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SCHIZOPHRENIA EXAM NRNP 6635 MIDTERM
EXAM| NRNP 6635
FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is one main difference between acute stress disorder and PTSD? --
ANSWER--PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams
Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD disorders include all the
following EXCEPT: -- ANSWER--Short duration of symptoms
Select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause of somatic
symptom disorder or hypochondriasis -- ANSWER--Angina Pectoris
What is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing depression in
adolescents? -- ANSWER--Appetite
Select the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the pathophysiology of
schizophrenia. -- ANSWER--Acetylcholine
Select the most important component of the patient-provider rapport. --
ANSWER--Privacy
Select the most effective treatment for social anxiety disorder in children --
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ANSWER--Cognitive-behaviour therapy CBT and SSRI antidepressants
All the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing speech and
language in children EXCEPT: -- ANSWER--Echolalia
Select the factor that is required to cause PTSD from a stressor -- ANSWER-
Concurrent substance abuse
All the following are classes of coping mechanisms in the Model of Mental
Health as Resilience where humans overcome stressful situations EXCEPT: --
ANSWER--Generativity versus
Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a decreased
activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors? --
ANSWER--Caudate
Select the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs to treat
psychiatric disorders in psychosomatic patients -- ANSWER--Potassium
Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the psychosocial life cycle
-- ANSWER--Erickson
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Select two causes of dissociative amnesia -- ANSWER--Sexual abuse and
Partner Betrayal
Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during prescribing
antipsychotic drugs -- ANSWER--AIMS
Select the two comorbid disorders with which Pica occurs most commonly --
ANSWER--Autism and Intellectual disability
Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients -- ANSWER--20%
recover, 10% mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30% no change or
worse
Select the memory category retained in transient global amnesia that is absent in
dissociative amnesia -- ANSWER--Sequential events
The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with anorexia nervosa --
ANSWER--Eating with friends but not Family
Select the two most important elements of the psychiatric interview to establish
a mental illness diagnosis. -- ANSWER--Psychiatrist History and mental status
examination
Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients. -- ANSWER-
Patient Resistance
SCHIZOPHRENIA EXAM NRNP 6635 MIDTERM
EXAM| NRNP 6635
FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is one main difference between acute stress disorder and PTSD? --
ANSWER--PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams
Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD disorders include all the
following EXCEPT: -- ANSWER--Short duration of symptoms
Select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause of somatic
symptom disorder or hypochondriasis -- ANSWER--Angina Pectoris
What is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing depression in
adolescents? -- ANSWER--Appetite
Select the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the pathophysiology of
schizophrenia. -- ANSWER--Acetylcholine
Select the most important component of the patient-provider rapport. --
ANSWER--Privacy
Select the most effective treatment for social anxiety disorder in children --
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ANSWER--Cognitive-behaviour therapy CBT and SSRI antidepressants
All the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing speech and
language in children EXCEPT: -- ANSWER--Echolalia
Select the factor that is required to cause PTSD from a stressor -- ANSWER-
Concurrent substance abuse
All the following are classes of coping mechanisms in the Model of Mental
Health as Resilience where humans overcome stressful situations EXCEPT: --
ANSWER--Generativity versus
Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a decreased
activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors? --
ANSWER--Caudate
Select the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs to treat
psychiatric disorders in psychosomatic patients -- ANSWER--Potassium
Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the psychosocial life cycle
-- ANSWER--Erickson
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Select two causes of dissociative amnesia -- ANSWER--Sexual abuse and
Partner Betrayal
Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during prescribing
antipsychotic drugs -- ANSWER--AIMS
Select the two comorbid disorders with which Pica occurs most commonly --
ANSWER--Autism and Intellectual disability
Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients -- ANSWER--20%
recover, 10% mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30% no change or
worse
Select the memory category retained in transient global amnesia that is absent in
dissociative amnesia -- ANSWER--Sequential events
The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with anorexia nervosa --
ANSWER--Eating with friends but not Family
Select the two most important elements of the psychiatric interview to establish
a mental illness diagnosis. -- ANSWER--Psychiatrist History and mental status
examination
Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients. -- ANSWER-
Patient Resistance
