ANCC PMHN Exam

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1. Psychiatric Diagnoses: Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders

Disorder where life changes, both small and large, can precipitate mood dysregulation such as depression or
anxiety.: Adjustment Disorder
2. Psychiatric Diagnoses: Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders

Disorder found in children who in most cases have received grossly negligent care and do not form a healthy
emotional attachment with the parents or primary caregiver by the age of 5. In general, you'll see a child deeply
with- drawn and apathetic who doesn't respond much to social interaction: Reactive Attachment Disorder
3. Psychiatric Diagnoses: Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders

Disorder that begins during or immediately after a deeply upsetting or fright- ening experience. It lasts no more
than a month and includes symptoms such as anxiety, difficulty sleeping, irritability, poor concentration,
hypervigilance, exaggerated startle response, and motor restlessness.: Acute Stress Disorder
4. Psychiatric Diagnoses: Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders

Posttraumatic stress disorder: Criterion A: The person was exposed to: d , threatened with d ,
experienced actual or threatened with serious i , or experienced actual or threated with
sexual v .: death;death;injury;violence
5. Psychiatric Diagnoses: Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders

Posttraumatic stress disorder: Criterion B:
I thoughts, memories and visuals: intrusive
6. Psychiatric Diagnoses: Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders Posttraumatic stress
disorder: Criterion C:
Persistent a of stimuli associated with the trauma.: avoidance
7. Psychiatric Diagnoses: Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders

Posttraumatic stress disorder: Criterion D: Negative a in cognitions and
mood that are associated with the traumatic event.: alterations
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Posttraumatic stress disorder: Criterion E: Alterations in a and
that are associated with the traumatic event: arousal; reactivity
9. Psychiatric Diagnoses: Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders

ttraumatic stress disorder: Criterion F: Persistence of symptoms (in Crite- ria B,C,D and E) for more than m
.: one month
10.Psychiatric Diagnoses: Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders

ttraumatic stress disorder: Criterion G: Significant symptom-related d or functional i .: distress;
impairment
11.Psychiatric Diagnoses: Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders

ttraumatic stress disorder: Criterion H: Not due to m ,
s or illness: Medication; substance
12.Psychiatric Diagnoses: Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders

Posttraumatic stress disorder:

posed to something that t them. They're t about it
all the time
ey do things to a thinking about it.: terrified thinking
id
13.Psychiatric Diagnoses: Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders Posttraumatic stress
disorder:
It's causing them problems

When triggered, they feel intensely s ,m , or s .: -
mad;scared
14.Psychiatric Diagnoses: Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders Posttraumatic stress
disorder:
These issues have been going on for more than a m






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They don't like how they feel

It's not being caused by a e .: month;anything else
15.Psychotic Disorders aka Thought Disorders

Diagnosed when the patient has a persistent delusion that lasts longer than a month and does not impact the
patient's life in significant ways: Delusional disorder
16.Psychotic Disorders aka Thought Disorders

Type of delusional disorder where patient firmly believes someone is in love with them: erotomanic
17.Psychotic Disorders aka Thought Disorders

Type of delusional disorder where patient believes they are especially impor- tant: grandiose
18.Psychotic Disorders aka Thought Disorders

Type of delusional disorder involving body function or sensations: somatic
19.Psychotic Disorders aka Thought Disorders Brief psychotic
disorder
Presents exactly like schizophrenia however the symptoms range from at least a full to less than a full
: day;month
20.Psychotic Disorders aka Thought Disorders

Schizophreniform

Presents exactly like schizophrenia does however the symptoms last at least o `but less than s
: one month;six months
21.Psychotic Disorders aka Thought Disorders

Diagnosed when a patient is experiencing both the symptoms of schizophre- nia such as hallucinations, delusions, o
disorganized speech for at least two weeks plus the symptoms of a mood disorder such as mania or depression. Th
patients are both psychotic and deeply emotionally unstable.: Schizoaf- fective Disorder






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22.Psychotic Disorders aka Thought Disorders: Scizophrenia

Criterion A: or more of the following: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, grossly
disorganized behavior, negative symptoms: Two
23.Psychotic Disorders aka Thought Disorders: Schizophrenia

Criterion B: Significant i in functioning in areas such as work, interpersonal
relations, and self-care: impairment
24.Psychotic Disorders aka Thought Disorders: Schizophrenia

Criterion C: Continuous signs of disturbance for at least months, with at least
month of symptoms listed above: 6;1
25.Psychotic Disorders aka Thought Disorders: Schizophrenia

Criterion D: Other disorders have been r o

Criterion E: Symptoms not caused by m condition or s
abuse: ruled out
medical
substance
26.Psychotic Disorders aka Thought Disorders

Type of psychotic symptoms that include hallucinations, delusions, disorga- nized thinking, disorganized speech,
referential thinking: Positive Symptoms
27.Psychotic Disorders aka Thought Disorders

Type of psychotic symptoms that include blunted affect, poverty of speech and thought, anhedonia (inability to fee
pleasure), reduced social drive, and inattention to social or cognitive input: Negative Symptoms
28.Psychotic Disorders aka Thought Disorders

Positive symptoms are when things are p that shouldn't be: pre- sent
29.Psychotic Disorders aka Thought Disorders

Negative symptoms are when things are p that
should be: not present
30.Psychotic Disorders aka Thought Disorders: 4 stages of schizophrenia