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Question 1 of 5

Which statement is most likely from a patient with anorexia nervosa?

A. Im fat and ugly
B. I have nice eyes
C. Im thin for my height
D. My mom hates me

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Im fat and ugly

Question 2 of 5

Treatment of communication disorders is normally the domain of speech therapists and related disciplines, and a range of successful treatment programmes and equipment are available for disabilities such as phonological disorder and stuttering (Saltuklaroglu & Kalinowski, 2005; Law, Garrett & Nye, 2004). For example, hand-held equipment can provide which of the following?

A. Significant auditory feedback (SAF)
B. Magnified auditory feedback (MAF)
C. Altered auditory feedback (AAF)
D. Actual auditory feedback (AAF)

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Altered auditory feedback (AAF)

Question 3 of 5

A 19-year-old woman, prescribed a triphasic oral contraceptive for the first time one month ago, complains of frequent spotting. Which one of the following is the most appropriate management?

A. Increase the dose of oestrogen.
B. Increase the dose of progestogen.
C. Advise alternative contraception.
D. Continue the medication and review in two months.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Continue the medication and review in two months.

Question 4 of 5

The nurse is explaining to the family of a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia that the disorder is considered to have neurobiological origins. When the patient's mother asks, 'What part of the brain is dysfunctional?' the nurse should reply, 'Research has implicated the:

A. medulla and cortex.
B. cerebellum and cerebrum.
C. hypothalamus and medulla.
D. prefrontal and limbic cortices.'

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: prefrontal and limbic cortices.'

Question 5 of 5

If a person suffering from schizophrenia has an identical twin, that twin

A. will have a 46 percent chance of becoming schizophrenic
B. will be no more likely than anyone else to become schizophrenic
C. is almost sure to become schizophrenic
D. is also likely to have more than one personality

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: will have a 46 percent chance of becoming schizophrenic

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