Potassium
Select the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs to treat psychiatric disorders in psychosomatic
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Erickson
Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the psychosocial life cycle
Sexual abuse and Partner Betrayal
Select two causes of dissociative amnesia
AIMS
Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during prescribing antipsychotic drugs
Autism and Intellectual disability
Select the two comorbid disorders with which Pica occurs most commonly
20% recover, 10% mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30% no change or worse
Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients
Sequential events
Select the memory category retained in transient global amnesia that is absent in dissociative amnesia
Eating with friends but not Family
The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with anorexia nervosa
Psychiatrist History and mental status examination
Select the two most important elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a mental illness diagnosis.
Patient Resistance
Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients.
Central Apnea
Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common symptom
Hoarding
Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely to initially seek help from a Primary Care Provider
CAPS
Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder
4
Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed
Dysthymia
Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to observing violence in television, movies, and video games
Medical history
Select a provider's most important knowledge area essential to a successful mental health interview of a child
6-8 weeks
Select the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of antidepressant drug therapy
PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams
What is one main difference between acute stress disorder and PTSD?
Short duration of symptoms
Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD disorders include all the following EXCEPT:
Angina Pectoris
Select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause of somatic symptom disorder or hypochondriasis
Appetite
What is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing depression in adolescents?
Acetylcholine
Select the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
Privacy
Select the most important component of the patient-provider rapport.
Cognitive-behaviour therapy CBT and SSRI antidepressants
Select the most effective treatment for social anxiety disorder in children
Echolalia
All the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing speech and language in children EXCEPT:
Concurrent substance abuse
Select the factor that is required to cause PTSD from a stressor
Generativity versus
All the following are classes of coping mechanisms in the Model of Mental Health as Resilience where humans overcome stressful situations EXCEPT:
Caudate
Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a decreased activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors?
Secracy of eating rituals and Insisting weight loss has a medical cause
Select the two complications in diagnosing patients with anorexia nervosa
separation
Select the anxiety disorder that emerges in ages 9 to 18 months.
Dizziness and Constipation
Select the two most common peripheral symptoms of anxiety
Melatonin
Select the hormone or neurotransmitter that is involved in regulating the 24-hour circadian sleep-wake cycle.
unplanned travel
Select the event most associated with the occurrence of dissociative fugue
Intellect
Select the neurodevelopmental disorder typically diagnosed in childhood
negligent parenting
Select the primary cause of reactive attachment disorder in children
Depersonalisation disorder
Select the psychiatric disorder for which drug and non-drug treatments are least effective
Experienced Violence and natural disaster
Select two events that are causes of dissociative trance disorder
6 months
Select the time from occurrence of the stressor in which symptoms must appear to diagnose an adjustment disorder
Magnesium
Select the serum substance that should be measured to aid the diagnosis of restless leg syndrome.
Dissociative disorder
Select the DSM-5 disorder formerly called multiple personality disorder
Seizures, Substance abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Differential diagnosis for consideration when suspecting a cyclothymic disorder include:
Chelation Therapy
The following psychotherapy interventions is NOT a recommended in the treatment of PTSD:
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 in labeling of antidepressant drugs.
Fluoxetine
Select the drug that has been effective in treating social anxiety in children.
6 to 7
Select the youngest age range at which alarm therapy is effective to treat enuresis
Prefrontal Cortex
Which part of the brain is essential to the maintenance of attention?
Weekly binge eating for at least 3 months and abuse of emetic drugs and substances
Select two signs and symptoms of bulimia nervosa.
withdrawal
Select the behavior that best describes early onset bipolar disorder in children and adolescents
Sexual assault
Select the most common stressor of PTSD in women
Vehicle accident
Select the most likely stressor to cause an adjustment disorder
Dopamine
Select the neurotransmitter involved in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents based on the common comorbidity of tic disorder
Opioid Analgesics
Select the class of drugs most effective in treating pain disorder
anorexia nervosa
The most commonly occurring eating disorder
Pain
the disorder in which inflicting injury to self or others is common
TMS and MRI
Two imaging methods used to study anxiety disorders
20% incidence by age 18
Epidemiological fact about major depression in children and adolescents
Hippocampus
Brain region most implicated in the function of memory
Insomnia
Most common sleep disorder
Intense Horror
Factor that is required to cause PTSD from a stressor
Male infants from 3-12 months
The population in which rumination disorder occurs most frequently
Suicidal Ideation
the symptom least associated with manic and hypomanic episodes
Psychosis
Third most commonly reported psychiatric symptom
Mildly depressed
Characteristic in long sleepers (longer than 9 hours) that is absent in short sleepers (less than 6 hours)
Cognitive Therapy and Hypnosis
The two methods to treat dissociative amnesia
Franz Gabriel Alexander
Theorist who is credited with establishing the area of psychosomatic medicine
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
generalized dissociative amnesia
The type of dissociative amnesia is described by the inability to recall any events in a particular lifespan period
60%-90%
Frequency range for heritability of Bipolar disorder
Hallucinations and Irritability
The two symptoms that result from prolonged sleep deprivation
Voluntary Motor
The function that is most affected by conversion disorder
cognitive behavioral therapy
The therapy for Insomnia that can be effective up to three years after discontinuation
Well-Being
The mental health model that is most associated with human interpersonal connection
Anorexia and Seizures
two medical conditions in which derealization and depersonalization are common
adolescence
The age stage of life in which identity crisis emerges
History of substance abuse and duration of therapy
the two most important factors that guide the decision to prescribe benzodiazepines to treat general anxiety
50-100
The mg/dL blood alcohol level range that is associate with causing impaired judgement and coordination
Electronic Media
The exposure to violence that is excluded as a DSM-5 diagnostic criterion for PTSD in children and adolescents
Infancy
The life stage at which emotional and social behavior begin
Substance abuse and appropriate drug therapy
The two events that are excluded as causes of dissociative trance disorder
Cognitive therapy
The non-drug therapy with the greatest evidence of effectiveness in treating major depression disorder
few or lack of somatic symptoms and frequent provider visits
The two common characteristics of illness anxiety disorder
Dysthymia
The alternate name for persistent depressive disorder
Piaget
The scientist most associated with the development of learning theory
Paroxetine
The drug proven most effective in treating PTSD [Show Less]