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MED-SURG: CHAPTERS 46, 47, 48, & 49 - MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

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Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) Correct Answer Persistent, unrealistic, or excessive worry about two or more life circumstances for 6 months or longer Phobic disorder Correct Answer Excessive fe... ar of a situation or object; this fear can lead to avoidance or extreme anxiety that interferes with normal responsibilities and routines Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) Correct Answer Disorder that involves recurrent or intrusive thoughts that cannot be stopped and cause anxiety, which leads to a compulsive act in order to reduce anxiety. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Correct Answer Result of one or more extreme life-threatening events and the remembrance of these events now produces feelings of intense horror, with recurrent symptoms of anxiety and nightmares or flashbacks. Dysthymia Correct Answer A disturbance in mood that may manifest in either depression or elation *(mania)* Pressured speech Correct Answer Talking that is loud, rapid, and difficult to interrupt Flight of ideas Correct Answer Speaker goes from topic to topic with little or no connection Bipolar disorder Correct Answer Suspected when a patient experiences episodes of extreme sadness, hopelessness, and helplessness interspersed with periods of extreme elation and hyperactivity Hypomania Correct Answer Inflated or irritable mood for at least for 4 days; patients may display loud, rapid speech, and flight of ideas, decreased need for sleep, distractibility, and increase in goal-directed activity; hospitalization is not indicated because it does not involve psychotic behavior. Hypersomnia Correct Answer Sleeping excessively Major depressive disorder Correct Answer Diagnosed when at least five symptoms characteristic of depression have been present for at least 2 weeks Psychomotor retardation Correct Answer Speech, movements, and thought processes are slowed [Show More]

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