Disorder is associated with presence of
_____________________________ symptoms.: dissociative symptoms
3. Name a type of crisis that arises internally; follow different stages of growth
that humans experience; happens each time a person enters a new stage of life,
they realize their old coping skills are inadequate.: maturational crisis 4. The
most reliable outcome for crisis intervention with regard to post-crisis level of
functioning is to determine that the patient is at their
___________________: pre-crisis level of functioning
5. The best was to assess a patients coping skills is to inquire about
_______________________________________: how they handled crisis in the
past
6. Primary goal of PTSD treatment is to help them what?: place the trauma in the
larger perspectives of their lives.
7. What are Caplan's 4 stages of crisis?: Phase 1 = problem arises that increases
anxiety levels. You would most likely observe anxiety.
Phase 2= Usual problem solving techniques don't work, anxiety rises. Trial and
error attempts are made to restore balance.
,Phase 3= Trial and error attempts fail and anxiety rises to severe or panic levels.
Phase 4= when these measures don't reduce anxiety, the anxiety overwhelms the
person and leads to serious disorganization. This signals the patient is in crisis.
8. What is a set of procedures called that help facilitate survivors' adaptive
coping in a disaster?: Psychological first aid
9. The PMHNP can best help a person who receives devastating news by
___________________________________: asking if a supportive person can be
with them the next few days
10. It is important for the PMHNP to understand that when a patient is in crisis
they are in a state of ________________________: disequilibrium
11. What is the most appropriate modality to use with schizoid personality
disorder?: individual psychotherapy
12. The best response by PMHNP when speaking with a client with BPD and
wants to cut themselves is to_____________________________: assist the client
in identifying appropriate coping strategies
13. If a BPD client who has been making progress has an anxiety producing event
arise and cuts again this is
__________________________________________ ?: dysfunctional behavior but
mostly the patient's best effort to cope
14. A client with borderline personality disorder dramatically expresses feelings
about each nurse on the staff, stating that only one nurse is understanding
and trustworthy — the nurse the client is talking to at the time. This client is
demonstrating which behavior?: splitting
,15. ___________________________ is mainly due to fear of abandonment or the
increase of independence?: self mutilation
16. BPD is often characterized by an inability to tolerate
__________________________?: perceived rejections
17. Patients will respond better to limit setting if the PMHNP can reflect back to
the client an understanding and validation of ______________________ ?: their
emotional distress
18. Client's with BPD have not successfully achieved the developmental stage of
________________________ ?: separation-individualization
19. Name the personality disorder described below: A pervasive distrust and
suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as
malevolent, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of
contexts. A person who has a longstanding feeling of mistrust or suspicion,
no hallucinations, no delusions, and no antisocial behavior?: paranoid
personality disorder 20. Clients with which disorder do not trust easily and
its best to use a respectful neutral approach?: paranoid personality disorder
21. Clients with paranoid personality disorder are critical of others because they
_____________________ ?: project blame for their own shortcomings on others
22. characterized by inflated or grandiose sense of themselves and an extreme
need for admiration (expect others to notice their special qualities, even when
their accomplishments are ordinary, and they enjoy basking in the light of
adulation; self-absorbed, lack empathy for others; strong sense of
entitlement; tend to be preoccupied with fantasies of success and power,
, ideal love, or recognition for brilliance or beauty): narcissitic personality
disorder
23. Conceptual frameworks a person uses to make sense of the world is
__________________________ ?: schemas
24. What is the modality that prioritizes a client's schema?: cognitive therapy 25.
Being alert, mentally present, and cognitively flexible while going through
life's everyday activities and tasks.: mindfulness
26. Self-mutilation occurs because a client may feel that
___________________________________: pain is better than not feeling anything at
all
27. Self mutilation results from feelings of ________________________:
abandonment
28. Self mutilation can be a _______________________gesture?: manipulative
29. Self mutilation can occur after a ______________ _______________ is put in
place?: safety plan
30. Which modality helps replace irrational thoughts?: DBT
31. What is the only psychotherapy to demonstrate any efficacy in treatment of
ANY PDs?: Dialectal behavioral therapy
32. Respecting a patients ______________________ is important in establishing a
therapeutic relationship with a patient with BPB.: boundaries
33. Name the personality disorders described below: A person who gets others
to assume responsibility, has difficulty expressing disagreement, and often
has an abusive spouse?
