Dan, 26-year-old patient with panic disorder, is willing to begin pharmacotherapy for treatment of his phobia and panic attacks. As the PMHNP you talk with him about the use of benzodiazepines and clonazepam (Klonopin) specifically. What would be your initial recommended dose?

The medication disulfiram (Antabuse) is sometimes used in the treatment of alcohol use disorder. Which statement is TRUE?

A client in the outpatient clinic who has started taking amitryptyline reports tachycardia, dry mouth, blurred vision and constipation. These symptoms are:

Sue PMHNP is considering fluoxetine, sertraline, and vortioxetine for treating a patient’s depressive symptoms. Based on information about the plasma half-life of these drugs, which medication would be best to promote medication adherence and reduce potential side effects?

Under what circumstances, if ever, you would prescribe lithium carbonate for a 11 year old child?

Betty, a 45-year-old married woman was caught in an elevator that stopped in the medical building she was in when she went for a dental appointment. This event has caused worsening symptoms of anxiety and nightmares. Betty experienced a panic attack the last time she went to the dentist and had to use the elevator. While Betty has always been a worrier, she has never had a panic attack before this. She is coming to your mental health clinic for help with her anxiety. The pharmacological treatment with the strongest evidence is:

In the nervous system, information is transmitted by 2 major systems which are:

True or False: In fear conditioning, fear responses to trauma are stored in the amygdala and triggered again by the hippocampus. Current psychopharmacological approaches for anxiety are not cures because they only suppress the fear response triggered by fear conditioning.

An appropriate candidate for buprenorphine treatment is:  

Which of the following mood stabilizers require regular blood work?