NU 664 SET 1 FINAL EXAM Actual QUESTIONS AND

NU 664 SET 1 FINAL EXAM (Actual / ) QUESTIONS AND verified correct ANSWERS ( A+ GRADED).

What differentiates the three short-term psychotherapy methods from the psychoanalytically oriented approach are the - ----Answers_---active and directive roles of the therapist, the directly recognizable goals, and the end points for short-term therapy.

·Obsessive and compulsive/Anxiety/trauma and stress related disorders Diagnostic criteria - ----Answers_---Obsessions (thoughts) or Compulsions (behaviors) or both The thoughts are often intrusive and unwanted and cause distress; not usually involving real-world worries The behaviors are repetitive and an attempt to suppress / cope with / eliminate the thoughts Time consuming

Common obsessions include: worries about contamination,

repeated doubts, need to have things in a specific order, aggressive or horrific thoughts, may occur during pregnancy as intrusive thoughts about baby that are ego-dystonic and sexual imagery

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· Obsessive and compulsive/Anxiety/trauma and stress related disorders screening tools, assessment acronyms - ---- Answers_---Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale

(YBOCS)

10-items 10-15 mins completion time Standard instrument used in virtually every drug trial and can be used to monitor treatment Genetic mutation of apolipoprotein E4 - ----Answers_--- increases risk of Alzheimer's

Assessment tools of Major and Minor Neurocognitive Disorders Due to Alzheimer's - ----Answers_---Mini-Cog, Memory impairment screen, mini-mental status exam, general practitioner assessment of cognition, activities of daily living, functional activities questionnaire.

Medication used in Major and Minor Neurocognitive Disorders Due to Alzheimer's - ----Answers_---a. Cholinesterease inhibitors (Aricept, Exelon, razadyne)

• Binds to acetylcholinesterase
• Memantine- cognitive symptoms
• Binds NMDA, slows calcium influx

Differential for Major and Minor Neurocognitive Disorders Due to Alzheimer's - ----Answers_---includes other neurogenerative diseases or MDD

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Major or Mild Neurocognitive Disorders with lewy bodies diagnostic criteria - ----Answers_---1. Criteria for major or mild neurocognitive disorder is met

• Insidious onset and gradual progression
• Meets criteria for either probably or possible neurocognitive

disorder w/lewy bodies

Core diagnostic features of Major or Mild Neurocognitive Disorders with lewy bodies - ----Answers_---i. Fluctuating cognition w/pronounced variations in attention and alertness ii. Recurrent visual hallucinations that are well formed and detailed iii. Spontaneous features of parkinsonism, w/onset subsequent to development of cognitive deficits

Suggestive diagnostic features of Major or Mild Neurocognitive Disorders with lewy bodies - ----Answers_---i. Meets criteria for rapid eye movement sleep behavior d/o ii. Severe neuroleptic sensitivity

Probable major or mild neurocognitive d/o with lewy bodies

criteria: - ----Answers_---a. 1 core feature or 1 or more

suggestive features

• Falls, syncope, transient LOC, autonomic dysfunction,

incontinence, and delusions

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