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Under the ruling Tarasoff v Regents of the University of California (1976), there were exceptions to privacy and confidentiality that states the provider can breech confidentiality in this situation, select the best response.

When assessing a child for ADHD, what common diagnostic differentials should be considered?

Your patient with Bipolar disorder recently suffered a myocardial infarction (MI). He was stabilized at the hospital and discharged on propranolol (Inderal), losartan Cozaar), and hydrochlorothiazide (Microzide). Prior to his MI, his lithium level was consistently around 0.8 mmol/L on 900 mg of lithium carbonate a day. He arrives at your office today, and his lithium level is now 1.3 mmol/L on the same dose. What caused this change?

Select the statistical term that most closely matches the definition below: “A systematic tendency of the sample to misrepresent the population”

Mr. Arnold is a 54 year-old male with a history of Psychosis. He firmly believes that he is married to the first lady and they have many children together. This describes what positive symptom of psychosis?

Within the MI framework, ambivalence about change on the part of the client is seen as:

You are treating a 14-year-old female for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who has a family history of bipolar disorder. As a PMHNP familiar with symptoms of both ADHD and pediatric bipolar disorder, you know the following are overlapping symptoms of both disorders;

Which of the following is the best rationale for using cognitive behavior therapy?

What prompted the broader European population to support the ideas of the Enlightenment?

ABA therapy, pivotal response training, positive behavior supports are all evidence-based therapies associated with what group of disorders?