Psychiatric Disorders and Treatments, Exams of Nursing

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Select the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs to treat psychiatric disorders in psychosomatic patients Potassium Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the psychosocial life cycle Erickson Select two causes of dissociative amnesia Sexual abuse and Partner Betrayal Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during prescribing antipsychotic drugs AIMS Select the two comorbid disorders with which Pica occurs most commonly Autism and Intellectual disability Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients 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 Sequential events The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with anorexia nervosa Eating with friends but not Family Select the two most important elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a mental illness diagnosis. Psychiatrist History and mental status examination Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients. Patient Resistance Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common symptom Central Apnea Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely to initially seek help from a Primary Care Provider Hoarding Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder CAPS Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed 4 Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to observing violence in television, movies, and video games Dysthymia Select a provider's most important knowledge area essential to a successful mental health interview of a child Medical history Select the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of antidepressant drug therapy 6 - 8 weeks What is one main difference between acute stress disorder and PTSD?

PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD disorders include all the following EXCEPT: Short duration of symptoms Select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause of somatic symptom disorder or hypochondriasis Angina Pectoris What is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing depression in adolescents? Appetite Select the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Acetylcholine Select the most important component of the patient-provider rapport. Privacy Select the most effective treatment for social anxiety disorder in children Cognitive-behaviour therapy CBT and SSRI antidepressants All the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing speech and language in children EXCEPT: Echolalia Select the factor that is required to cause PTSD from a stressor 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: Generativity versus Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a decreased activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors? Caudate Select the two complications in diagnosing patients with anorexia nervosa Secracy of eating rituals and Insisting weight loss has a medical cause Select the anxiety disorder that emerges in ages 9 to 18 months. separation Select the two most common peripheral symptoms of anxiety Dizziness and Constipation Select the hormone or neurotransmitter that is involved in regulating the 24-hour circadian sleep-wake cycle. Melatonin Select the event most associated with the occurrence of dissociative fugue unplanned travel Select the neurodevelopmental disorder typically diagnosed in childhood Intellect Select the primary cause of reactive attachment disorder in children negligent parenting Select the psychiatric disorder for which drug and non-drug treatments are least effective Depersonalisation disorder

Select two events that are causes of dissociative trance disorder Experienced Violence and natural disaster Select the time from occurrence of the stressor in which symptoms must appear to diagnose an adjustment disorder 6 months Select the serum substance that should be measured to aid the diagnosis of restless leg syndrome. Magnesium Select the DSM-5 disorder formerly called multiple personality disorder Dissociative disorder Differential diagnosis for consideration when suspecting a cyclothymic disorder include: Seizures, Substance abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder The following psychotherapy interventions is NOT a recommended in the treatment of PTSD: Chelation Therapy 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 in labeling of antidepressant drugs. 2% placebo 4% drugs Select the drug that has been effective in treating social anxiety in children. Fluoxetine Select the youngest age range at which alarm therapy is effective to treat enuresis 6 to 7 Which part of the brain is essential to the maintenance of attention? Prefrontal Cortex Select two signs and symptoms of bulimia nervosa. Weekly binge eating for at least 3 months and abuse of emetic drugs and substances Select the behavior that best describes early onset bipolar disorder in children and adolescents withdrawal Select the most common stressor of PTSD in women Sexual assault Select the most likely stressor to cause an adjustment disorder Vehicle accident Select the neurotransmitter involved in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents based on the common comorbidity of tic disorder Dopamine Select the class of drugs most effective in treating pain disorder Opioid Analgesics The most commonly occurring eating disorder anorexia nervosa the disorder in which inflicting injury to self or others is common Pain

