Mental Health Technician Certification
Exam (AMCA)2024/2025 Q$A
Most psychosomatic problems and somatoform disorders begin in Response-
childhood
Children should undergo further evaluation when their weight is above their
height Response- 20%
A female patient's husband in whom a chronic illness was recently diagnosed is
hospitalized. She states that she can't stop worrying about what is going to happen
with her husband's treatment and how they are going to pay the bills because he is
not working. What reaction is the patient most likely experiencing? Response-
Anxiety
The parents of a 14 year old female have noticed that over the past couple months,
theirdaughter has not been enjoying participating in the track team, which she
previouslyenjoyed. She often makes statements about how ugly she feels and she
dropped a letter grade in two of her classes. Base don these symptoms, this patient
may be diagnosed with: Response- Depressive disorder
In preparing discharge planning for a patient who has been prescribed lithium for the
treatment of bipolar disorder, it is important that the patient demonstrate an
understanding of the need to monitor his or her diet for intake of: Response- Sodium
is a side effect that can occur while the patient is taking antipsychotic
medications, causing muscle rigidity, high fever, unstable vital signs, confusion and
agitation. Response- neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
A female college student is seeking help from the counseling center for text anxiety.
She reports that during an exam, she "freezes and feels like the time I have to take
the exam is racing by and I can't Response any of the questions when i know the
Responses". Which level of anxiety is the patient experiencing? Response- Severe
Behaviors associated with psychiatric illnesses were more accurately
recorded byprofessionals. This practice led to for different abnormal
behaviors.
Response- Classifications
A 10 year old male patient with autism experiences loneliness and social anxiety as
aresult of his disease. Which CAM therapy will the caregiver suggest to help out
this patient the most with these feelings? Response- Animal assisted therapy
, A woman goes to a late movie with her friends and gets home after midnight. She is
scheduled to play in a tennis tournament early the next morning and loses all her
matches. She blames the line judge for her loss, rather than her poor play. Which
coping mechanism best describes her response to losing the matches? Response-
Rationalization
Poverty influences the growth and development of children and is often a precursor
to psychiatric health disorders in children. Nearly of the children in the US come
from families that live at the poverty level. Response- 20%
The provider is administering medications to a patient with a diagnosis of paranoid
schizophrenia. The provider would expect to see which medication ordered for the
patient? Response- Risperdal
A group of sexual variations that depart from society's traditional and acceptable
models of seeking sexual gratification is: Response- Paraphillia
Selye's stress adaptation theory consists of three stages, with the second stage
characterized by: Response- Attempts of the body to cope with stress
Individuals with schizophrenia tend to use the chemical most often
Response-Alcohol
Color therapy has been found to be effective in the treatment of: Response-
Seasonal affective disorder
A 4 year old patient in a pediatric unit is imitating the actions of the provider, the
provider knows according to the Erikson's theory, that this child is displaying a
characteristic seen during which development stage? Response- genital locomotor
Which patient right may a patient with psychiatric health disorders lose during their
treatments? Response- Freedom from restraints and seclusion
During the provider assessment before admission to a psychiatric health facility, the
patient states that he was found to have driven his car to another state but had no
recollection of driving there. The nurse is aware that this patient is describing a
condition known as: Response- Dissociative fugue
The tech witnesses different personalities emerging in the patient with Dissociative
Identity disorder (DID). The primary personality is referred to as the: Response-
Host
The patient has been admitted to the medical unit for unexplained weight loss and
fatigue. He does not speak except to Response questions and he refuses to interact
with other people except when necessary. Which coping mechanism is he using to
deal with his hospitalization? Response- Withdrawal
A male patient is seeking help in a psychiatric health clinic for anger management
problems. He voices that he is fearful that his wife may divorce him because of his
anger problems and he is willing to do whatever it takes to control his anger. Later in
the week, the patient's wife also seeks assistance because she is going to divorce
her
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