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Question 1
Select the mental function that is most affected in mild cognitive impairment.
Selected
Answer: D. Recent memory
Question 2
Select the most frequent cause of infant and childhood intellectual disability that is
attributed to a specific gene.
Selected
Answer: C. Down syndrome
Question 3
Select the neurotransmitter that is most associated with the occurrence of ADHD.
Selected
Answer: B. Dopamine
Question 4
Select the drug of choice to treat psychosis in delirious patients.
Selected
Answer:
D. Haloperidol
Question 5
Select the characteristic that is greater in childhood than adult onset schizophrenia.
Selected
Answer: B. Social withdrawal
Question 6
Select the personality disorder in which patients are continually in crisis and exhibit
unpredictable behavior.
Selected
Answer: C. Borderline
Question 7
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Select the factor that best correlates with attempted and completed suicide.
Selected
Answer: A. Mental illness
Question 8
Select the brain region that shows the greatest anatomical abnormalities in schizophrenic
patients.
Selected By the end of the 20th century, however, researchers had made significant strides in revealing a potential neuropathological basis for schizophrenia, primarily in the limbic system and the basal ganglia, including neuropathological or neurochemical abnormalities in the cerebral cortex, the thalamus, and the brainstem. Because the basal ganglia and cerebellum are involved in the control of movement, disease in these areas is implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
Answer: D. Basal ganglia
Question 9
Select the gender dysphoria in which genital surgery is usually not chosen.
Selected
Answer: but who maintain a gender identity that is the same as their birth-assigned gender known as crossdressers.
C. Crossdresser
Question 10
Select the antipsychotic drug for which the labeling carries a black box warning for
agranulocytosis.
Selected
Answer:
A. Clozapine
Question 11
Select the time of onset for tolerance to develop from continuous use of hallucinogens
such as LSD.
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Select the negative symptom of schizophrenia.
Selected
Answer: A. Anhedonia
Question 17
Select the main cause female orgasmic disorder.
Selected
Answer:
B. Genetic
Question 18
Select the age range for 90% of patients treated for schizophrenia.
Selected
Answer: About 90 percent of patients in treatment for schizophrenia are
between 15 and 55 years old.
B. 10-
Question 19
Select the non-drug therapy in which mastery of anxiety through desensitization is
critical to successful treatment of sexual dysfunction.
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Answer: The behavior therapist enables the patient to master the anxiety through a standard program of systematic desensitization, which is designed to inhibit the learned anxious response by encouraging behaviors antithetical to anxiety. \AC1336647530\BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
C. Group
Question 20
Select the disorder that is often comorbid with brief psychotic disorder.
Selected
Answer: Personality disorder is also a predisposing factor for other psychiatric
disorders
D. Personality
Question 21
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Select the psychoactive substance that is most frequently consumed worldwide.
Selected
Answer : Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive substance in the world.
B. Caffeine
Question 22
Select the age range at which most children with gender dysphoria begin to show
increased anxiety over anticipated changes to their bodies.
Selected
Answer: Gender identity crystallizes in most persons by age 2 or 3 years.
Parents, however, typically report that the cross-gender behaviors were apparent before 3 years of age.
Children typically begin to develop a sense of their gender identity around age 3.
D. 3 to 4
Question 23
Select the theorist who first studied social and cultural influences on suicide.
Selected
Answer: The first major contribution to the study of the social and cultural influences on suicide was made at the end of the 19th century by the French sociologist Emile Durkheim.
B. Durkheim
Question 24
Select the disorder in which is characterized by lack breast development.
Selected
Answer: Turner’s syndrome in a patient aged 23. Note webbed neck, increased carrying angle, failure of breast development, and lack of pubic hair.
B.5-α-reductase deficiency
Question 25
Select the age range of the highest rate of substance dependence or abuse.
Selected
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Select the psychiatric emergency that is indicated by mothers who express inadequate
distress over their children’s medical symptoms.
Selected
Answer: Careful observation may reveal that the mothers often do not exhibit appropriate signs of distress on hearing the details of the child’s medical symptoms.
D. Munchausen’s syndrome
Question 32
Select the drug that is least life-threatening when consumed in an overdose.
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Answer:
B. Zolpidem
Question 33
Select the drug that is most safe and effective in treating mild to moderate memory loss
in early Alzheimer’s disease.
Selected
Answer:
A. Donepezil
Question 34
Select the substance that is most commonly abused by adolescents.
Selected
Answer:
B. Marijuana
Question 35
Select the development time of symptoms in neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
Selected
Answer: The symptoms usually evolve over 24 to 72 hours, and the untreated syndrome lasts 10 to 14 days.
D. 10-14 days
Question 36
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Select the patient population at most risk of mortality from delirium.
Selected C.
Answer: Alcohol withdrawal
Question 37
Select the most distinguishing characteristic of delirium.
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Answer: Classically, delirium has a sudden onset (hours or days), a brief and fluctuating course, and rapid improvement when the causative factor is identified and eliminated, but each of these characteristic features can vary in individual patients.
B. Sudden onset
Question 38
Select the category of symptoms that is most commonly comorbid with cognitive
disorders.
Selected
Answer:
A. Behavioral
Question 39
Select the primary defense mechanism that is common in delusional disorder.
Selected
Answer:
A.Projection
Question 40
Select the neurotransmitter system that is most associated with the addictive rewarding
properties of opioids.
