NRNP 6635 Midterm Study
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1. Potassium: Select the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs to
treat psychiatric disorders in psychosomatic patients
2. Erickson: Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the psychosocial
life cycle
3. Sexual abuse and Partner Betrayal: Select two causes of dissociative amnesia
4. AIMS: Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during prescrib-
ing antipsychotic drugs
5. Autism and Intellectual disability: Select the two comorbid disorders with which
Pica occurs most commonly
6. 20% recover, 10% mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30% no
change or worse: Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients
7. Sequential events: Select the memory category retained in transient global
amnesia that is absent in dissociative amnesia
8. Eating with friends but not Family: The following is NOT an endocrine change
noted with anorexia nervosa
9. Psychiatrist History and mental status examination: Select the two most im-
portant elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a mental illness diagnosis.
10. Patient Resistance: Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa
patients.
11. Central Apnea: Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common
symptom
12. Hoarding: Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely
to initially seek help from a Primary Care Provider
13. CAPS: Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder
14. 4: Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed
15. Dysthymia: Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to
observing violence in television, movies, and video games
16. Medical history: Select a provider's most important knowledge area essential
to a successful mental health interview of a child
17. 6-8 weeks: Select the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of
antidepressant drug therapy
18. PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams: What is one main difference be-
tween acute stress disorder and PTSD?
19. Short duration of symptoms: Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD
disorders include all the following EXCEPT:
20. Angina Pectoris: Select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause
of somatic symptom disorder or hypochondriasis
21. Appetite: What is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing depression
in adolescents?
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22. Acetylcholine: Select the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the patho-
physiology of schizophrenia.
23. Privacy: Select the most important component of the patient-provider rapport.
24. Cognitive-behaviour therapy CBT and SSRI antidepressants: Select the
most effective treatment for social anxiety disorder in children
25. Echolalia: All the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing speech
and language in children EXCEPT:
26. Concurrent substance abuse: Select the factor that is required to cause PTSD
from a stressor
27. Generativity versus: All the following are classes of coping mechanisms in the
Model of Mental Health as Resilience where humans overcome stressful situations
EXCEPT:
28. Caudate: Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a
decreased activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors?
29. Secracy of eating rituals and Insisting weight loss has a medical cause: -
Select the two complications in diagnosing patients with anorexia nervosa
30. separation: Select the anxiety disorder that emerges in ages 9 to 18 months.
31. Dizziness and Constipation: Select the two most common peripheral symp-
toms of anxiety
32. Melatonin: Select the hormone or neurotransmitter that is involved in regulating
the 24-hour circadian sleep-wake cycle.
33. unplanned travel: Select the event most associated with the occurrence of
dissociative fugue
34. Intellect: Select the neurodevelopmental disorder typically diagnosed in child-
hood
35. negligent parenting: Select the primary cause of reactive attachment disorder
in children
36. Depersonalisation disorder: Select the psychiatric disorder for which drug and
non-drug treatments are least effective
37. Experienced Violence and natural disaster: Select two events that are causes
of dissociative trance disorder
38. 6 months: Select the time from occurrence of the stressor in which symptoms
must appear to diagnose an adjustment disorder
39. Magnesium: Select the serum substance that should be measured to aid the
diagnosis of restless leg syndrome.
40. Dissociative disorder: Select the DSM-5 disorder formerly called multiple per-
sonality disorder
41. Seizures, Substance abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Differential
diagnosis for consideration when suspecting a cyclothymic disorder include:
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_9syps7
1. Potassium: Select the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs to
treat psychiatric disorders in psychosomatic patients
2. Erickson: Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the psychosocial
life cycle
3. Sexual abuse and Partner Betrayal: Select two causes of dissociative amnesia
4. AIMS: Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during prescrib-
ing antipsychotic drugs
5. Autism and Intellectual disability: Select the two comorbid disorders with which
Pica occurs most commonly
6. 20% recover, 10% mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30% no
change or worse: Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients
7. Sequential events: Select the memory category retained in transient global
amnesia that is absent in dissociative amnesia
8. Eating with friends but not Family: The following is NOT an endocrine change
noted with anorexia nervosa
9. Psychiatrist History and mental status examination: Select the two most im-
portant elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a mental illness diagnosis.
10. Patient Resistance: Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa
patients.
11. Central Apnea: Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common
symptom
12. Hoarding: Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely
to initially seek help from a Primary Care Provider
13. CAPS: Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder
14. 4: Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed
15. Dysthymia: Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to
observing violence in television, movies, and video games
16. Medical history: Select a provider's most important knowledge area essential
to a successful mental health interview of a child
17. 6-8 weeks: Select the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of
antidepressant drug therapy
18. PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams: What is one main difference be-
tween acute stress disorder and PTSD?
19. Short duration of symptoms: Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD
disorders include all the following EXCEPT:
20. Angina Pectoris: Select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause
of somatic symptom disorder or hypochondriasis
21. Appetite: What is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing depression
in adolescents?
1/6
, NRNP 6635 Midterm Study
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_9syps7
22. Acetylcholine: Select the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the patho-
physiology of schizophrenia.
23. Privacy: Select the most important component of the patient-provider rapport.
24. Cognitive-behaviour therapy CBT and SSRI antidepressants: Select the
most effective treatment for social anxiety disorder in children
25. Echolalia: All the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing speech
and language in children EXCEPT:
26. Concurrent substance abuse: Select the factor that is required to cause PTSD
from a stressor
27. Generativity versus: All the following are classes of coping mechanisms in the
Model of Mental Health as Resilience where humans overcome stressful situations
EXCEPT:
28. Caudate: Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a
decreased activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors?
29. Secracy of eating rituals and Insisting weight loss has a medical cause: -
Select the two complications in diagnosing patients with anorexia nervosa
30. separation: Select the anxiety disorder that emerges in ages 9 to 18 months.
31. Dizziness and Constipation: Select the two most common peripheral symp-
toms of anxiety
32. Melatonin: Select the hormone or neurotransmitter that is involved in regulating
the 24-hour circadian sleep-wake cycle.
33. unplanned travel: Select the event most associated with the occurrence of
dissociative fugue
34. Intellect: Select the neurodevelopmental disorder typically diagnosed in child-
hood
35. negligent parenting: Select the primary cause of reactive attachment disorder
in children
36. Depersonalisation disorder: Select the psychiatric disorder for which drug and
non-drug treatments are least effective
37. Experienced Violence and natural disaster: Select two events that are causes
of dissociative trance disorder
38. 6 months: Select the time from occurrence of the stressor in which symptoms
must appear to diagnose an adjustment disorder
39. Magnesium: Select the serum substance that should be measured to aid the
diagnosis of restless leg syndrome.
40. Dissociative disorder: Select the DSM-5 disorder formerly called multiple per-
sonality disorder
41. Seizures, Substance abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Differential
diagnosis for consideration when suspecting a cyclothymic disorder include:
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