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A collection of multiple-choice questions covering various topics related to psychiatric disorders and their treatment. It is designed to help students prepare for the nrnp 6635 midterm exam at walden university. The questions cover a wide range of topics, including anxiety disorders, mood disorders, dissociative disorders, and eating disorders. Useful for students seeking to review key concepts and test their understanding of the subject matter.
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Question 3
4 - 6 weeks
1 - 2 months
3 - 7 months
8 - 12 months
Question 4
Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed.
Question 5
Select the antidepressant drug that is most likely to cause death when taken in an overdose.
Fluoxetine
Mirtazapine
Imipramine
Trazodone
Question 6
Select the disorder in which inflicting injury to self or others is common.
Pain
Conversion
What is the recommended duration of treatment with psychopharmacology of panic disorder
once treatment becomes effective?
Question 12
Opioid analgesics
TCA and SSRI antidepressants
Beta-adrenergic blockers
Mood stabilizers
Question 13
Angina pectoris
Asthma
Diabetes
Multiple sclerosis
Question 14
Select the most commonly occurring eating disorder.
Anorexia nervosa
Bulimia nervosa
Purging
Binge
Question 15
Select the age stage of life in which identity crisis typically emerges.
Childhood
Select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause of somatic symptom disorder or
hypochondriasis.
Select the class of drugs most effective in treating pain disorder.
Adolescence
Middle adult
Elderly adult
Question 16
Select the two rating scales used specifically for schizophrenia.
Question 17
Select the drug that has been effective in treating social anxiety in children.
Bupropion
Carbamazepine
Amitriptyline
Fluoxetine
uestion 18
Select the drug used to treat bipolar disorder that may cause hypothyroidism.
Lithium
Risperidone
Lamotrigine
Valproate
Question 19
Norepinephrine
Select the neurotransmitter that is most genetically involved in childhood and adolescent
depression.
Family members
Sequential events
Personal identity
Adolescent years
Question 23
Electronic media
Directly witnessed
Report of family member
Repeated natural disaster
Question 24
Corticotrophin-releasing hormone
Neuropeptide Y
Galanin
Question 25
Select the primary cause of reactive attachment disorder in children.
Death of mother
Bullying by peers
Negligent parenting
Fetal alcohol syndrome
uestion 26
Select the drug proven most effective in treating PTSD.
Select the most important mediator of the stress response:
Select the exposure to violence that is excluded as a DSM- 5 diagnostic criterion for PTSD in
children and adolescents.
Buspirone
Paroxetine
Trazodone
Clonidine
Question 27
Antipsychotic drugs
Cognitive therapy
Hypnosis
Psychoanalysis
Question 27
Antipsychotic drugs
Cognitive therapy
Hypnosis
Psychoanalysis
Question 28
Excessive dopamine metabolites
Higher IQ
Larger corpus callosum
Low IQ
Question 29
Select the maximum time period recommended for treatment of insomnia with hypnotic drugs.
1 week
Select the factor that best correlates with the occurrence of PTSD in children.
Select the two methods to treat dissociative amnesia.
Select the two methods to treat dissociative amnesia.
Cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) and SSRI antidepressants
Cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) and amitriptyline
Coaching approach behavior and leading by modeling
Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a decreased activation in what
part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors
Question 34
Bodmann’s area
Substantia nigra
Caudate
Wernicke’s area
Question 35
Select the DSM- 5 disorder formerly called multiple personality disorder.
Depersonalization
Dissociative fugue
Dissociative identity
Derealization
Question 36
Select the two factors that do not cause dissociative amnesia.
Sexual abuse
Substance abuse
Surgical pain
Partner betrayal
Question 38
Select the population in which rumination disorder occurs most frequently.
Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a decreased activation in what
part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors?
Male infants aged 3 to 12 months
Female infants 6 to 18 months
Children aged 2 to 5 years
Adolescents aged 13 to 15 years
Question 39
Dissociative disorder
Delusional disorder
Question 39
Dissociative disorder
Delusional disorder
Question 40
Select the greatest challenge in the long-term treatment of Bipolar I and II disorder.
Psychotic
symptoms
Mood
stabilization
Acute depression
Panic anxiety
Question 41
Select the two most commonly co-occurring anxiety disorders that may present with generalized
anxiety disorder.
Select the two most commonly co-occurring anxiety disorders that may present with generalized
anxiety disorder.
Selective
Localized
Continuous
Systematized
Question 46
Select the mood disorder in which diagnosis requires symptoms present for at least two years.
Major depression
Dysthymia
Bipolar II
Cyclothymia
Question 47
Select the criteria in DSM- 5 to diagnose a child with major depressive disorder.
At least three symptoms including suicidal thoughts for three weeks
At least five symptoms including violence toward others for three weeks
At least three symptoms excluding substance abuse for two weeks
At least five symptoms including irritable mood for two weeks
Question 48
1 month
3 months
6 months
1 year
Select the time after cessation of the stressor causing an adjustment disorder in which symptoms
should cease to persist.
Select the type of dissociative amnesia described by patient’s inability to recall any information
about her or his family.
Question 49
Select the symptom that is least associated with manic and hypomanic episodes.
Suicidal ideation
Inflated self-esteem
Distractibility
Pressured speech
Question 50
Derealization
Transient global amnesia
Depersonalization
Dissociative identity
Question 51
Select the percentage occurrence of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.
Question 51
Select the percentage occurrence of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.
Question 52
Select the disorder in which patients feel detached from their environment.
Major depression
Bipolar II
Schizophrenia
Bipolar I
Question 57
Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of psychosocial life cycle.
Bowlby
Perls
Erikson
Rogers
Question 58
SSRI antidepressants
SNRI antidepressants
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
Question 59
Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD disorders include all the following EXCEPT:
rapid onset of symptoms
short duration of symptoms
positive response to benzodiazepines
strong social supports
Question 60
Select the age range in which somatic symptom disorder or hypochondriasis occurs most
frequently.
Select the two most effective treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children
and adolescents.
Question 61
Select the comorbidity most commonly occurring with intermittent explosive disorder.
Narcissism
Pyromania
Depersonalization
Kleptomania
Question 62
Select the alternate name for persistent depressive disorder.
Cyclothymia
Bipolar I
Bipolar II
Dysthymia
Question 63
Select the preferred treatment for bulimia nervosa.
Cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT)
SNRI antidepressants
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
Dynamic psychotherapy
Question 64
Select the greatest impediment to treating anorexia nervosa patients.
Potassium
Question 69
Liver enzymes
A. Potassium
Blood urea
Fnietro
o o igtienn
C. Magnesium
Albumin
Question 70
Select the behavior that best describes early onset bipolar disorder in children and adolescents.
Aggression
Withdrawal
Panic
Exhibition
Question 71
Select the anxiety disorder that emerges in ages 9 to 18 months.
Separation
Generalized
Social
Traumatic
Question 72
Select two imaging methods used to study anxiety disorders.
White blood cells
Select the serum substance that should be measured to aid the
diagnosis of restless leg syndrome.
Question 73
Select the therapy that is as effective as appropriate drugs to treat OCD.
Psychotherapy
Behavior
Family
Group
Question 74
Select the anxiety disorder that is most associated with selective mutism in children,
Social
Generalized
Separation
Phobic
Question 75
Select the symptom that is most likely improve early in the drug treatment of major depression.
Poor concentration
Sleep problems
Excessive guilt
Decreased appetite
Question 76
Select two brain regions that are associated with anxiety disorders.
Substantia nigra
Locus ceruleus
Temporal lobe
Raphe nuclei
Question 77