PMHNP Boards Test Bank 2024 | 500+ Questions and Answers

Interpersonal collaboration is centered on whom?

Cognitive therapy is recommended for patients with what types of cognitive issues?

Humanistic Therapy focuses on assisting patients with what?

Behavioral Therapy focuses on what?

Existential therapy is for what purposes?

How is the odds ratio of eating lettuce and developing diarrhea calculated given the data: 120 who got diarrhea ate lettuce, 80 with diarrhea did not eat lettuce, 40 without diarrhea ate lettuce, and 160 without diarrhea ate lettuce?

What did the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (NFCMH) report suggest?

The efficacy of mental health treatments was found to be well documented in which influential report?

What is the state of high negative emotion and pessimism called?

What is commonly known as an optimistic outlook on life, characterized by being outgoing, liking social interaction, and responding to external rewards?

Introverts are more likely to be motivated and respond to what type of reinforcement?

What interpersonal trait is characterized by cooperation and an easy-going nature, often at the expense of self-assertion?

What trait is associated with self-control and a focused, organized approach to life?

In behavioral couples therapy, what is true about functional analysis of behavior (FAB)?

Gestalt theory deals with what type of psychology?

Which medication can delay ejaculation in patients with premature ejaculation?

What is the first line treatment for lithium-induced diabetes insipidus?

What are ways to reduce polyuria associated with lithium toxicity?

What is true about ECT in Parkinsons disease?

How does lithium affect Parkinsons disease?

Nonselective MAOIs decrease the efficacy of what and increase the risk of what?

Selegiline is selective for which enzyme?

SSRIs can worsen what symptom in Parkinsons disease?

What process describes the mechanism by which the hippocampus stores memories?

What is systematized amnesia?

What is localized amnesia?

What is selective amnesia?

What is generalized amnesia?

Which drugs are FDA approved for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?

Under what circumstances does a surrogate have the right to terminate a pregnancy?

Which medication is most effective for treating social phobia/social anxiety disorder, especially when refractory?

Which blood pressure medication should be avoided in a patient with Stage II hypertension, trace pedal edema, and 2nd degree heart block?

List three contraindications to using calcium channel blockers.

List four side effects of calcium channel blockers.

Which symptoms are consistent with a diagnosis of Parkinsons disease?

What condition is associated with writhing movements?

List ten non-motor manifestations of Parkinsons disease.

What type of therapy is most useful in depressed HIV positive outpatients?

What type of therapy is most useful in patients with borderline personality disorder?

According to Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, what stage of grief involves resisting or refusing to remember information that has been supplied?

Pica and spoon-shaped nails are associated with which type of anemia?

What are two common causes of microcytic anemia?

What are the initial symptoms of Vitamin B12 deficiency?

What are the late symptoms of Vitamin B12 deficiency?

List the five Ps of Vitamin B12 deficiency.

What are two causes of megaloblastic macrocytic anemias?

Which neurotransmitter is thought to play the most significant role in social phobia?

Which neurotransmitter is thought to mediate social interest, gregariousness, confidence, and sensitivity to rejection?

According to Gonzalez-Jaimes and Turnbull-Plaza (2003), which type of therapy is significantly more effective in patients diagnosed with adjustment disorder?

What is the purpose of the mirror in mirror psychotherapy?

What does medical conversation in therapy involve?

What therapy emphasizes personal responsibility, focusing on the individuals experience at the present moment, the therapist-patient relationship, and the context of the persons life?

PANDAs is associated with which type of infections and results in what symptoms?

What is the diagnosis for a patient with a petechial rash, high fever, neck stiffness, severe headache, and a history of a recent camping trip?

What is the equivalent dosage of Xanax to Ativan?

What is the equivalent dosage of Xanax to Phenobarbital?