Mental Health Technician Certification
Exam (AMCA)
Most psychosomatic problems and somatoform disorders begin in -
childhood
Children should undergo further evaluation when their weight is _______above their height -
20%
A female client's husband in whom a chronic illness was recently diagnosed is hospitalized.
She states that she can't stop worrying about what is going to happen with her husband's
treatment and how they are going to pay the bills because he is not working. What reaction is
the client most likely experiencing? -
Anxiety
The parents of a 14 year old girl have noticed that over the past couple months, their daughter
has not been enjoying participating in the track team, which she previously enjoyed. She
often makes statements about how ugly she feels and she dropped a letter grade in two of her
classes. Base don these symptoms, this client may be diagnosed with: -
Depressive disorder
In preparing discharge planning for a client who has been prescribed lithium for the treatment
of bipolar disorder, it is important that the client demonstrate an understanding of the need to
monitor his or her diet for intake of: -
Sodium
_______is a side effect that can occur while the client is taking antipsychotic medications,
causing muscle rigidity, high fever, unstable vital signs, confusion and agitation. -
neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
A female college student is seeking help from the counseling center for text anxiety. She
reports that during an exam, she "freezes and feels like the time I have to take the exam is
racing by and I can't answer any of the questions when i know the answers". Which level of
anxiety is the client experiencing? -
Severe
Behaviors associated with mental illnesses were more accurately recorded by professionals.
This practice led to _______for different abnormal behaviors. -
Classifications
A 10 year old male client with autism experiences loneliness and social anxiety as a result of
his disease. Which CAM therapy will the caregiver suggest to help out this client the most
with these feelings? -
Animal assisted therapy
A woman goes to a late movie with her friends and gets home after midnight. She is
scheduled to play in a tennis tournament early the next morning and loses all her matches.
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