NR546 WEEK 1: TEST QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Psychiatric prescribing decisions are based on: -- Answer ✔✔ neuroscience and
symptom presentation
The field of epigenetics is rapidly growing and can help explain how gene expression is: -
- Answer ✔✔ influenced by environmental factors and how epigenetics contributes to
the manifestation of mental illness
Consideration must also be given to each client's unique circumstances when
prescribing medications including their: -- Answer ✔✔ -symptoms
-age
-physical health
-lifestyle
The potential legal and ethical issues impacting mental health treatment must also be
taken into account, including: -- Answer ✔✔ -informed consent
-competence to make healthcare decisions
-off-label prescribing
Sequential Framework of Priorities for providers to address when prescribing
antidepressants to treat MDD (improve med adherence) -- Answer ✔✔ Diagnosis
Pharmacological Tx
Medication Education
Monitoring Plan
Adherence Reinforcement
Adherence -- Answer ✔✔ Persistence
-taking med over intended time period
, Compliance
-taking med as prescribed
Client, clinician, and structural factors all contribute to _______ -- Answer ✔✔ non-
adherence
non-adherence factors -- Answer ✔✔ Client factors
-concern about side effects
-fear of addiction to meds
-misunderstanding of expected outcomes
Clinician factors
-providing inadequate education about meds
-lack of shared decision making
-lack of follow-up
Structural factors
-med cost
-med access
-stigma associated with mental illness
Sensory memory: -- Answer ✔✔ Register of events in the environment, often
unconscious, for up to 10 seconds, is forgotten if not moved to short-term memory.s
Short-term memory: -- Answer ✔✔ Information lasts seconds to minutes (remembering
an unfamiliar phone number), has a limited capacity.
Working memory: -- Answer ✔✔ Actively holding information in memory and
manipulating it (solving a word problem in your mind) is considered part of executive
function.
Long-term memory: -- Answer ✔✔ Memories stored for days to years, can be lifelong.
Declarative memory: -- Answer ✔✔ Memory for events and facts.
ANSWERS
Psychiatric prescribing decisions are based on: -- Answer ✔✔ neuroscience and
symptom presentation
The field of epigenetics is rapidly growing and can help explain how gene expression is: -
- Answer ✔✔ influenced by environmental factors and how epigenetics contributes to
the manifestation of mental illness
Consideration must also be given to each client's unique circumstances when
prescribing medications including their: -- Answer ✔✔ -symptoms
-age
-physical health
-lifestyle
The potential legal and ethical issues impacting mental health treatment must also be
taken into account, including: -- Answer ✔✔ -informed consent
-competence to make healthcare decisions
-off-label prescribing
Sequential Framework of Priorities for providers to address when prescribing
antidepressants to treat MDD (improve med adherence) -- Answer ✔✔ Diagnosis
Pharmacological Tx
Medication Education
Monitoring Plan
Adherence Reinforcement
Adherence -- Answer ✔✔ Persistence
-taking med over intended time period
, Compliance
-taking med as prescribed
Client, clinician, and structural factors all contribute to _______ -- Answer ✔✔ non-
adherence
non-adherence factors -- Answer ✔✔ Client factors
-concern about side effects
-fear of addiction to meds
-misunderstanding of expected outcomes
Clinician factors
-providing inadequate education about meds
-lack of shared decision making
-lack of follow-up
Structural factors
-med cost
-med access
-stigma associated with mental illness
Sensory memory: -- Answer ✔✔ Register of events in the environment, often
unconscious, for up to 10 seconds, is forgotten if not moved to short-term memory.s
Short-term memory: -- Answer ✔✔ Information lasts seconds to minutes (remembering
an unfamiliar phone number), has a limited capacity.
Working memory: -- Answer ✔✔ Actively holding information in memory and
manipulating it (solving a word problem in your mind) is considered part of executive
function.
Long-term memory: -- Answer ✔✔ Memories stored for days to years, can be lifelong.
Declarative memory: -- Answer ✔✔ Memory for events and facts.
