NRNP 6635 Midterm Study questions
and answers Rated A+
Potassium - answersSelect the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs
to treat psychiatric disorders in psychosomatic patients
Erickson - answersSelect the theorist who developed the eight stages of the
psychosocial life cycle
Sexual abuse and Partner Betrayal - answersSelect two causes of dissociative amnesia
AIMS - answersSelect the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during
prescribing antipsychotic drugs
Autism and Intellectual disability - answersSelect the two comorbid disorders with which
Pica occurs most commonly
20% recover, 10% mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30% no change or worse
- answersSelect the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients
Sequential events - answersSelect the memory category retained in transient global
amnesia that is absent in dissociative amnesia
Eating with friends but not Family - answersThe following is NOT an endocrine change
noted with anorexia nervosa
Psychiatrist History and mental status examination - answersSelect the two most
important elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a mental illness diagnosis.
Patient Resistance - answersSelect the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa
patients.
Central Apnea - answersSelect the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common
symptom
Hoarding - answersSelect the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely
to initially seek help from a Primary Care Provider
CAPS - answersSelect the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder
4 - answersSelect age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed
, Dysthymia - answersSelect the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to
observing violence in television, movies, and video games
Medical history - answersSelect a provider's most important knowledge area essential
to a successful mental health interview of a child
6-8 weeks - answersSelect the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of
antidepressant drug therapy
PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams - answersWhat is one main difference between
acute stress disorder and PTSD?
Short duration of symptoms - answersFactors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD
disorders include all the following EXCEPT:
Angina Pectoris - answersSelect the medical condition that must be excluded as a
cause of somatic symptom disorder or hypochondriasis
Appetite - answersWhat is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing depression
in adolescents?
Acetylcholine - answersSelect the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the
pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
Privacy - answersSelect the most important component of the patient-provider rapport.
Cognitive-behaviour therapy CBT and SSRI antidepressants - answersSelect the most
effective treatment for social anxiety disorder in children
Echolalia - answersAll the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing speech
and language in children EXCEPT:
Concurrent substance abuse - answersSelect the factor that is required to cause PTSD
from a stressor
Generativity versus - answersAll the following are classes of coping mechanisms in the
Model of Mental Health as Resilience where humans overcome stressful situations
EXCEPT:
Caudate - answersAnatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a
decreased activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors?
Secracy of eating rituals and Insisting weight loss has a medical cause - answersSelect
the two complications in diagnosing patients with anorexia nervosa
and answers Rated A+
Potassium - answersSelect the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs
to treat psychiatric disorders in psychosomatic patients
Erickson - answersSelect the theorist who developed the eight stages of the
psychosocial life cycle
Sexual abuse and Partner Betrayal - answersSelect two causes of dissociative amnesia
AIMS - answersSelect the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during
prescribing antipsychotic drugs
Autism and Intellectual disability - answersSelect the two comorbid disorders with which
Pica occurs most commonly
20% recover, 10% mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30% no change or worse
- answersSelect the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients
Sequential events - answersSelect the memory category retained in transient global
amnesia that is absent in dissociative amnesia
Eating with friends but not Family - answersThe following is NOT an endocrine change
noted with anorexia nervosa
Psychiatrist History and mental status examination - answersSelect the two most
important elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a mental illness diagnosis.
Patient Resistance - answersSelect the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa
patients.
Central Apnea - answersSelect the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common
symptom
Hoarding - answersSelect the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely
to initially seek help from a Primary Care Provider
CAPS - answersSelect the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder
4 - answersSelect age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed
, Dysthymia - answersSelect the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to
observing violence in television, movies, and video games
Medical history - answersSelect a provider's most important knowledge area essential
to a successful mental health interview of a child
6-8 weeks - answersSelect the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of
antidepressant drug therapy
PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams - answersWhat is one main difference between
acute stress disorder and PTSD?
Short duration of symptoms - answersFactors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD
disorders include all the following EXCEPT:
Angina Pectoris - answersSelect the medical condition that must be excluded as a
cause of somatic symptom disorder or hypochondriasis
Appetite - answersWhat is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing depression
in adolescents?
Acetylcholine - answersSelect the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the
pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
Privacy - answersSelect the most important component of the patient-provider rapport.
Cognitive-behaviour therapy CBT and SSRI antidepressants - answersSelect the most
effective treatment for social anxiety disorder in children
Echolalia - answersAll the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing speech
and language in children EXCEPT:
Concurrent substance abuse - answersSelect the factor that is required to cause PTSD
from a stressor
Generativity versus - answersAll the following are classes of coping mechanisms in the
Model of Mental Health as Resilience where humans overcome stressful situations
EXCEPT:
Caudate - answersAnatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a
decreased activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors?
Secracy of eating rituals and Insisting weight loss has a medical cause - answersSelect
the two complications in diagnosing patients with anorexia nervosa
