Psychiatry Questions
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Which treatment is the clinical nurse specialist (CNS) using for the female patient with arousal disorder when suggesting the patient progress from touching to more intimate behaviors?Sensate focusBehavioral therapyMasturbation trainingSystemic desensitization
Clozapine is reserved for use in treatment-resistant schizophrenia because of its risk of life-threatening _____________
PTSD symptoms must last for at least _____ month(s) to be diagnostic
Cyclothymic disorder is defined as > or = _____ years of fluctuating, mild hypomanic and depressive symptoms
Which information would the nurse include when teaching a male patient about a prescription for a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)?The risk for increased libidoThe common side effect of anorgasmiaThe increased risk for erectile dysfunctionThe common side effect of gynecomastia
Which assessment datum would the nurse expect to record for the patient diagnosed with sexual masochism?The patient secretly watches people in dressing rooms.The patient urinates on their partner during sexual activity.The patient makes a partner suffer for sexual satisfaction.The patient rubs or touches nonconsenting people for sexual gratification.
Which phase is the last phase in the sexual response cycle?DesireOrgasmResolutionExcitement
Cyclothymic disorder is defined as fluctuating, mild hypomanic and depressive symptoms for greater than or equal to what period of time?
Length of action of diazepam (Valium)
Sudden, sustained contraction of the neck, mouth, tongue, eye muscles
does lithium decrease suicide risk in people with bipolar disorder?
For a manic episode, you have to have a week or more (if not hospitalized) of elevated or irritable mood plus at least _____ of DIGFAST OR _____ of DIGFAST if mood is only irritable
Serum levels of what should be assessed when a diagnosis of restless leg syndrome is suspected?
Huntington's disease is associated with a loss of ______-ergic neurons
What is the first-line treatment for adjustment disorder?
Subjective restlessness, inability to sit still
which type of tremor was formerly known as "psychogenic tremor"?
What should a patient be diagnosed with if they have a motor and vocal tic for over a year?
what type of tremor is this: abrupt onset resulting in disability out of proportion to magnitude, decreases with distraction, fingers are often spared, changeable features present
What are the two most common comorbid conditions for Tourette's syndrome?