PMHNP Board Exam
Practice Questions

Mechanisms of action, prescribing guidelines, side effect profiles, drug interactions, and therapeutic monitoring.

DSM-5-TR criteria, differential diagnosis, psychiatric rating scales, mental status examination, and diagnostic workup.

Evidence-based treatment algorithms, level of care decisions, treatment resistance, and collaborative care models.

CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic principles, and therapeutic relationship management.

Neuroscience, neuroanatomy, genetics, pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders, and research literacy.

Scope of practice, collaborative agreements, documentation standards, supervision, and quality improvement.

Informed consent, duty to warn, involuntary commitment, boundary management, and confidentiality.

Pediatric, geriatric, perinatal, and culturally diverse populations with unique pharmacologic and diagnostic considerations.