Open-ended questions are a good technique for PMHNPs to employ during a patient interview because:

Which of the following answers is most consistent with objective components of a psychiatric evaluation?

Which CPT code best represents a psychiatric NEW patient visit?

Screening tools are diagnostic.

Which area of the limbic system is mostly responsible for our emotional response to stimuli?

Which of the following about Tarasoff’s Law is correct?

Which of the following statements best describes something you would find in the objective section of a clinical note?

The most appropriate documentation of a patient’s speech in the Mental Status Exam is:

A 36 year-old divorced black woman is seen for an initial psychiatric evaluation in an outpatient clinic. She has been hospitalized for 3 suicide attempts in the past, including overdose and walking into traffic. She has been unable to work, and has lost interest in all activities she used to enjoy. Priority assessment data to obtain includes which of the following:

The ignore strategy works best when you _____________ while carrying out the strategy.