A 29-year-old woman is dependent on her husband for many needs that require social interaction. She depends on him to pump her gas and to make all phone calls. She holds a job that requires little to no interaction with others. She is highly sensitive to criticism and fears embarrassment or rejection. She is submissive to the demands of her mother, which causes interpersonal conflict within her marriage. What is her most likely diagnosis?

To best facilitate a therapeutic alliance, which of the following is the most appropriate statement or question for a psychiatric mental health practitioner (PMHNP) to use when meeting a new client for the first time?

A 29-year-old man has been diagnosed by the PMHNP with depression, and they have mutually agreed on a trial of an SSRI. The client asks the PMHNP, "Should I stop taking my St. John's Wort?" What is the most appropriate response?

Which of the following behaviors indicates transference that is affecting the therapeutic relationship between the patient and the nurse practitioner?

A 27-year-old woman with bipolar I disorder presents to the PMHNP for her regular medication management appointment. She announces that she is 12 weeks pregnant with her first child. This pregnancy was unplanned, and the patient is worried about her medications causing harm to her unborn fetus. Which statement is true about bipolar disorder and pregnancy?

A 22-year-old woman is seeing the PMHNP for the second time this week. At her last visit, she told the nurse practitioner she was the "best therapist in the whole world!" This week, however, the client says the PMHNP is "seriously the most horrible therapist in the universe." The patient talks in extremes and seems to see the world in black and white. Which modality helps clients understand that two opposing ideas can both be true?

In a family therapy session, the therapist notes that the mother and oldest daughter seem to align against the father. The father and son, who is the youngest child in the family, align with each other against the mother. What are these family alliances examples of?

A decrease in which neurotransmitter, produced in the raphe nuclei of the brainstem, can result in depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Which of the following forms of therapy would set a goal of overall growth rather than symptom reduction alone?

Which theorist developed the concept of the id, the ego, and superego?

A 10-year-old girl demonstrates to her class that water can turn into ice and can also turn back into water. She further explains that water can take the shape of any vessel in which it is poured. These concepts are known as reversibility and conservation, respectively, and are learned in which developmental stage?