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Question 1 of 5

Nurse Aubyn is aware that patients suffering from anxiety seem to do best in environments where they have:

A. Competition.

B. Routine and enjoyable activities.

C. Complex thought processes.

D. A lot of alone time.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Routine and enjoyable activities.

Question 2 of 5

Tony is a 25-year-old male patient who is being treated at your hospital day-treatment center. Tony is very charming and seems popular. He has the ability to draw crowds around him, but you know he has been in trouble with the law several times since adolescence and lies constantly. You realize that Tony's behavior is most likely which personality disorder?

A. Paranoid personality disorder.

B. Schizoid personality disorder.

C. Dependent personality disorder.

D. Antisocial personality disorder.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Antisocial personality disorder.

Question 3 of 5

Which of the following is NOT a sleep disorder?

A. narcolepsy

B. somnambulism

C. sleep apnea

D. epilepsy

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: epilepsy

Question 4 of 5

Therapeutic communication is the foundation of a patient-centered interview. Which of the following techniques is not considered therapeutic?

A. Restating

B. Encouraging description of perception

C. Summarizing

D. Asking 'why' questions

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Asking 'why' questions

Question 5 of 5

Growing evidence suggests that nicotine has its effects by:

A. Releasing serotonin into the cerebellum

B. Releasing dopamine in the mesolimbic system of the brain

C. Releasing GABA into the hypothalamus

D. Releasing acetylcholine into the diencephalons

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Releasing dopamine in the mesolimbic system of the brain

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