ANCC PMHNP BOARD EXAM 2025|2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS|100% PASS

MOOD D/O:
MDD CRITERIA A - ANSWER A. Five (or more) of the following symptoms have been
present during the same 2-week
period and represent a change from previous functioning; at least one of the symptoms
is either (1) depressed mood or (2) loss of interest or pleasure.
Note: Do not include symptoms that are clearly attributable to another medical
condition.
1. Depressed mood daily
2. Loss of pleasure of joy in activities/inerests
3. Significant weight loss/gain
4. insomnia/hypersomnia
5. fatigue or loss of energy daily
6. psychomotor retardationagitation
7. feelings of worthlessness or guilt
8. diminished ability to think/concentrate, indecisiveness
9. recurrent thoughts of death, SI, or SI attempt
MOOD D/O: MDD CRITERIA B-E - ANSWER B. The symptoms cause clinically
significant distress or impairment in social, occupational,
or other important areas of functioning.
C. The episode is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance or to
another
medical condition.
D. The occurrence of the major depressive episode is not better explained by
schizoaffective
disorder, schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, delusional disorder, or
other specified and unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders.
E. There has never been a manic episode or a hypomanic episode.
Note: This exclusion does not apply if all of the manic-like or hypomanic-like episodes
are substance-induced or are attributable to the physiological effects of another medical
condition.
MOOD D/O: MDD PREVALENCE - ANSWER Twelve-month prevalence of major
depressive disorder in the United States is approximately
7%, with marked differences by age group such that the prevalence in 18- to 29-yearold individuals
is threefold higher than the prevalence in individuals age 60 years or older. Females
experience
1.5- to 3-fold higher rates than males beginning in early adolescence.