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A wide range of topics related to psychiatric disorders and their treatments. It includes questions and answers on various mental health conditions such as schizophrenia, substance abuse, sexual dysfunction, gender dysphoria, and more. Insights into the causes, symptoms, diagnostic criteria, and management strategies for these disorders. It touches upon the role of neurotransmitters, pharmacological interventions, and non-drug therapies in addressing mental health challenges. The information presented could be valuable for healthcare professionals, students, and individuals interested in understanding the complexities of psychiatric disorders and the latest advancements in their treatment.
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Select the mental function that is most affected in mild cognitive impairment.
Recent memory
Select the most frequent cause of infant and childhood intellectual disability that is attributed to a specific gene.
Down syndrome
Select the neurotransmitter that is most associated with the occurrence of ADHD.
Dopami ne
Select the drug of choice to treat psychosis in delirious patients.
Haloperid ol Question 5 Select the characteristic that is greater in childhood than adult onset schizophrenia.
Social withdrawal Question 6 Select the personality disorder in which patients are continually in crisis and exhibit unpredictable behavior.
Borderlin e Question 7 Select the factor that best correlates with attempted and completed suicide.
Mental illness Question 8 Select the brain region that shows the greatest anatomical abnormalities in schizophrenic patients.
Basal ganglia Question 9 Select the gender dysphoria in which genital surgery is usually not chosen.
Crossdress er Question 10 Select the antipsychotic drug for which the labeling carries a black box warning for agranulocytosis.
Clozapi ne
Question 11 Select the time of onset for tolerance to develop from continuous use of hallucinogens such as LSD.
days Question 12 Select the most reliable method to make a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Patient history Question 13 Select the dysfunction that is common to 50% to 85% of schizophrenic patients.
Eye movement Question 14 Select two of the “Four A’s” symptoms of schizophrenia described by Bleuler.
autism
ambivalen ce Question 15 Select the personality disorder in which patients exhibit covert obstructionism, procrastination and pessimism.
Passive- aggressive Question 16 Select the negative symptom of schizophrenia.
Anhedon ia Question 17 Select the main cause female orgasmic disorder.
Genet ic Question 18 Select the age range for 90% of patients treated for schizophrenia.
Question 19 Select the non-drug therapy in which mastery of anxiety through desensitization is critical to successful treatment of sexual dysfunction.
Grou p Question 20 Select the disorder that is often comorbid with brief psychotic disorder.
Personali ty Question 21 Select the psychoactive substance that is most frequently consumed worldwide.
Caffei ne Question 22 Select the age range at which most children with gender dysphoria begin to show increased anxiety over anticipated changes to their bodies.
3 to 4 Question 23 Select the theorist who first studied social and cultural influences on suicide.
Durkhei m
Question 24 Select the disorder in which is characterized by lack breast development.
5-α-reductase deficiency Question 25 Select the age range of the highest rate of substance dependence or abuse.
Question 26 Select two terms preferred to describe sexual orientation.
Gay
Lesbia n Question 27 Select the two patient populations in which delirium occurs most frequently.
Terminally ill
Long-term care Question 28 Select the drug used to treat neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
Dantrole ne Question 29 Select the drug that is most likely to cause parkinsonian movement symptoms.
Haloperid ol Question 30 Select the two main conditions to initially identify in adult psychiatric emergencies.
Suicide
Substance intoxication Question 31 Select the psychiatric emergency that is indicated by mothers who express inadequate distress over their children’s medical symptoms.
Munchausen’s syndrome Question 32 Select the drug that is least life-threatening when consumed in an overdose.
Zolpide m Question 33 Select the drug that is most safe and effective in treating mild to moderate memory loss in early Alzheimer’s disease.
Donepe zil Question 34 Select the substance that is most commonly abused by adolescents.
Marijuan a Question 35 Select the development time of symptoms in neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
days Question 36 Select the patient population at most risk of mortality from delirium.
Question 37
withdrawal Select the most distinguishing characteristic of delirium.
Sudden onset Question 38 Select the category of symptoms that is most commonly comorbid with cognitive disorders.
Behavior al Question 39 Select the primary defense mechanism that is common in delusional disorder.
Projectio n Question 40 Select the neurotransmitter system that is most associated with the addictive rewarding properties of opioids.
Dopaminer gic Question 41 Select the type of hallucinations most common in schizophrenia.
Auditor y Question 42 Select the diagnostic criterion for catatonia resulting from a medical condition.
Waxy flexibility Question 43
Select the two factors that are not applicable to diagnosing schizoaffective disorder.
Medical condition
Substance abuse Question 44 Select the percentage of substance-addicted persons with a concurrent psychiatric disorder.
Select the hepatic enzyme that performs the initial metabolism of alcohol.
Select the epidemiologic characteristic of tardive dyskinesia symptoms.
Absence in age less than 50 Select the neurotransmitter that inhibits sexual orgasm.
