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Mental Health Midterm Study Guide 2024, Exams of Health, psychology

A comprehensive review of key concepts and topics related to mental health, including coping mechanisms, psychiatric findings, diagnostic criteria, treatment options, and more. It is a valuable resource for university students studying psychology, psychiatry, or related fields, and can be used as study notes, summaries, or exam preparation material.

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Download Mental Health Midterm Study Guide 2024 and more Exams Health, psychology in PDF only on Docsity! NRNP 6643 Midterm Study Latest 2024 All the following are classes of coping mechanisms in the Model of Mental Health as Resilience where humans overcome stressful situations EXCEPT: - Generativity versus All the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing speech and language in children EXCEPT: - Echolalia Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a decreased activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors? - Caudate Brain region most implicated in the function of memory - Hippocampus Characteristic in long sleepers (longer than 9 hours) that is absent in short sleepers (less than 6 hours) - Mildly depressed Differential diagnosis for consideration when suspecting a cyclothymic disorder include: - Seizures, Substance abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder 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 Epidemiological fact about major depression in children and adolescents - 20% incidence by age 18 Factor that is required to cause PTSD from a stressor - Intense Horror Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD disorders include all the following EXCEPT: - Short duration of symptoms Frequency range for heritability of Bipolar disorder - 60%-90% Most common sleep disorder - Insomnia Select a provider's most important knowledge area essential to a successful mental health interview of a child - Medical history Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed - 4 Select the anxiety disorder that emerges in ages 9 to 18 months. - separation Select the behavior that best describes early onset bipolar disorder in children and adolescents - withdrawal Select the class of drugs most effective in treating pain disorder - Opioid Analgesics 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 DSM-5 disorder formerly called multiple personality disorder - Dissociative disorder Select the event most associated with the occurrence of dissociative fugue - unplanned travel Select the factor that is required to cause PTSD from a stressor - Concurrent substance abuse Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients. - Patient Resistance Select the hormone or neurotransmitter that is involved in regulating the 24-hour circadian sleep-wake cycle. - Melatonin Select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause of somatic symptom disorder or hypochondriasis - Angina Pectoris Select the memory category retained in transient global amnesia that is absent in dissociative amnesia - Sequential events Select the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of antidepressant drug therapy - 6-8 weeks Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to observing violence in television, movies, and video games - Dysthymia Select the most common stressor of PTSD in women - Sexual assault Select the most effective treatment for social anxiety disorder in children - Cognitive- behaviour therapy CBT and SSRI antidepressants Select the most important component of the patient-provider rapport. - Privacy Select the most likely stressor to cause an adjustment disorder - Vehicle accident The exposure to violence that is excluded as a DSM-5 diagnostic criterion for PTSD in children and adolescents - Electronic Media The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with anorexia nervosa - Eating with friends but not Family The following psychotherapy interventions is NOT a recommended in the treatment of PTSD: - Chelation Therapy The function that is most affected by conversion disorder - Voluntary Motor The largest percentage prevalance of psychiatric disorders in patients hospitalized for medical conditions - 33% The life stage at which emotional and social behavior begin - Infancy The maximum time period recommended for treatment of insomnia with hypnotic drugs - 6 months The mental health disorder that commonly coexists with generalized anxiety disorder - Major depression The mental health model that is most associated with human interpersonal connection - Well-Being The mg/dL blood alcohol level range that is associate with causing impaired judgement and coordination - 50-100 The most commonly occurring eating disorder - anorexia nervosa The most exclusive feature rapid eye movement (REM) sleep - Dreaming The most important mediator of the stress response - Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) The neurotransmitter that is most genetically involved in childhood and adolescent depression - Serotonin 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 non-drug therapy with the greatest evidence of effectiveness in treating major depression disorder - Cognitive therapy The percent of OCD patients who also have depressive symptoms - 2/3 The percentage range of correlation between obesity and psychiatric disorders - 20% - 30% The percentage that most accurately represents the rate of heritability of major depression disorder - 40% - 50% the period of time after most recent use that THC (marijuana) can be detected in urine specimens - 3 days The population in which rumination disorder occurs most frequently - Male infants from 3-12 months The potential adverse effect of SSRI antidepressant drugs approved to treat children with major depressive disorder - Weight Gain 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 rating scale used to assess children and adolescents for ADHD - CBCL The rating scale used to assess response to antidepressant drug therapy - HAM-D The rating scale used to assess significant alcohol problem - CAGE The rating scale used to screen for Alzheimer's disease and other dementia's - BPRS The scientist most associated with the development of learning theory - Piaget the symptom least associated with manic and hypomanic episodes - Suicidal Ideation The symptom most likely to improve early in the drug treatment of major depression - Sleep Problems The therapeutic plasma concentration range for lithium in mEq/L - 0.6 - 1.2 The therapy for Insomnia that can be effective up to three years after discontinuation - cognitive behavioral therapy The treatment of choice for Identity Crisis - antianxiety drugs The two common characteristics of illness anxiety disorder - few or lack of somatic symptoms and frequent provider visits The two diagnostic criteria of somatic symptom disorder or hypochondriasis - Persistent for at least 6 months and lack of medical evidence The two events that are excluded as causes of dissociative trance disorder - Substance abuse and appropriate drug therapy The two methods to treat dissociative amnesia - Cognitive Therapy and Hypnosis 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 two primary psychometric properties of psychiatric rating scales - Reliability and Validity The two symptoms that result from prolonged sleep deprivation - Hallucinations and Irritability The two types of symptom patterns common to OCD patients - Intrusive thoughts and contamination The type of dissociative amnesia is described by the inability to recall any events in a particular lifespan period - generalized dissociative amnesia Theorist who is credited with establishing the area of psychosomatic medicine - Franz Gabriel Alexander Third most commonly reported psychiatric symptom - Psychosis Two Characteristics of impulses that are usually absent from compulsions - pleasure seeking and committing actions Two imaging methods used to study anxiety disorders - TMS and MRI two medical conditions in which derealization and depersonalization are common - Anorexia and Seizures Two neurotransmitters associated with anxiety - Dopamine and GABA Two types of theories that have contributed to causes of anxiety - Psychoanalytical and Behavioral What is one main difference between acute stress disorder and PTSD? - PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams