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Maryville University NURS 661 Exam 3 Summer 2023 – Qs And As
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Maryville University NURS 661 Exam 3 Summer2023 – Qs And As
Who is at highest risk of suicide? ✔️Ans - White, elderly men
Schizophrenia
Single, never married, divorced, recently widowed
Previous attempts
Adolescents with depression, bullied, or family hx of suicide
Who is most likely to succeed at committing suicide? ✔️Ans - Older while
males
What are some protective factors for suicide? ✔️Ans - Having children
Religion
Stronger alliances with medical providers and therapists
What is lethality? ✔️Ans - the probability that a person will successfully
complete suicide
What is intent? ✔️Ans - Effective expectations for desire of active death
What is a suicide attempt? ✔️Ans - Includes all willful, self-inflicted life-
threatening attempts that have not led to death
What is suicidal ideation? ✔️Ans - thinking about suicide, usually with
some serious emotional and intellectual or cognitive overtones
Where in the brain do we theorize violence and aggression originate?
✔️Ans - Prefrontal cortex
How to assess for homicidal ideation? ✔️Ans - Do you have homicidal
ideation? Who do you want to kill? How do you plan to do this? Do you have
access to the means necessary? Do you intend to commit the act?
What legal follow up is needed for homicidal ideation? ✔️Ans - Duty to
warn
Based on state laws
, Obsession ✔️Ans - 1. Recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or images
that are experienced, at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive and
unwanted, and that in most individuals cause marked anxiety or distress
2. The individual attempts to ignore or suppress such thoughts, urges, or
images, or to neutralize them with some other thought or action (i.e. by
performing a compulsion)
Compulsion ✔️Ans - 1. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that the
individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession or according to
rules that must be applied rigidly
2. The behaviors or mental acts are aimed at preventing or reducing anxiety
or distress, or preventing some dreaded event or situation, however, these
behaviors or mental acts are not connected in a realistic way with what they
are designed to neutralize or prevent, or are clearly excessive
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) ✔️Ans - A. Presence of obsessions,
compulsions, or both
B. The obsessions or compulsions are time-consuming (e.g. take more than
one hour per day) or cause clinically significant distress or impairment in
social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning
C. The obsessive-compulsive symptoms are not attributable to the
physiological effects of a substance or another medical condition
D. The disturbance is not better explained by the symptoms of another mental
disorder
PANDAS ✔️Ans - Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Associated with Streptococcal infections
OCD common co-morbid conditions ✔️Ans - MDD (Major depressive
disorder)
Skin Picking
Hair Pulling
Most Common Compulsions ✔️Ans - Checking
Ordering
Arranging
Washing/cleaning
Hand-washing
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