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2024 A+ GUARANTEED
1. What is the scale that rates stressful events in a person's life?: rahe-holmes
2. Acute Stress Disorder is associated with presence of
_____________________________ symptoms.: dissociative symptoms
3. Name a type of crisis that arises internally; follow different stages of growth
that humans experience; happens each time a person enters a new stage of life,
they realize their old coping skills are inadequate.: maturational crisis 4. The
most reliable outcome for crisis intervention with regard to post-crisis level of
functioning is to determine that the patient is at their
___________________: pre-crisis level of functioning
5. The best was to assess a patients coping skills is to inquire about
_______________________________________: how they handled crisis in the
past
6. Primary goal of PTSD treatment is to help them what?: place the trauma in the
larger perspectives of their lives.
7. What are Caplan's 4 stages of crisis?: Phase 1 = problem arises that increases
anxiety levels. You would most likely observe anxiety.
Phase 2= Usual problem solving techniques don't work, anxiety rises. Trial and
error attempts are made to restore balance.
,Phase 3= Trial and error attempts fail and anxiety rises to severe or panic levels.
Phase 4= when these measures don't reduce anxiety, the anxiety overwhelms the
person and leads to serious disorganization. This signals the patient is in crisis.
8. What is a set of procedures called that help facilitate survivors' adaptive
coping in a disaster?: Psychological first aid
9. The PMHNP can best help a person who receives devastating news by
___________________________________: asking if a supportive person can be
with them the next few days
10. It is important for the PMHNP to understand that when a patient is in crisis
they are in a state of ________________________: disequilibrium
11. What is the most appropriate modality to use with schizoid personality
disorder?: individual psychotherapy
12. The best response by PMHNP when speaking with a client with BPD and
wants to cut themselves is to_____________________________: assist the client
in identifying appropriate coping strategies
13. If a BPD client who has been making progress has an anxiety producing event
arise and cuts again this is
__________________________________________ ?: dysfunctional behavior but
mostly the patient's best effort to cope
14. A client with borderline personality disorder dramatically expresses feelings
about each nurse on the staff, stating that only one nurse is understanding
and trustworthy — the nurse the client is talking to at the time. This client is
demonstrating which behavior?: splitting
,15. ___________________________ is mainly due to fear of abandonment or the
increase of independence?: self mutilation
16. BPD is often characterized by an inability to tolerate
__________________________?: perceived rejections
17. Patients will respond better to limit setting if the PMHNP can reflect back to
the client an understanding and validation of ______________________ ?: their
emotional distress
18. Client's with BPD have not successfully achieved the developmental stage of
________________________ ?: separation-individualization
19. Name the personality disorder described below: A pervasive distrust and
suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as
malevolent, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of
contexts. A person who has a longstanding feeling of mistrust or suspicion,
no hallucinations, no delusions, and no antisocial behavior?: paranoid
personality disorder 20. Clients with which disorder do not trust easily and
its best to use a respectful neutral approach?: paranoid personality disorder
21. Clients with paranoid personality disorder are critical of others because they
_____________________ ?: project blame for their own shortcomings on others
22. characterized by inflated or grandiose sense of themselves and an extreme
need for admiration (expect others to notice their special qualities, even when
their accomplishments are ordinary, and they enjoy basking in the light of
adulation; self-absorbed, lack empathy for others; strong sense of
entitlement; tend to be preoccupied with fantasies of success and power,
, ideal love, or recognition for brilliance or beauty): narcissitic personality
disorder
23. Conceptual frameworks a person uses to make sense of the world is
__________________________ ?: schemas
24. What is the modality that prioritizes a client's schema?: cognitive therapy 25.
Being alert, mentally present, and cognitively flexible while going through
life's everyday activities and tasks.: mindfulness
26. Self-mutilation occurs because a client may feel that
___________________________________: pain is better than not feeling anything at
all
27. Self mutilation results from feelings of ________________________:
abandonment
28. Self mutilation can be a _______________________gesture?: manipulative
29. Self mutilation can occur after a ______________ _______________ is put in
place?: safety plan
30. Which modality helps replace irrational thoughts?: DBT
31. What is the only psychotherapy to demonstrate any efficacy in treatment of
ANY PDs?: Dialectal behavioral therapy
32. Respecting a patients ______________________ is important in establishing a
therapeutic relationship with a patient with BPB.: boundaries
33. Name the personality disorders described below: A person who gets others
to assume responsibility, has difficulty expressing disagreement, and often
has an abusive spouse?
