Podcast Episodes

Metabolic Symptom Assessment

Season 1 Episode 72

The PMHNP has ordered a comprehensive metabolic panel, CBC, TSH, and HgbA1c as part of a new patient screening panel to evaluate very generic complai…

1 year, 2 months ago

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SSRI Clinical Outcomes

Season 1 Episode 71

The PMHNP is seeing a patient who has been in Exposure-Response Therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder for the last four months with suboptimal cl…

1 year, 2 months ago

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Developmental Conflicts

Season 1 Episode 70

Developmental theorists often assert that dysfunction of some sort during growth and development may result in psychopathological traits in adulthood…

1 year, 2 months ago

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Gender Dysphoria Diagnosis

Season 1 Episode 69

A 15-year-old male patient reveals that he does not feel comfortable in his body. 

When considering a diagnosis of gender dysphoria the PMHNP recogniz…

1 year, 2 months ago

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Therapeutic Techniques

Season 1 Episode 68

A 27-year-old female presents for therapy because she and her new husband are having difficulty adjusting to their new roles as spouses sharing a hou…

1 year, 3 months ago

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Therapeutic Approach Recognition

Season 1 Episode 67

The PMHNP is evaluating a patient in follow-up and despite appropriate pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy the patient has not achieved a successful re…

1 year, 3 months ago

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Identifying Passive Aggression

Season 1 Episode 66

Patient in mental health care may be at increased risk for demonstrating unhealthy coping mechanisms or inappropriate responses to distress. When you…

1 year, 3 months ago

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Medication Adherence Strategies

Season 1 Episode 65

An 18-year-old male patient has been treated successfully for bipolar II disorder as an outpatient with Risperdal, however now that he has symptom co…

1 year, 3 months ago

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Assessment Findings

Season 1 Episode 64

A 28-year-old male presents for follow-up of his medication management for schizophrenia. Which of the following assessment findings represents an im…

1 year, 3 months ago

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Schizophrenia Intervention

Season 1 Episode 63

When managing the patient with schizophrenia, the PMHNP recognizes that which of the following interventions is most closely associated with good lon…

1 year, 4 months ago

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