NURS 526 EXAM 1 study guide-comprehensive-2022

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Exam One The exam will consist of 50 multiple choice questions. The following are items that should be studied as part of your review and will be on the quiz: 1. DSM 5 classification of Psychiat... ric illness. The DSM-5 is a diagnostic manual. It does not provide theories of cause, management, or treatment options. It lists 22 major categories of mental disorders with more than 150 individual illnesses. The DSM-5 is organized in an attempt to follow the lifespan with neurodevelopmental disorders that occur early in life listed first and neurocognitive disorders that occur at the end of life listed last. It is organized this way to assist the diagnostic decision-making process... CONTINUED....... [Show More]

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