Podcast Episodes

Reward Neurotransmitter Recognition

Season 1 Episode 112

The PMHNP is counseling a patient who wants to enter treatment for a substance use disorder. The patient has been using methamphetamine for over one …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Schizophrenia Stabilization Treatment

Season 1 Episode 111

When managing a patient in the stabilization phase of schizophrenia primary goals and process include which of the following? 

A. Self-management skil…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Acute Psychosocial Stress Evaluation

Season 1 Episode 110

A 50 -year-old female patient has been followed by the PMHNP for over 6 years for a diagnosis of major depressive disorder, recurrent. The patient ha…

5 months ago

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OCD Prognostic Indicators

Season 1 Episode 109

A 48-year-old patient who reports a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder has transferred to your care after moving from out of state. You are u…

5 months, 1 week ago

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Lithium Safety Monitoring

Season 1 Episode 108

A patient with bipolar I disorder is currently being managed with lithium, 60 mg q.h.s. along with quetiapine 300 mg daily. The patient presents toda…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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Chronic Low Mood Evaluation

Season 1 Episode 107

A 27-year-old patient presents for evaluation at the suggestion of his intimate partner who thinks he might have depression. During the initial evalu…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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Psychotherapy Approach Selection

Season 1 Episode 106

The PMHNP is seeing a patient who has been struggling with a collection of anxiety and depressive symptoms. She is resistant to pharmacotherapy and p…

6 months ago

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Clinical Interview Bias

Season 1 Episode 105

The PMHNP is interviewing a new patient, a 32-year-old single female who is presenting for evaluation of underlying anxiety. While collecting a socia…

6 months, 1 week ago

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Onset Anxiety Assessment

Season 1 Episode 104

A 64-year-old patient presents with new onset anxiety. She denies any history of anxiety disorder or any psychiatric disorder previously in her life,…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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Dopamine Pathway Abnormalities Analysis

Season 1 Episode 103

The dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia postulates an abnormality in which of the following dopamine pathway as the etiology of symptoms?  Select al…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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