Selected
Answer:
A. Dopaminergic
Question 41
Select the type of hallucinations most common in schizophrenia.
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B. Absence in age less than 50
Question 47
Select the neurotransmitter that inhibits sexual orgasm.
Selected
Answer:
A. Serotonin
Question 48
Select the drug that is least likely to cause male sexual dysfunction.
Selected
Answer:
B. Sertraline
Question 49
Select the youngest age at which childhood-onset schizophrenia can be distinguished
from autism spectrum.
Selected
Answer:
A. 3
Question 50
Select the most effective form of questioning when taking a sex history.
Selected
Answer:
B. Open ended
Question 51
Select the initial intervention to treat children experiencing acute school refusal.
Selected
Answer:
B. Return to school the next
normal day
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Question 52
Select the primary method to assess cognition.
Selected
Answer:
C. Mental status exam
Question 53
Select the preferred drug used to treat alcohol withdrawal.
Selected
Answer:
D. Lorazepam
Question 54
Select the procedure most applicable to confirming a diagnosis of delirium.
Selected
Answer: C. EEG
Question 55
Select the brain region that is associated with substance addiction.
Selected
Answer: A. Prefrontal cortex
Question 56
Select the two defense mechanisms used commonly by patients with personality
disorders.
Selected
Answers: C. Splitting/D. Projection
Question 57
Select the lifetime prevalence of schizophrenia in the United States.
Selected In the United States, the lifetime prevalence of schizophrenia is about 1 percent
Answer: A. 0.1-1.0%
Question 58
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Selected
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A. Cognitive behavioral
D. Insight
Question 65
Select the two patient populations most likely suffer neuroleptic-induced parkinsonian
symptoms.
Selected
Answers:
A.Female
E. Elderly
Question 66
Select the factor that is most influential in determining gender role development.
Selected
Answer:
C. Genetics
Question 67
Select the most common paraphilic disorder.
Selected
Answer:
F. Pedophilia
Question 68
Select the therapy that is contrary to position statements of the American Academy of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Selected B.
Answer: Conversion
Question 69
Select the psychiatric disorder in which patients refuse mental health care and deny their
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most common cause of dementia in elderly persons.
Selected
Answer:
G. Personality
Question 70
Select the
Selected
Answer:
H. Alzheimer’s disease
Question 71
Select the substance of abuse with the strongest evidence for genetic association.
Selected
Answer:
I. Alcohol
Question 72
Select the characteristic found in persons with intersex conditions.
Selected
Answer: D. Chromosome X abnormality
Question 73
Select the medical condition in which erectile dysfunction drugs (e.g., sildenafil) are likely
to be ineffective.
Selected
Answer: D. Ischemic heart disease
Question 74
Select the neurotransmitter that increases sexual desire.
Selected
Answer: B. Dopamine
Question 75
problems.
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Bipolar I
Question 81
Select the comorbid disorder that is more frequent in children with gender dysphoria.
Selected
Answer: A. Down syndrome
Question 82
Select two treatments for adults who identify as transgender.
Selected
Answers: A. Hormonal
B. Surgical
Question 83
Select two comorbid factors common in schizophrenic patients.
Selected
Answers: A. Substance abuse
C. Undiagnosed medical illness
Question 84
Select the age at which sexual identity is self-evident.
Selected
Answer: B. 2 to 3 years
Question 85
Select the pair of terms that represents the greatest conflict regarding sexual behavior.
Selected
Answer: C. medical and legal
Question 86
Select the two characteristics that describe normal sexual behavior.
Selected
Answers: A. Varies from era to era
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C. Reflects cultural mores
Question 87
Select the medical condition that occurs less frequently in schizophrenic patients than in
the general population.
Selected
Answer: D. Rheumatoid arthritis
Question 88
Select the most frequently abused illicit drug.
Selected
Answer: A. Marijuana
Question 89
Select the two drugs used to treat alcohol dependence.
Selected
Answers:
A. Naltrexone
B. Lorazepam
Question 90
Select the percentage of remission that results from correct antipsychotic drug therapy of
schizophrenic patients.
Selected
Answer: C. 45
Question 91
Select the percent blood alcohol level at which voluntary motor activity becomes
impaired.
Selected
Answer: C. 0.
Question 92
Select the drug most likely to be effective treating paraphilic disorders.
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disorders.
Selected
Answer: C. Dopamine
Question 99
Select the factor that exerts the strongest influence on the initiation of substance use
disorder in adolescents.
Selected
Answer: C. Parents
Question 100
Select the intrinsic chemical released in orgasm that reinforces pleasurable sensation.
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Select two treatments for adults who identify as transgender.
Answer: D. Oxytocin
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Exam - Week 11
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Hormon al
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Surgical
Select the drug used to treat neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
Selected
Answer:
C.
Dantrole ne
Select the most common paraphilic disorder.
Selected
Answer:
C.
Pedophili a
Heavy use of cannabis in individuals with no previous psychiatric illnesses
can produce:
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D.
Psychos is
Select the mental function that is most affected in mild cognitive impairment.
Selected
Answer:
D.
Recent memory
Select the type of hallucinations most common in schizophrenia.
Selected
Answer:
C.
Auditor y
All of the following are criteria for gender dysphoria diagnosis in children EXCEPT
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A.
Play preferred with same gender children
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