NURS 6635/6640 Midterm Exam
QUESTION 1
1. Select the theorist who is credited with establishing the area of psychosomatic
medicine.
2.A. Freud
B.
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C. Groddeck
D. Ferenczi
1 point
QUESTION 2
1. Select the most important component of the patient-provider rapport.
2.A. Empathy
B. Confidentiality
C. Respect
D. Privacy
1 point
QUESTION 3
1. Select the disorder in which patients feel detached from their environment.
2.A. Derealization
B. Transient global amnesia
C. Depersonalization
D. Dissociative identity
1 point
QUESTION 4
1. Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during prescribing
antipsychotic drugs.
2.A. MMSE
B. AIMS
C. CAGE
D. HAM-D
1 point
QUESTION 5
1. Select the event most associated with the occurrence of dissociative fugue.
2.A. Head trauma
B. Substance abuse
C. Partner betrayal
D. Unplanned travel
1 point
QUESTION 6
1. Select the most influential source of bias in a mental status examination.
2.A. Culture
B. Genetics
C. Environment
D. Age
1 point
QUESTION 7
1. Select the nondrug therapy with the greatest evidence of effectiveness in treating
major depressive disorder.
2.A. Family
B. Psychoanalytic
C. Cognitive
D. Behavior
1 point
QUESTION 8
1. Select the therapy that has been most effective in treating childhood PTSD.
2.A. SSRI antidepressants
B. CBITS
C. SPARCS
D. Crisis intervention
1 point
QUESTION 9
1. Select the rating scale used to assess response to antidepressant drug therapy.
2.A. BDI
B. MMSE
C. BPRS
D. HAM-D
1 point
QUESTION 10
1. Select the greatest impediment to treating anorexia nervosa patients.
2.A. Drug adverse effects
B. Variability of family therapy
C. Patient resistance
D. Noncompliance with therapy
1 point
QUESTION 11
1. Select the public performance that is most associated with social anxiety in
children.
2.A. Dancing
B. Speaking
C. Athletics
D. Eating
1 point
QUESTION 12
1. 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.A. 1% placebo, 5% drug
B. 2% placebo, 4% drug
C. 2% placebo, 10% drug
D. 4% placebo, 12% drug
1 point
QUESTION 13
1. Select the drug used to treat bipolar disorder that may cause hypothyroidism.
2.A. Lithium
B. Risperidone
C. Lamotrigine
D. Valproate
1 point
QUESTION 14
1. Select the rating scale area developed by the World Health Organization (WHO).
2.A. Cognitive
B. Anxiety
C. Depression
D. Disability
1 point
QUESTION 15
1. Select the rating scale used to screen for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
2.A. BPRS
B. YBOCS
C. NPI
D. BDI
1 point
QUESTION 16
1. Select the mood disorder that occurs most frequently in children and adolescents
with ADHD.
2.A. Bipolar
B. Major depression
C. Dysthymia
D. Conduct
1 point
QUESTION 17
1. Select the activity in which children are most likely to suffer selective mutism.
2.A. Religious
B. Family
C. Playmates
D. School
1 point
QUESTION 18
1. Select the comorbidity most commonly occurring with intermittent explosive
disorder.
2.A. Narcissism
B. Pyromania
C. Depersonalization
D. Kleptomania
1 point
QUESTION 19
1. Select the quantities of mental disorders categories and discrete illnesses in DSM5.
2.A. 10 and 60
B. 16 and 120
C. 22 and 150
D. 31 and 175 [Show Less]