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Question 1
Which of the following are reasons to reconsider the current diagnosis of your patient? 1 point A. You have re-used a previous diagnosis B. There is no response to treatment C. A new medication comes on the market D. Lab results E. The patient thinks you are wrong F. New symptoms appear
Question 2
Morrison defines the mental status exam as a statement about how a person looks, feels, and behaves at the moment of the exam True or False
Question 3
By definition, any patient diagnosed with one of the somatization disorders does not have a physiologic disorder True or False
Question 4
Factitious Disorder can be imposed on the self or on another True or False
Question 5
Which of the following statements are true regarding comorbidity? Choose all that apply. A. One comorbid diagnosis may cause another //incorrect, page 58 of Morrison B. Individuals with more comorbidities often have poorer prognosis in the long run C. Rates of comorbidity for mental health disorders are very high D. Comorbidity is defined as having more than one diagnosis
Question 6
Which of the following statements about the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study are true? Choose all that apply A. Men are twice as likely as women to be exposed to ACE items B. There is a graded relationship between number of yes responses and the rates of the health risks
C. Both physical and emotional negative health outcomes were associated with ACE exposure D. The two main categories explored in the study are areas of abuse and areas of household dysfunction
Question 7
Studies such as the ACE study offer the opportunity to identify and address preventative measures for public mental health. True or False
Question 8
Which of the following statements regarding False Positive diagnoses are true? Choose all that apply A. Patients may suffer intensely negative consequences of false positive diagnoses B. A false positive diagnosis is one that turns out to be inaccurate C. False positives are especially likely when we rely exclusively on the number of symptoms a patient has for a specific diagnosis D. Diagnostic manuals promote overdiagnosis by encouraging multiple diagnoses, some of which will be false positives //correct answer is all of them.
Question 9
Treatment is always based on diagnosis and not symptoms. True or False
Question 10
Half of all mental illnesses begin at age 12. True or False //Morrison pg. 90
Question 11
What is one physical problem that you will encounter the most, because it occurs with so many diagnoses, according to Morrison? Fill in the blank Sleep, appetite, panic disorder, other
Question 12
Match each LACE term with its best definition
Question 13
When the measure of a construct has been tested over time, and in different circumstances, and is shown to still be accurate, it is said to have good:
True or False
Question 20
Free point
