A 32-year-old man with a history of imprisonment for four counts of assault and robbery states that he “just does whatever he feels like”. His family reports that he has been lying and cheating since he was 12 years old. He often got into fights at school and college. He has been fired from over 12 jobs and has an alienated most of his family and friends. People with this disorder are likely to demonstrate which feature?

A homeless man brings his four-year-old son to the emergency department. He reports that the child has a high fever, cough and congestion for 10 days which he has been treating with acetaminophen. After an exam and testing the NP determines that the child has pneumonia. The most likely factor that caused the father to delay and bringing her son it is?

Certain risk factors make children more likely to be abused. Which of the following puts a child at elevated risk of abuse?

 The PMHMP is conducting an evaluation on a 45-year-old divorced man who has a history of depression and substance use disorder. He wants to know if the substance use disorder caused the depression, or if the depression caused the substance use disorder. What is the most appropriate response?

 A 49-year-old man with a known history of alcohol dependence and schizophrenia is brought to the psychiatric hospital because of frank delusions and visual hallucinations. Which of the following should be a diagnostic possibility for inclusion in the differential diagnosis?

 A 28-year-old man is seeking treatment for opioid use disorder with buprenorphine. He currently takes escitalopram (Lexapro) for generalized anxiety disorder, prazosin (Minipress)for post-traumatic stress disorder-related nightmares, and alprazolam (Ativan) for panic attacks. Which of these medications should the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner consider discontinuing prior to the induction of buprenorphine?

Schizophrenia can occur in childhood. Which of the following is a true statement about the treatment of childhood – onset schizophrenia (COS)?

Respuesta Corta: Responde a 1 de las 2 preguntas en oraciones completas.  La lectura describe cinco habilidades del gerente: técnicas, interpersonales, conceptuales, diagnósticas, y analíticas. De estas cinco, ¿cuál consideras que es la más importante y por qué?Explica la diferencia entre un estilo comunicativo de bajo contexto versus uno de alto contexto usando un ejemplo específico.

Certain treatment strategies can help adolescents diagnosed with psychotic depression recover more rapidly. Which of the following strategies can help adolescents diagnosed with psychotic depression recover more rapidly?

Anorexia nervosa was originally reported to be most common among the upper class. Based on recent epidemiological findings, what is the current understanding of the disorder’s class association?