Nursing 420 Exam 3 - Mental Health Questions with Correct Answers.

Schizophrenia Correct Answer Brain disease that results in misinterpretations of perceptions, disordered thinking, bizarre behavior, and altered affect Transactional Model Correct Answer Onset of schizophrenia is caused by likely a combination of biological, psychological, physiological, and environmental influences to someone vulnerable to the disease Positive Correct Answer Symptoms of schizophrenia which are a manifestation of things not normally present (Hallucinations, delusions, change in speech, bizarre behavior, paranoid) Negative Correct Answer Symptoms of schizophrenia which are an absence of things that are normally present (blunted affect, alogia, anergia, anhedonia, avolition) Cognitive Correct Answer Symptoms of schizophrenia which include distorted thinking, poor concentration, memory deficits, poor decision-making, poor problem-solving Affective Correct Answer Symptoms of schizophrenia which involve emotions (suicidal ideation and attempts, hopelessness) Thought Broadcasting Correct Answer One's thoughts are heard by others Thought Insertion Correct Answer Others' thoughts are inserted into own mind Thought Withdrawal Correct Answer Thoughts are removed by outside source Thoughts Controlled Correct Answer Outside force is controlling one's thoughts Clang Associations Correct Answer Words based on sound rather than meaning Tangentiality Correct Answer Speak about topics unrelated to discussion Perseveration Correct Answer Repetition of a particular response Depersonalization Correct Answer Loss of identity - self is "unreal" Echolalia Correct Answer Meaningless repetition of another person's spoken words Echopraxia Correct Answer Meaningless repetition of another person's movements