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NR546 WEEK 3 EXAM WITH CORRECT -ANSWERS
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Symptoms of psychosis: - -ANS☑️☑️---hallucinations

-delusions

-disorganized speech

-disorganized behavior

-distortions of reality

-inappropriate or very strong emotions or apathy

-negative symptoms: diminished emotional expression and decreased motivation



perceptual distortions and motor disturbances can be associated with _________ - -
ANS☑️☑️--any type of psychosis.

-Perceptual distortions include being distressed by hallucinatory voices; seeing
visions; reporting hallucinations of touch, taste, or odor; or reporting that familiar
things and people seem changed.

-Motor disturbances are peculiar, rigid postures; overt signs of tension;
inappropriate grins or giggles; peculiar repetitive gestures; talking, muttering, or
mumbling to oneself; or glancing around as if hearing voices.

-paranoid psychosis, the patient has paranoid projections, hostile belligerence, and
grandiose expansiveness. often occurs in schizophrenia and in many drug-induced
psychoses



Grandiose expansiveness - -ANS☑️☑️--exhibiting an attitude of superiority;
hearing voices that praise and extol; believing one has unusual powers or is a well-
known personality, or that one has a divine mission, which is often seen in
schizophrenia and in manic psychosis

,antipsychotic meds - -ANS☑️☑️--primarily used for schizophrenia & psychotic
disorders

-also used as adjunctive meds for management of tx-resistant depression & other
conditions

-not curative

-decrease/control symptoms/improve quality of life



Schizophrenia - -ANS☑️☑️--a disturbance that must last for 6 months or longer,
including at least one month of positive symptoms or negative symptoms

-neurodevelopmental, brain disorder

-psychological condition involving chronic or repeated episodes of psychosis

cause: combination of genetics and environmental factors

DX: based on clinical interview



Schizophrenia increases the risk of: - -ANS☑️☑️--suicide

homeless

jail/prison



psychosis - -ANS☑️☑️--set of symptoms in which a person's mental capacity,
affective response, and capacity to recognize reality, communicate, and relate to
others is impaired



Hallmarks of psychosis - -ANS☑️☑️--Delusions and hallucinations

-often called the "positive symptoms" of psychosis

, -Delusions are fixed beliefs - often bizarre - that have an inadequate rational basis
and can't be changed by rational arguments or evidence to the contrary

-Hallucinations are perceptual experiences of any sensory modality - especially
auditory - that occur without a real external stimulus, yet are vivid and clear, just
like normal perceptions, but not under voluntary control




Psychosis can affect a person's: - -ANS☑️☑️---cognition

-affective response

-communication

-capacity to recognize reality

-ability to relate to others



_________ is a defining feature for some psychotic disorders while other disorders
may have a psychotic component - -ANS☑️☑️--psychosis



Diagnoses Requiring the Presence of Psychosis - -ANS☑️☑️---Schizophrenia

-Substance-induced psychotic disorders

-Schizophreniform disorder

-Shizoafffective disorder

-Delusional disorder

-Brief psychotic disorder

-Psychotic disorder d/t a medical condition



Diagnoses with Psychosis as a Feature - -ANS☑️☑️---Mania

-Depression

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