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A 23-year-old patient complains of multiple physical and mental disorders, including anxiety, irregular menses, neck pain, abdominal cramping, joint pain, frequent and painful urination, headaches, diarrhea, and abdominal distention.  Laboratory and radiologic findings have been negative.  The PMHNP recognizes these signs and symptoms as probable:

Which of the following is the strongest risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)?

Which of the following statements are false regarding the diagnosis of major depression?

All of the following clinical features are more commonly seen in patients with bipolar depression as opposed to unipolar major depression EXCEPT for:

You are seeing a patient in the outpatient clinic with a diagnosis of bipolar I disorder.  During the patient interview, he states that over the past four days he has not slept much and has not really felt tired.  You notice that the patient is more talkative than usual and is not allowing any periods of silence during the interview process.  He appears irritable and easily distracted.  The patient mentions to you that he and his wife have been arguing frequently, most recently due to a couple of shopping trips that he made where he spent several hundred dollars.  The patient makes the comment that he has always felt that “he could have done better” and his wife is not worthy of being married to him anyway.  The patient states that he has been going to work as normal and has been exceptionally productive over the past couple of days.  Which of the following diagnosis is the patient likely experiencing?  

Which of the following disorders is diagnosed when all of the DSM-5-TR criteria for schizophrenia are met but the total duration of the disorder is less than six months?

Part 3 Essay Question : Your essay should have an introduction with a clear and specific thesis, a body with evidence, and a conclusion that reinforces your central argument. Select the option you feel the most comfortable with and answer it to the best of your ability.Choose ONE (1) of the following options:Identify and then describe the three main agents of western settlement during the first half of the nineteenth century.  For these three agents, who, typically, were the settlers?  What was life like for settlers during each of these periods of western settlement?  How did men and women’s experiences of the West differ?  What obstacles could prevent successful western settlement in each of these three cases?Trace the progression of violence during Bleeding Kansas.  What issue was at stake in Kansas and what groups were concerned with this issue?  Why was Kansas so vital to both the South and the North?  Who were the major figures and groups in Bleeding Kansas?  Where were their strongholds?  How did each side attempt to win?  What is the Free State Legacy and how has it continued to affect Kansas culture during the 20th and 21st centuries?Why was the Civil War so deadly? What role did technology, battlefield tactics, and medical knowledge play in the lethality of war? Why was the war deadlier for Southern troops than Northern troops? In what ways did Southern culture inadvertently lead to a greater mortality rate for their troops? What individuals helped to limit the mortality rate on the Union side? How?

The Mexican-American War ended in 1848 with . The United States, which had decisively won the war, received a full third of Mexico’s land in exchange for $15 million compensation. The land would become California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, parts of Colorado, and Wyoming; Mexico was forced to cede its claims to Texas.

refers to efforts to end slavery and only a limited number of Americans held this position in the early- and mid-nineteenth century. Even supporters of this ideology could not agree whether or not slaves should be immediately or gradually emancipated. Proponents of this ideology include William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglas, Sojourner Truth, and Elijah Lovejoy. For women who supported this ideology, such as Lucretia Mott, Sarah and Angelina Grimké, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the issue dovetailed with a desire for greater political rights for women (as they were often left out of the decision-making process of organizations). Americans were also informed by trans-Atlantic groups of similar interests, particularly in England.