QUESTION BANK FOR PMHNP BOARDS 2026
EXAM TEST PAPER COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
◉ Sleep stages. Answer: Stage 1-4 are progressively deeper stages of
non-REM sleep
REM stage comes in cycles, 1st REM happens 80-100 min into sleep.
REM cycles lengthen throughout sleep
-stage 4 NREM decreases as we age more for men than women.
-Less REM associated with organic brain dysfunctions.
◉ SLAP. Answer: Suicide assessment:
-Specific plan
-Leathality of suicide method
-Accessibility of means
-Proximity of helping resources
◉ IS PATH WARM - suicide. Answer: I-suicidal ideation
S- substance abuse
P-purposelessness
A-Anger
,T-Trapped
H-Hopeless
W-withdrawl from social interactions
A-Anxiety
R-Recklessness
M-Mood change
◉ DIGFAST. Answer: Mania Assessment
D = Distractibility and easy frustration
I = Irresponsibility and erratic uninhibited behavior
G = Grandiosity
F = Flight of ideas
A = Activity increased with weight loss and increased libido
S = Sleep is decreased
T = Talkativeness
◉ SIGECAPS. Answer: S-sleep disoreder
I-interest deficit (anhedonia)
G-guilt (worthlessness, hopeless, regret)
E-engery
C-contration deficit
A-appetite disorder
,P-psychomotor retardation
S-suicidality
DEPRESSION
◉ MSE areas. Answer: "All Bad Subjects are Tough Troubled
Characters"
A-Appearance
B-Behavior
S-Speech
A-Affect
T-thought process
T-Thought content
C-cognition
◉ SLUMS. Answer: 11 item congitive assessment: tests, short-term
memory, calculations, naming, clock, geometery
◉ Vanderbilt Assessment. Answer: ADHD assessment
◉ Connors Parent and Teacher Assessmentq. Answer: Assessment
tool for ADHD
, ◉ Yalom. Answer: Group Therapy -Principle of universality: you are
not alone in your probems.
◉ Mauhler. Answer: Theory of object relations
0-2 mo. normal autism - no recognition of others
3-5 mo. symbiosis - primary caretaker extension of self
5-36 mo. separation from caretaker (4 substages)
-differentiation 5-8 aware of others
-Practicing 8-16 mobility starts explores
-Reapproachent 16-25 aware of big world, emotional support from
caretaker feuls learning
-Object constancy 25-36 memory of caretaker assures child, love self
by internalizing love of caretaker
◉ Ellis. Answer:
◉ Rodgers. Answer:
◉ Erickson Stages (8). Answer: 1. Trust vs Mistrust ; 0-1
2. autonomy vs shame & doubt: 2-3
3. initiative vs guilt; 4-6
4. Industry vs. inferiority; 7-12
EXAM TEST PAPER COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
◉ Sleep stages. Answer: Stage 1-4 are progressively deeper stages of
non-REM sleep
REM stage comes in cycles, 1st REM happens 80-100 min into sleep.
REM cycles lengthen throughout sleep
-stage 4 NREM decreases as we age more for men than women.
-Less REM associated with organic brain dysfunctions.
◉ SLAP. Answer: Suicide assessment:
-Specific plan
-Leathality of suicide method
-Accessibility of means
-Proximity of helping resources
◉ IS PATH WARM - suicide. Answer: I-suicidal ideation
S- substance abuse
P-purposelessness
A-Anger
,T-Trapped
H-Hopeless
W-withdrawl from social interactions
A-Anxiety
R-Recklessness
M-Mood change
◉ DIGFAST. Answer: Mania Assessment
D = Distractibility and easy frustration
I = Irresponsibility and erratic uninhibited behavior
G = Grandiosity
F = Flight of ideas
A = Activity increased with weight loss and increased libido
S = Sleep is decreased
T = Talkativeness
◉ SIGECAPS. Answer: S-sleep disoreder
I-interest deficit (anhedonia)
G-guilt (worthlessness, hopeless, regret)
E-engery
C-contration deficit
A-appetite disorder
,P-psychomotor retardation
S-suicidality
DEPRESSION
◉ MSE areas. Answer: "All Bad Subjects are Tough Troubled
Characters"
A-Appearance
B-Behavior
S-Speech
A-Affect
T-thought process
T-Thought content
C-cognition
◉ SLUMS. Answer: 11 item congitive assessment: tests, short-term
memory, calculations, naming, clock, geometery
◉ Vanderbilt Assessment. Answer: ADHD assessment
◉ Connors Parent and Teacher Assessmentq. Answer: Assessment
tool for ADHD
, ◉ Yalom. Answer: Group Therapy -Principle of universality: you are
not alone in your probems.
◉ Mauhler. Answer: Theory of object relations
0-2 mo. normal autism - no recognition of others
3-5 mo. symbiosis - primary caretaker extension of self
5-36 mo. separation from caretaker (4 substages)
-differentiation 5-8 aware of others
-Practicing 8-16 mobility starts explores
-Reapproachent 16-25 aware of big world, emotional support from
caretaker feuls learning
-Object constancy 25-36 memory of caretaker assures child, love self
by internalizing love of caretaker
◉ Ellis. Answer:
◉ Rodgers. Answer:
◉ Erickson Stages (8). Answer: 1. Trust vs Mistrust ; 0-1
2. autonomy vs shame & doubt: 2-3
3. initiative vs guilt; 4-6
4. Industry vs. inferiority; 7-12
