NRNP 6635 MIDTERM EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM 120 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW!)
Select the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs to treat psychiatric disorders
in psychosomatic patients - correct answer-Potassium
Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the psychosocial life cycle - correct
answer-Erickson
Select two causes of dissociative amnesia - correct answer-Sexual abuse and Partner Betrayal
Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during prescribing antipsychotic drugs
- correct answer-AIMS
Select the two comorbid disorders with which Pica occurs most commonly - correct answer-
Autism and Intellectual disability
Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients - correct 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 - correct answer-Sequential events
The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with anorexia nervosa - correct answer-Eating
with friends but not Family
Select the two most important elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a mental
illness diagnosis. - correct answer-Psychiatrist History and mental status examination
Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients. - correct answer-Patient
Resistance
Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common symptom - correct answer-Central
Apnea
Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely to initially seek help from a
Primary Care Provider - correct answer-Hoarding
Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder - correct answer-CAPS
Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed - correct answer-4
Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to observing violence in
television, movies, and video games - correct answer-Dysthymia
Select a provider's most important knowledge area essential to a successful mental health
interview of a child - correct answer-Medical history
Select the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of antidepressant drug therapy
- correct answer-6-8 weeks
, NRNP 6635 MIDTERM EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM 120 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW!)
What is one main difference between acute stress disorder and PTSD? - correct answer-PTSD
has recurrent, distressing dreams
Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD disorders include all the following EXCEPT: -
correct answer-Short duration of symptoms
Select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause of somatic symptom disorder or
hypochondriasis - correct answer-Angina Pectoris
What is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing depression in adolescents? - correct
answer-Appetite
Select the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. -
correct answer-Acetylcholine
Select the most important component of the patient-provider rapport. - correct answer-
Privacy
Select the most effective treatment for social anxiety disorder in children - correct answer-
Cognitive-behaviour therapy CBT and SSRI antidepressants
All the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing speech and language in children
EXCEPT: - correct answer-Echolalia
Select the factor that is required to cause PTSD from a stressor - correct 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: - correct answer-Generativity versus
Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a decreased activation in what
part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors? - correct answer-Caudate
Select the two complications in diagnosing patients with anorexia nervosa - correct answer-
Secracy of eating rituals and Insisting weight loss has a medical cause
Select the anxiety disorder that emerges in ages 9 to 18 months. - correct answer-separation
Select the two most common peripheral symptoms of anxiety - correct answer-Dizziness and
Constipation
Select the hormone or neurotransmitter that is involved in regulating the 24-hour circadian
sleep-wake cycle. - correct answer-Melatonin
Select the event most associated with the occurrence of dissociative fugue - correct answer-
unplanned travel
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