Serotoni n Select the drug that is least likely to cause male sexual dysfunction.
sertralin e Select the youngest age at which childhood-onset schizophrenia can be distinguished from autism spectrum. Question 49 Question 48 Question 47 Question 46 Question 45
Select the most effective form of questioning when taking a sex history.
Open- ended Select the initial intervention to treat children experiencing acute school refusal.
Return to school the next normal day Select the primary method to assess cognition.
Mental status exam Select the preferred drug used to treat alcohol withdrawal.
Lorazepa m Select the procedure most applicable to confirming a diagnosis of delirium.
Select the brain region that is associated with substance addiction.
Prefrontal cortex Question 56 Question 55 Question 54 Question 53 Question 52 Question 51 Question 50
Select the two defense mechanisms used commonly by patients with personality disorders.
Splitting
Projectio n Question 57 Select the lifetime prevalence of schizophrenia in the United States.
Question 58 Select the subtype of schizophrenia in which auditory hallucinations are frequent.
Residu al Question 59 Select the neurotransmitter deficiency that is most associated with delirium.
Acetylcholi ne Question 60 Select the rating scale used to assess medication-induced movement disorders.
Question 61 Select the symptom not present in paranoid personality disorder.
Fixed delusions Question 62 Select the percentage range of schizophrenic patients that remain significantly impaired throughout their lives.
Question 63
Question 64 Select the two non-drug therapies most likely to be effective in treating paraphilic disorders.
Cognitive- behavioral
Insight Question 65 Select the two patient populations most likely suffer neuroleptic-induced parkinsonian symptoms.
Femal e
Elderl y Question 66 Select the factor that is most influential in determining gender role development.
Geneti cs Question 67 Select the most common paraphilic disorder.
Pedophili a Question 68 Select the therapy that is contrary to position statements of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Question 69
on Select the psychiatric disorder in which patients refuse mental health care and deny their problems.
Personali ty Question 70 Select the most common cause of dementia in elderly persons.
Alzheimer’s disease Question 71 Select the substance of abuse with the strongest evidence for genetic association.
Alcoh ol Question 72 Select the characteristic found in persons with intersex conditions.
Chromosome X abnormality Question 73 Select the medical condition in which erectile dysfunction drugs (e.g., sildenafil) are likely to be ineffective.
Ischemic heart disease Question 74 Select the neurotransmitter that increases sexual desire.
Dopami ne Question 75
Select the infectious disease that when untreated may lead to an incorrect diagnosis of depression.
Lym e Question 76 Select the two essential features of sexual dysfunction.
Failure to achieve orgasm
Pain during sexual activity Question 77 Select the personality disorder in which patients seek social withdrawal.
Schizotyp al Question 78 Select the percentage of the U.S. population with a substance dependence problem as of year 2012.
Select the youngest age by which early-onset schizophrenia occurs.
Select two psychiatric disorders that are often misdiagnosed as childhood-onset or early- onset schizophrenia.
Autism spectrum
Bipolar II Question 81 Select the comorbid disorder that is more frequent in children with gender dysphoria. Question 80 Question 79
Down syndrome Question 82 Select two treatments for adults who identify as transgender.
Hormon al
Surgical Question 83 Select two comorbid factors common in schizophrenic patients.
Substance abuse
Undiagnosed medical illness Question 84 Select the age at which sexual identity is self-evident.
2 to 3 years Question 85 Select the pair of terms that represents the greatest conflict regarding sexual behavior.
medical and legal Question 86 Select the two characteristics that describe normal sexual behavior.
Varies from era to era
Reflects cultural mores Question 87 Select the medical condition that occurs less frequently in schizophrenic patients than in
Question 92 the general population.
Rheumatoid arthritis Question 88 Select the most frequently abused illicit drug.
Marijuan a Question 89 Select the two drugs used to treat alcohol dependence.
Naltrexo ne
Lorazepa m Question 90 Select the percentage of remission that results from correct antipsychotic drug therapy of schizophrenic patients.
Select the percent blood alcohol level at which voluntary motor activity becomes impaired.
Select the drug most likely to be effective treating paraphilic disorders.
Medroxyprogester one Question 93 Select the most distinguishing feature in the course and prognosis of schizophrenia. Question 91
Worsening after each relapse Question 94 Select the personality disorder in which patients are preoccupied with perfectionism and interpersonal control.
Obsessive- compulsive Question 95 Select the rare adverse effect of SSRI antidepressants.
Tardive dyskinesia Question 96 Select the neurotransmitter for which the metabolite 5-HIAA in CSF is evident and predictive of suicide.
Serotoni n Question 97 Select the two behaviors of schizophrenic patients that occur more frequently than in the general population.
Violenc e
Suicide Question 98 Select the neurotransmitter that has least involvement in drug-induced movement disorders.
Dopami ne Question 99 Select the factor that exerts the strongest influence on the initiation of substance use disorder in adolescents.
Parent s Question 100 Select the intrinsic chemical released in orgasm that reinforces pleasurable sensation.
Oxytoci n Question 101