ATI RN
Psychobiologic Disorders Questions
Question 1 of 5
A 26-year-old man is diagnosed with schizophrenia. Which one of the following predicts a poor prognosis?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
Papez circuit involves various structures of the brain. It goes through the following structures apart from
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
A common form of mental disorder afflicting 10-20% of the population is
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Depression is a prevalent mental disorder, with lifetime prevalence estimates often ranging from 10-20% globally, aligning with the question's statistic. Schizophrenia (A) affects about 1% of the population, senile dementia (B) is less common and age-specific, and delusional disorder (D) is rare, making C the correct answer.
Question 4 of 5
Multiple personality or dissociative identity disorder often begins
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is strongly associated with severe, prolonged childhood trauma (e.g., abuse), leading to the development of alternate identities as a coping mechanism. Combat exhaustion (A), phobias (B), and PTSD (C) may involve dissociation but are not the typical origins of DID, making D correct.
Question 5 of 5
Retreat from reality by hallucinations and delusions and by social withdrawal typically characterizes
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.