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Question 1 of 5

What is secondary prevention?

A. Preventing disease or injury before it occurs.

B. Reducing the impact of a disease that has already occurred.

C. Softening the impact of an ongoing illness or injury.

D. Treating existing diseases.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Reducing the impact of a disease that has already occurred.

Question 2 of 5

Mechanism of action of Risperidone.

A. The medication helps you think more clearly.

B. The medication reduces anxiety.

C. The medication stabilizes mood.

D. The medication improves sleep.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: The medication helps you think more clearly.

Question 3 of 5

John is on the Alcohol Treatment Unit. He walks into the dayroom where other clients are watching a program on TV. He picks up the remote and changes the channel and says, 'That's a stupid program! I want to watch something else!' In what stage of development is John fixed according to Sullivan's interpersonal theory?

A. Juvenile. He is learning to form satisfactory peer relationships.

B. Childhood. He has not learned to delay gratification.

C. Early adolescence. He is struggling to form an identity.

D. Late adolescence. He is working to develop a lasting relationship.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Childhood. He has not learned to delay gratification.

Question 4 of 5

All of the following are good prognostic factors in schizophrenia except

A. Presence of mood symptoms

B. Prominent positive symptoms

C. Insidious onset

D. Married

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Insidious onset

Question 5 of 5

What medications are used for Alzheimer's disease?

A. Galantamine (Razadyne) and rivastigmine (Exelon).

B. Donepezil (Aricept) and memantine (Namenda).

C. Both A and B.

D. None of the above.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Both A and B.

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