Suicidality Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Psychiatric interview - the process by which psychiatric assessment is conducted -primary tasks • building a therapeutic alliance between the PMHNP & client • obtaining a database of psychiatric info about the client • establishing a dx • negotiating a tx plan Therapeutic Alliance - a feeling that you should create over the course of the diagnostic interview, a sense of rapport, trust, and warmth -most important goal of the interview process -the cooperative working relationship...

4th edition Disorders of Childhood ISBN: 9780357796559 Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Models of Child Development, Psychopathology, and Treatment Chapter 3. Principles and practices of developmental psychopathology Chapter 4. Classification, assessment and diagnosis, and intervention Chapter 5. Disorders of early childhood Chapter 6. Intellectual developmental disorder and learning disorders Chapter 7. Autism spectrum disorder Chapter 8. Maltreatment and trauma- and stressor-relat...

GABAs role in anxiety is? correct answer: Inhibitory GABA-A, GABA-B, GABA-C Benzodiazepines bind to gamma subunit. Anxiety Disorder Symptoms: correct answer: Anxiety Worry Panic attacks Phobic avoidance Compulsions Muscle tension irritability Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms: correct answer: Depressed mood Interest/pleasure Suicidality Appetite/weight Guilt Anxiety and major depressive disorder shared symptoms: correct answer: Sleep concentration Fatigue Arousal F...

When do you consider Unipolar versus Bipolar depression - Unipolar major depression (major depressive disorder) is characterized by a history of one or more major depressive episodes (table 3) and no history of mania (table 1) or hypomania Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) - Scoring Instructions. Score 1 point for each bolded answer. A score of 5 or more suggests depression. Self-reporting tool that may be used to diagnose and treat depression Geriatric Depression Scale - The Geriatric Depr...

NR 546 FINAL STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION Prefrontal Cortex Symptoms of MDD - CORRECT ANSWERS Concentration Mental Fatigue Mood PFC & Amygdala Symptoms of MDD - CORRECT ANSWERS Guilt Suicidality Worthlessness Striatum Symptoms of MDD - CORRECT ANSWERS Physical fatigue Nucleus Accumbens Symptoms of MDD - CORRECT ANSWERS Pleasure interests Hypothalamus Symptoms of MDD - COR...

WALDEN UNIVERSITY NRNP 6645/NRNP6645 PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH MULTIPLE MODALITIES MIDTERM EXAM 2 DIFFERENT VERSIONS 200 QS AND ANSWERS - WEEK 6 LATEST UPDATE GRADED A+ Question 1: The advanced practice psychiatric nurse may intervene as appropriate with agencies or persons in order to advocate for the patient; do for the patient what he or she cannot do for self, always with an aim toward maximum independence and growth which is consistent with which basic strategy of dynamic supportive the...

PMHNP Boards Exam| Rated A Questions and Verified Answers | 2023/ 2024 Update 1. A 32-year-old female patient informs the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner that she is three months pregnant. She has been stable on fluoxetine (Prozac) for the last two years. The patient asks whether she may safely continue this medication during her pregnancy. The nurse practitioner responds: ~ Answer: "Let's review the risks and benefits of continuing or discontinuing Prozac for you and your...

NRNP 6645 Midterm Exam Question The advanced practice psychiatric nurse may intervene as appropriate with agencies or persons in order to advocate for the patient; do for the patient what he or she cannot do for self, always with an aim toward maximum independence and growth which is consistent with which basic strategy of dynamic supportive therapy? Answer: D. Maximize adaptive coping mechanisms Question Which of the following is consistent with literature regarding suicide? Check all t...

When do you consider Unipolar versus Bipolar depression Unipolar major depression (major depressive disorder) is characterized by a history of one or more major depressive episodes (table 3) and no history of mania (table 1) or hypomania Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) Scoring Instructions. Score 1 point for each bolded answer. A score of 5 or more suggests depression. Self-reporting tool that may be used to diagnose and treat depression Geriatric Depression Scale The Geriatric ...

What are the 6 general principles of psychopharmacological treatment? Safety Tolerability Efficacy Practicality Treatment accessibility Treatment compliance Pharmacokinetics How the drug moves in the body. (ex. Where is it absorbed? How and where is it metabolized? Where is it excreted?) Pharmacodynamics What the drug does to the body. (consider mechanism of action) Define First-generation antipsychotics Referred to as Typical Antipsychotics. Most have strong bond w...