You have a patient in your office who is concerned with not…
You have a patient in your office who is concerned with not being able to sleep. You know that utilizing screening tools is important to help diagnose sleep disorders. Which screening tool would you use to help determine a sleep disorder:
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A drug that blocks ATP production is introduced into an isolated axon preparation. The axon is then repeatedly stimulated, and recordings are made of the axon’s response. Would you expect the axon in this situation to fire more or fewer action potentials? Why?
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Tammy is a 45-year-old female that presents to your office for a follow up appointment. You have her diagnosed with major depressive disorder recurrent moderate, generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder. She has concerns today because she was watching Tik Toc and she is thinking that she has ADHD. Her concerns are that she will go into a room and forget what she went into the room to get. She will stop in mid conversation and feels like her “mind will go blank” and other people are noticing these behaviors. You evaluate her for ADHD and she did not have these symptoms when she was younger and they have just started to be a larger concern since she got a different job. What is your next step in this treatment for her:
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Mary is a 5 year old female that presents to your clinic with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. Her parents have had her in therapy and have been managing her sensory concerns. Even with this she has been having irritability at home and school. She has not been on medications previously and her parents are wanting to start a medication. You decide to start her on:
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Samual is a 63-year-old male that comes to your office to establish care. He has a historical diagnosis of ADD and has been managed with Vyvanse 50 mg daily for the last 7 years with no concerns. His main symptoms started as a child in elementary school and include; making careless mistakes at work, he gets distracted easily, he finds his mind wandering when people are talking to him, he has a hard time with organizing his work duties and will be late handing things in, he also tends to be late to meetings and appointments. He denies concerns with fidgeting or talking excessively, he is able to sit for his job and he is not getting into trouble with interrupting or bothering his other co-workers. You do the initial evaluation and you diagnose him with the following DSM 5-TR diagnosis:
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Sophia a 16-year-old female comes to your office on referral from her PCP. She has lost over 30 pounds in the last year and her BMI is 18. Her teachers and parents are worried for her. When talking with her she denies that she is restricting her food intake or want to lose weight. She is just “grossed” out by the sensory characteristics of certain foods and only really has certain “safe” foods that she is comfortable eating. She denies purging or excessive exercise. She does not want to lose weight and does not consider herself fat. What diagnosis are you considering:
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Billy is a 7-year-old male that presents to the clinic with aggressive behaviors and irritability. He verbalizes he is frustrated with how he is not good enough and does not like himself. He has also verbalized suicidal thoughts in the past when frustrated with not understanding different things at school. His parents are medication adverse, but they are getting pushback from the school to start him on a medication. His behaviors are more so at school and not so much at home. He will get overwhelmed in class and will flip desks and rip bulletin boards off the wall. He has not tried any interventions at this time. You recommend interprofessional collaboration, and with this in mind, you also bring up:
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