Two imaging methods used to study anxiety disorders TMS and MRI Epidemiological fact about major depression in children and adolescents 20% incidence by age 18 Brain region most implicated in the function of memory Hippocampus Most common sleep disorder Insomnia Factor that is required to cause PTSD from a stressor Intense Horror The population in which rumination disorder occurs most frequently Male infants from 3 - 12 months the symptom least associated with manic and hypomanic episodes Suicidal Ideation Third most commonly reported psychiatric symptom Psychosis Characteristic in long sleepers (longer than 9 hours) that is absent in short sleepers (less than 6 hours) Mildly depressed The two methods to treat dissociative amnesia Cognitive Therapy and Hypnosis Theorist who is credited with establishing the area of psychosomatic medicine Franz Gabriel Alexander 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 persistent depression The type of dissociative amnesia is described by the inability to recall any events in a particular lifespan period generalized dissociative amnesia Frequency range for heritability of Bipolar disorder 60%-90% The two symptoms that result from prolonged sleep deprivation Hallucinations and Irritability The function that is most affected by conversion disorder Voluntary Motor The therapy for Insomnia that can be effective up to three years after discontinuation cognitive behavioral therapy The mental health model that is most associated with human interpersonal connection Well-Being two medical conditions in which derealization and depersonalization are common Anorexia and Seizures The age stage of life in which identity crisis emerges adolescence

the two most important factors that guide the decision to prescribe benzodiazepines to treat general anxiety History of substance abuse and duration of therapy The mg/dL blood alcohol level range that is associate with causing impaired judgement and coordination 50 - 100 The exposure to violence that is excluded as a DSM-5 diagnostic criterion for PTSD in children and adolescents Electronic Media The life stage at which emotional and social behavior begin Infancy The two events that are excluded as causes of dissociative trance disorder Substance abuse and appropriate drug therapy The non-drug therapy with the greatest evidence of effectiveness in treating major depression disorder Cognitive therapy The two common characteristics of illness anxiety disorder few or lack of somatic symptoms and frequent provider visits The alternate name for persistent depressive disorder Dysthymia The scientist most associated with the development of learning theory Piaget The drug proven most effective in treating PTSD Paroxetine The percentage that most accurately represents the rate of heritability of major depression disorder 40% - 50% Two neurotransmitters associated with anxiety Dopamine and GABA The drug with the most rapid onset of action to treat acute mania Valproate The mental health disorder that commonly coexists with generalized anxiety disorder Major depression The percentage range of correlation between obesity and psychiatric disorders 20% - 30% Two types of theories that have contributed to causes of anxiety Psychoanalytical and Behavioral The age group in which adjustment disorder occur most frequently Childhood The drug used to treat bipolar disorder that may cause hypothyroidism Lithium The psychiatric disorder that occurs most commonly in patients hospitalized for medical problems and surgery Anxiety The public performance that is most associated with social anxiety in children

Public Speaking The maximum time period recommended for treatment of insomnia with hypnotic drugs 6 months The neurotransmitter that is most genetically involved in childhood and adolescent depression Serotonin The antidepressant drug most likely to cause death when taken in an overdose Impramine The antidepressant most likely to cause sexual dysfunction Amitriptyline 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." Concentration The therapeutic plasma concentration range for lithium in mEq/L 0.6 - 1. The rating scale used to assess children and adolescents for ADHD CBCL The rating scale used to assess significant alcohol problem CAGE the criterion that differentiates Bipolar II and Bipolar I disorder Mania The largest percentage prevalance of psychiatric disorders in patients hospitalized for medical conditions 33% The rating scale used to assess response to antidepressant drug therapy HAM-D The treatment of choice for Identity Crisis antianxiety drugs The most exclusive feature rapid eye movement (REM) sleep Dreaming The two primary psychometric properties of psychiatric rating scales Reliability and Validity The percent of OCD patients who also have depressive symptoms 2/ The potential adverse effect of SSRI antidepressant drugs approved to treat children with major depressive disorder Weight Gain The two types of symptom patterns common to OCD patients Intrusive thoughts and contamination The rating scale used to screen for Alzheimer's disease and other dementia's BPRS The two diagnostic criteria of somatic symptom disorder or hypochondriasis Persistent for at least 6 months and lack of medical evidence Two Characteristics of impulses that are usually absent from compulsions pleasure seeking and committing actions

the period of time after most recent use that THC (marijuana) can be detected in urine specimens 3 days The delay of time between exposure to the stressor and onset of PTSD symptoms 6 months to 5 years The non-drug therapy approved use for patients who have failed to achieve satisfactory improvement with correctly prescribed antidepressant drugs transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) The most important mediator of the stress response Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) The symptom most likely to improve early in the drug treatment of major depression Sleep Problems The criteria in DSM-5 to diagnose a child with major depressive disorder At least 5 symptoms including irritable mood for 2 weeks