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2018/2019 SERIES.
26 year old with headache and clumsiness of R hand for weeks, difficulty
with rapid alternating movements, intention tremor on finger-to-nose
testing, with mildly dysmetria finger-tapping, damage seen on MRI in
which structures
Correct Answer -Cerebellum
Way to consider "learning styles" in which developing curriculum is best
supported by literature
Correct Answer -use supplemental material designed to address the needs
of all types of learners
"I always have to work harder than everyone else to succeed" is an
example of what kind of statement in cognitive theory
Correct Answer -a schema
Most significant barrier to accessing mental health services in school-
based health centers
Correct Answer -concerns about confidentiality
Form of psychotherapy that would describe therapeutic goal as
"improving ego functioning and self-esteem
Correct Answer -supportive psychotherapy
27 year old normal patient with intermittent muscle twitching. EMG
findings showing spontaneous discharges, fairly constant, representing
,motor unit firing are typical of?
Correct Answer -fasciculations
Professional dancer getting psychotherapy focuses on minor misstep
despite acclaim for her performance, example of which cognitive error?
Correct Answer -selective abstraction
Primary purpose of mental health courts
Correct Answer -Divert offenders with mental illness away from
incarceration
Personality trait most likely to use defenses of isolation of affect, reaction
formation, and intellectualization
Correct Answer -Obsessive-compulsive
Dementia study with 2 groups, one with history of lorazepam use, and
one without, type of study design?
Correct Answer -Prospective cohort
Group of disorders associated with disruption in cortico-striato-thalamo-
cortical circuit function
Correct Answer -Obsessive-compulsive
Medication caused syncopal episode with hyperthermia, headache,
flushing, and tachycardia with hypotension requiring IV fluids in a patient
with history of schizophrenia, GAD, and EtOH Use Disorder
Correct Answer -Disulfiram
Ainsworth strange situation experiment evaluated what?
Correct Answer -Attachment between parent and child
,Next test to order after anti-Yo antibody found in serum in 72 year old
patient with subacute onset of progressive ataxia of gait and limbs
Correct Answer -CT of chest, abdomen and pelvis
9 year old with ADHD not responding to methylphenidate, next
medication?
Correct Answer -dextroamphetamine
Way sexual health changes in older individuals
Correct Answer -Refractory period for men increases
Developmental stage in psychodynamic group therapy characterized by
intimacy
Correct Answer -Working group
46 year old male with no past psychiatric history becoming labile,
irritable, inappropriately laughing, and fear of contamination. Patient has
preserved memory but impaired language and attention
Correct Answer -Frontotemporal Dementia
Marker of autonomic activity and biofeedback
Correct Answer -Heart rate variability
22-month old shows which type of play when moving a block back and
forth on train tracks?
Correct Answer -Symbolic
Risk factor for depression in MS patients
Correct Answer -Lesion volume
, In psychoanalytic theory, primary process refers to mental activity
exemplified by
Correct Answer -Unconscious thoughts that do not maintain logical
connection
Infant and toddler temperament most associated with later development of
anxiety
Correct Answer -Inhibited
Central principle of Goldwater Rule
Correct Answer -It is unethical for psychiatrists to offer professional
opinions on public figures without a face-to-face evaluation
Strongest risk factor for postpartum depression
Correct Answer -Untreated depression during pregnancy
Hormone release during sleep which doesn't have a circadian rhythm
pattern
Correct Answer -Growth hormone
Characteristic that makes lithium readily dialyzable
Correct Answer -Low molecular weight
Of the following, first medication approved to treat depression
Correct Answer -lithium, iproniazid, desipramine, methylphenidate,
chlorpromazine:Iproniazid
Pt presents with sudden right leg paralysis with normal reflexes, doctor
feels increased pressure under affected leg when patient lifts unaffected
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