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Psych Exam Study Questions, Exams of Psychiatry

Virginia State University (VSU)Psychiatry

A set of study questions for a psychology exam. It covers a wide range of topics in the field of psychiatry and psychology, including neurotransmitters, psychiatric disorders, diagnostic criteria, treatment methods, and more. The questions seem to be designed to test the student's knowledge and understanding of these concepts. The document could be useful for students preparing for a psychology or psychiatry exam, as it provides a comprehensive review of key topics in the field. However, without more context about the specific course or exam, it's difficult to determine the exact level or focus of the material. Overall, this document could be a valuable resource for students studying psychology or psychiatry, but may require additional guidance or supplementary materials to fully prepare for an exam.

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Psych Exam Study Questions
1.Potassium: Select the serum assessment that is used when
prescribing drugs to treat psychiatric disorders in psychosomatic
patients
2.Erickson: Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the
psychosocial life cycle
3.Sexual abuse and Partner Betrayal: Select two causes of dissociative
amnesia
4.AIMS: Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and
during prescrib- ing antipsychotic drugs
5.Autism and Intellectual disability: Select the two comorbid disorders
with which Pica occurs most commonly
6.20% recover, 10% mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30%
no change or worse: Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD
patients
7.Sequential events: Select the memory category retained in
transient global amnesia that is absent in dissociative amnesia
8.Eating with friends but not Family: The following is NOT an endocrine
change noted with anorexia nervosa
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Psych Exam Study Questions

  1. Potassium: Select the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs to treat psychiatric disorders in psychosomatic patients
  2. Erickson: Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the psychosocial life cycle
  3. Sexual abuse and Partner Betrayal: Select two causes of dissociative amnesia
  4. AIMS: Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during prescrib- ing antipsychotic drugs
  5. Autism and Intellectual disability: Select the two comorbid disorders with which Pica occurs most commonly
  6. 20% recover, 10% mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30% no change or worse: Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients
  7. Sequential events: Select the memory category retained in transient global amnesia that is absent in dissociative amnesia
  8. Eating with friends but not Family: The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with anorexia nervosa
  1. Psychiatrist History and mental status examination: Select the two most im- portant elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a mental illness diagnosis.
  2. Patient Resistance: Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients.
  3. Central Apnea: Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common symptom
  4. Hoarding: Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely to initially seek help from a Primary Care Provider
  5. CAPS: Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder
  6. 4: Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed
  7. Dysthymia: Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to observing violence in television, movies, and video games
  8. Medical history: Select a provider's most important knowledge area essential to a successful mental health interview of a child
  9. 6-8 weeks: Select the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of antidepressant drug therapy
  10. PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams: What is one main

overcome stressful situations EXCEPT:

