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NURS 552 Psychopharmacology Wilkes Questions and Answers (Latest Update 2024)
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NURS 552 Psychopharmacology WilkesQuestions and Answers (Latest Update
2024)
Dissociation - Correct Answer ✅defense mechanism that
protects a person from overwhelming anxiety by
emotionally separating
Depersonalization - Correct Answer ✅unreality or
detachment from one's body, thoughts, feeling and
actions
Derealization: - Correct Answer ✅unreality or detachment
from one's surroundings
Body dysmorphic disorder - Correct Answer
✅Preoccupation with one or more perceived defects or
flaws in physical appearance
Spends significant time trying to correct perceived flaw
with makeup, dermatological procedures or plastic
surgery
Txt: SSRI and or CBT
,NURS 552 Psychopharmacology Wilkes
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2024)
Hoarding disorder - Correct Answer ✅Persistent difficulty
discarding possessions regardless of actual value
Results in accumulation of possessions that compromise
living space or inability to function
Patients who remain resistant to psychosocial
interventions, or who lack access to them, can be
provided a trial of a serotonin-reuptake inhibitor,
particularly if they have a comorbid affective or anxiety
disorder;
Trichotillomania - Correct Answer ✅Recurrent pulling out
one's hair despite repeated attempts to stop.
Txt: SSRI, Clomipramine; atypical antipsychotics, lithium
, NURS 552 Psychopharmacology Wilkes
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2024)
Excoriation Disorder - Correct Answer ✅Recurrent skin
picking that results in lesions despite attempts to stop.
Cognitive-behavioral therapies may be beneficial for
patients accepting psychiatric referral
Txt: SSRIS, antipsychotics, anxiolytics
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - Correct Answer
✅Re-experiencing of an extremely traumatic event
accompanied by symptoms of increased arousal and
avoidance of stimuli associate with the trauma.
PTSD treatment - Correct Answer ✅1st line: SSRIS (Zoloft,
Celexa) or SNRIS (Venlafaxine)
FDA approved meds: Sertraline (Zoloft) and Paroxetine
(Paxil)
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