TEST BANK FOR PMHNP BOARDS

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TEST BANK FOR PMHNP BOARDS

QUESTIONS AND ANSWER S

Question : Symptoms of personality disorders are usually

consistent with patient's internal sense of self, which is called

Correct answer: ego-synodic

Question : What is the term for how easily an individual

acts on an initial, emotionally based evaluation of events and people

Correct answer: Constraint

Question : Purest expression of the biological basis of

personality

Correct answer: Temperament

Question : What are the 2 distinct temperaments Kagan

and colleagues (1988) identified

Correct answer: inhibited

uninhibited

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Question : Which of the following medications is the

first-line treatment option for a personality change secondary to epilepsy that results in aggressive episodes?

Correct answer: Carbamazepine

Question : What is the second-line treatment option for a

personality change secondary to epilepsy that results in aggressive episodes

Correct answer: benzodiazepines

Question : What is contraindicated in the treatment of

aggressive personality changes due to epilepsy

Correct answer: antipsychotics

Question : females that have this are usually infertile have

low estrogen levels but do not have higher levels of homosexuality

Correct answer: Turner syndrome(45XO)

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Question : females with this are typically

indistinguishable from other females except they are slightly taller and have increased learning difficulties and low-normal intelligence

Correct answer: Triple X syndrome

Question : 46XY with complete androgen insensitivity

have

Correct answer: female gender identity equivalent of

46XX individuals

Question : Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is associated

with increased prenatal

Correct answer: androgen exposure

Question : 5-alpha-reductase deficiency is associated with

Correct answer: higher rates of homosexuality in affected

females a cause of pseudohermaphroditism

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Question : Gender identity is generally set by age ____

and very difficult to change

Correct answer: 3

Question : First line agents for treating impulsivity and

aggression in personality disordered patients

Correct answer: SSRIs

Question : Explain what the following Pyramid Tract

Signs result from:

spasticity weakness slowing of rapid alternating movements hyper-reflexia Babinski sign

Correct answer: Vitamin B12 deficiency

Question : The only TCA levels that can be reliably

followed are for