  1. Caudate: Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a decreased activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors? 29. Secracy of eating rituals and Insisting weight loss has a medical cause: - Select the two complications in diagnosing patients with anorexia nervosa
  2. separation: Select the anxiety disorder that emerges in ages 9 to 18 months.
  3. Dizziness and Constipation: Select the two most common peripheral symp- toms of anxiety
  4. Melatonin: Select the hormone or neurotransmitter that is involved in regulating the 24-hour circadian sleep-wake cycle.
  5. unplanned travel: Select the event most associated with the occurrence of dissociative fugue
  6. Intellect: Select the neurodevelopmental disorder typically diagnosed in child- hood
  7. negligent parenting: Select the primary cause of reactive attachment disorder in children
  1. Depersonalisation disorder: Select the psychiatric disorder for which drug and non-drug treatments are least effective
  2. Experienced Violence and natural disaster: Select two events that are causes of dissociative trance disorder
  3. 6 months: Select the time from occurrence of the stressor in which symptoms must appear to diagnose an adjustment disorder
  4. Magnesium: Select the serum substance that should be measured to aid the diagnosis of restless leg syndrome.
  5. Dissociative disorder: Select the DSM-5 disorder formerly called multiple per- sonality disorder
  6. Seizures, Substance abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Differential diagnosis for consideration when suspecting a cyclothymic disorder include:
  7. Chelation Therapy: The following psychotherapy interventions is NOT a recom- mended in the treatment of PTSD:
  8. 2% placebo 4% drugs: Select the difference in rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors between placebo and drug in children and adolescents observed from random controlled trials of nine antidepressant drugs that resulted in the 2004 FDA "black box" warning
  1. anorexia nervosa: The most commonly occurring eating disorder
  2. Pain: the disorder in which inflicting injury to self or others is common
  3. TMS and MRI: Two imaging methods used to study anxiety disorders
  4. 20% incidence by age 18: Epidemiological fact about major depression in children and adolescents
  5. Hippocampus: Brain region most implicated in the function of memory
  6. Insomnia: Most common sleep disorder
  7. Intense Horror: Factor that is required to cause PTSD from a stressor
  8. Male infants from 3-12 months: The population in which rumination disorder occurs most frequently
  9. Suicidal Ideation: the symptom least associated with manic and hypomanic episodes
  10. Psychosis: Third most commonly reported psychiatric symptom
  11. Mildly depressed: Characteristic in long sleepers (longer than 9 hours) that is absent in short sleepers (less than 6 hours)
  12. Cognitive Therapy and Hypnosis: The two methods to treat dissociative am- nesia
  13. Franz Gabriel Alexander: Theorist who is credited with establishing the area of psychosomatic medicine
  1. persistent depression: disorder in children and adolescents that is described by depressed or irritable mood for most of the day for a majority of days in at least one year
  2. generalized dissociative amnesia: The type of dissociative amnesia is de- scribed by the inability to recall any events in a particular lifespan period
  3. 60%-90%: Frequency range for heritability of Bipolar disorder
  4. Hallucinations and Irritability: The two symptoms that result from prolonged sleep deprivation
  5. Voluntary Motor: The function that is most affected by conversion disorder
  6. cognitive behavioral therapy: The therapy for Insomnia that can be effective up to three years after discontinuation
  7. Well-Being: The mental health model that is most associated with human inter- personal connection
  8. Anorexia and Seizures: two medical conditions in which derealization and depersonalization are common
  9. adolescence: The age stage of life in which identity crisis emerges
  10. History of substance abuse and duration of therapy: the two most
  1. Dopamine and GABA: Two neurotransmitters associated with anxiety
  2. Valproate: The drug with the most rapid onset of action to treat acute mania
  3. Major depression: The mental health disorder that commonly coexists with generalized anxiety disorder
  4. 20% - 30%: The percentage range of correlation between obesity and psychi- atric disorders
  5. Psychoanalytical and Behavioral: Two types of theories that have contributed to causes of anxiety
  6. Childhood: The age group in which adjustment disorder occur most frequently
  7. Lithium: The drug used to treat bipolar disorder that may cause hypothyroidism
  8. Anxiety: The psychiatric disorder that occurs most commonly in patients hospi- talized for medical problems and surgery
  9. Public Speaking: The public performance that is most associated with social anxiety in children
  10. 6 months: The maximum time period recommended for treatment of insomnia with hypnotic drugs
  1. Serotonin: The neurotransmitter that is most genetically involved in childhood and adolescent depression
  2. Impramine: The antidepressant drug most likely to cause death when taken in an overdose
  3. Amitriptyline: The antidepressant most likely to cause sexual dysfunction
  4. Concentration: The cognitive function category in a mental examination that is represented by the question, "starting at 3 A.M., count back the time 2 hours at a time."
  5. 0.6 - 1.2: The therapeutic plasma concentration range for lithium in mEq/L
  6. CBCL: The rating scale used to assess children and adolescents for ADHD
  7. CAGE: The rating scale used to assess significant alcohol problem
  8. Mania: the criterion that differentiates Bipolar II and Bipolar I disorder
  9. 33%: The largest percentage prevalance of psychiatric disorders in patients hospitalized for medical conditions
  1. pleasure seeking and committing actions: Two Characteristics of impulses that are usually absent from compulsions
  2. 3 days: the period of time after most recent use that THC (marijuana) can be detected in urine specimens
  3. 6 months to 5 years: The delay of time between exposure to the stressor and onset of PTSD symptoms
  4. transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS): The non-drug therapy approved use for patients who have failed to achieve satisfactory improvement with correctly prescribed antidepressant drugs
  5. Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH): The most important mediator of the stress response
  6. Sleep Problems: The symptom most likely to improve early in the drug treat- ment of major depression
  7. At least 5 symptoms including irritable mood for 2 weeks: The criteria in DSM-5 to diagnose a child with major depressive disorder