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Exam 1: MH707 / MH 707 (Latest
2025 / 2026) Psychiatric-Mental Health Assessment Across the Lifespan | Modules 1 & 2 Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct
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Question:
What are some limitations of the MMSE?
Answer:
-doesn't measure executive functioning
-can be skewed by level of education
-not the same as neuropsychological testing
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Question:
What is the difference between flight of ideas and derailment?
Answer:
Derailment- No logical connection or goal directedness
Flight of ideas- rapid moving, hard to follow, but IS logical
Question:
What is the difference between the patient's thought process and thought content?
Answer:
Thought process-how thoughts are organized/formulated- coherent vs incoherent
Thought content-What thoughts are occurring to patient (ex: obsessions,
compulsions, delusions)
Question:
What is the most common type of hallucination you will see in the psychiatric setting?
Answer:
auditory 2 / 4
Question:
What is the difference between hallucinations and illusions? Can you give an example of each?
Answer:
hallucination- perception WITHOUT external stimuli (ex: sees person that
no one else sees)
illusion- misconception WITH external stimuli (ex: Sees hose and thinks
snake)
Question:
What is the difference between insight and judgment?
Answer:
insight- patient's understanding of how they are feeling can include their thoughts on potential causes
judgment- capacity to make good decisions
**can have one or the other, neither or both
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Question:
What year did the first edition of the DSM appear?
Answer:
1952
Question:
What is a subtype?
Answer:
-distinctive subgroup within a disorder -required to make diagnosis- "specify whether" -only 1 subtype
Question:
What is a specifier?
Answer:
-gives extra details -optional -can have more than 1
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