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What is true of interprofessionality? ✔✔All health professionals have individual professional competencies What is the significance of an experimental p-value of 0.05 ✔✔There is a 5% chance of a similar result occurring by chance alone What percentage of children with oppositional defiance disorder will develop conduct disorder? ✔✔30% In the DSM-5, selective mutism is now considered what type of disorder? ✔✔anxiety disorder Symptoms of selective mutism must persist for at least ✔✔1 month Common competencies ✔✔overlap more than one health care professional, although not necessarily all health care professionals, and are competencies expected of all health care professionals Complementary competencies ✔✔enhance the qualities of other professions in provision of care Collaborative competencies ✔✔those that each individual profession must possess to work with others, including those who practice within different specialties within a profession. Interpersonal collaboration is _______ centered ✔✔patient Cognitive therapy is recommended for patients that have ✔✔negative cognitive distortions irrational beliefs faulty conceptions Humanistic Therapy focuses on assisting patients with ✔✔self- ization and self-directed growth Behavioral Therapy focuses on ✔✔changing maladaptive behaviors through the use of behavioral modification techniques Existential therapy is for ✔✔reflection on life confronting self 120 who got diarrhea ate lettuce. 80 with diarrhea did not eat lettuce. 40 without diarrhea ate lettuce. 160 without diarrhea ate lettuce. What is the odds ratio of eating lettuce and developing diarrhea? ✔✔6 ((120X160)/(80x40)) The New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (NFCMH) released a report that suggested ✔✔implementation a national campaign to reduce the stigma of seeking care Focusing on promoting recovery and building resilience The efficacy of mental health treatments was found to be well documented in ✔✔influential report issued by US Surgeon General in 1999 State of high negative emotion and pessimism ✔✔neuroticism Commonly known as an optimistic outlook on life They are are outgoing, like social interaction, respond to external rewards, have more active dopamine networks, and are responsive to positive reinforcement. ✔✔Extraversion (high levels protect from psychiatric illness) Introverts are more likely to be _______ motivated and more likely to respond to _______ reinforcement ✔✔internally negative (more likely to interact with internal motivation/self-image) Interpersonal trait of cooperation, easy going nature. Tend to have smooth relationships often at the expense of self-assertion ✔✔Agreeableness Associated with self-control and a focused, organized approach to life. Are achievement-oriented goal setters who can delay immediate gratification to obtain their long term desired outcome. They are considered responsible, reliable, and dependable. ✔✔conscientiousness In behavioral couples therapy, the initial sessions are spent doing a functional analysis of behavior (FAB). What is true about FAB? ✔✔FAB is concerned only with observable stimuli connected to operant behavior FAB is based on operant conditioning (identifying antecedent stimuli, operant behaviors, and consequent stimuli) The goal of FAB is modifying willful operant behavior Gestalt theory deals with _____, not _____ ✔✔perceptual psychology behavior Medication that can delay ejaculation in patients with premature ejaculation ✔✔Paroxetine (and other SSRIs) (others include: Topical anesthetic Tramadol Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors) First line treatment for lithium induced diabetes insipidus ✔✔Amiloride (K potassium diuretic) in addition to dc lithium when possible. Ways to reduce polyuria associated with lithium toxicity ✔✔reduce lithium dose to minimum effective dose take once daily at night (may be 5-30% lower than when given in divided doses over the day) Encourage adequate fluid intake What is true about ECT in Parkinson's disease ✔✔it's more likely to cause transient delirium (worsened dyskinesias induced by l-dopa) Lithium effects with Parkison's disease ✔✔may worsen tremor nonselective MAOIs decrease the efficacy of ______ and increase the risk of a __________ ✔✔ldopa products hypertensive crisis Selegiline is selective for ✔✔MAO-B (after 10mg there is an increase in risk of serotonin syndrome if given with other meds that increase serotonin) SSRI's can _______ Parkinsonism tremor ✔✔worsen (and decrease 'off time') Process describes the mechanism by which the hippocampus stores memories ✔✔long-term potentiation loss of memory relating to a particular category of information (inability to recall important autobiographical information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature, that is inconsistent with ordinary forgetting) ✔✔systematized amnesia Lack of memories from a circumscribed period of time, usually immediately following a traumatic event ✔✔localized amnesia