NUR 2459 Mental Health Exam 2 Module 4-6 questions
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Addiction Ans✓✓✓ A compulsive or chronic requirement. The need is
so strong as to generate distress (either physical or psychological) if left
unfulfilled.The individual who is addicted is consistently unable to
abstain and also unable to recognize the extent to which the addiction
is creating problems in functioning, interpersonal relationships and
emotional responses
Affective Blunting Ans✓✓✓ A reduction in the expression, range, and
intensity of affect (In flat affect, no facial expression is present.)
Agnosia Ans✓✓✓ the inability to recognize familiar objects.
Agraphia Ans✓✓✓ loss of ability to express thoughts in writing
Akathesia Ans✓✓✓ inability to remain still; motor restlessness and
anxiety
Akinesia Ans✓✓✓ inability to initiate movement
Alogia Ans✓✓✓ poverty of speech
,Alzheimers Disease Ans✓✓✓ A progressive and irreversible brain
disorder characterized by gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning,
language, and, finally, physical functioning
Amyloid Plaques Ans✓✓✓ A structural change in the cerebral cortex
associated with Alzheimer's disease, in which dense deposits of a
deteriorated protein called amyloid develop, surrounded by clumps of
dead nerve and glial cells.
Anergia Ans✓✓✓ lack of energy
Anhedonia Ans✓✓✓ inability to experience pleasure
Apathy Ans✓✓✓ indifference to or disinterest in the environment
Aphasia Ans✓✓✓ Inability to communicate through speech, writing, or
signs.
Apraxia Ans✓✓✓ inability to carry out motor activities despite intact
motor function or inability to use objects properly.
Asociality Ans✓✓✓ lack of interest in social interactions
Auditory Agonsia Ans✓✓✓ Inability to recognize familiar sounds
, Auditory Hallucinations Ans✓✓✓ hearing voices, noises, music, or
sounds that are not actually real
Autonomic Obedience Ans✓✓✓ Responding in a robot-like manner
Avolition Ans✓✓✓ lack of motivation
Bipolar Disorder 1 Ans✓✓✓ 1 episode of mania alternating with
depression
Bipolar Disorder 2 Ans✓✓✓ one or more hypomanic epiosides
alternating with depression
Boundary Impairment Ans✓✓✓ impaired ability to sense where one's
body or influence ends and another's begins
Brief Psychotic Disorder Ans✓✓✓ Sudden onset of at least one of the
following: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech or catatonic
behavior. The symptoms must last more than 1 day and less than 1
month.
Catatonic Ans✓✓✓ type of schizophrenia in which the person
experiences periods of statue-like immobility mixed with occasional
bursts of energetic, frantic movement, and talking
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Addiction Ans✓✓✓ A compulsive or chronic requirement. The need is
so strong as to generate distress (either physical or psychological) if left
unfulfilled.The individual who is addicted is consistently unable to
abstain and also unable to recognize the extent to which the addiction
is creating problems in functioning, interpersonal relationships and
emotional responses
Affective Blunting Ans✓✓✓ A reduction in the expression, range, and
intensity of affect (In flat affect, no facial expression is present.)
Agnosia Ans✓✓✓ the inability to recognize familiar objects.
Agraphia Ans✓✓✓ loss of ability to express thoughts in writing
Akathesia Ans✓✓✓ inability to remain still; motor restlessness and
anxiety
Akinesia Ans✓✓✓ inability to initiate movement
Alogia Ans✓✓✓ poverty of speech
,Alzheimers Disease Ans✓✓✓ A progressive and irreversible brain
disorder characterized by gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning,
language, and, finally, physical functioning
Amyloid Plaques Ans✓✓✓ A structural change in the cerebral cortex
associated with Alzheimer's disease, in which dense deposits of a
deteriorated protein called amyloid develop, surrounded by clumps of
dead nerve and glial cells.
Anergia Ans✓✓✓ lack of energy
Anhedonia Ans✓✓✓ inability to experience pleasure
Apathy Ans✓✓✓ indifference to or disinterest in the environment
Aphasia Ans✓✓✓ Inability to communicate through speech, writing, or
signs.
Apraxia Ans✓✓✓ inability to carry out motor activities despite intact
motor function or inability to use objects properly.
Asociality Ans✓✓✓ lack of interest in social interactions
Auditory Agonsia Ans✓✓✓ Inability to recognize familiar sounds
, Auditory Hallucinations Ans✓✓✓ hearing voices, noises, music, or
sounds that are not actually real
Autonomic Obedience Ans✓✓✓ Responding in a robot-like manner
Avolition Ans✓✓✓ lack of motivation
Bipolar Disorder 1 Ans✓✓✓ 1 episode of mania alternating with
depression
Bipolar Disorder 2 Ans✓✓✓ one or more hypomanic epiosides
alternating with depression
Boundary Impairment Ans✓✓✓ impaired ability to sense where one's
body or influence ends and another's begins
Brief Psychotic Disorder Ans✓✓✓ Sudden onset of at least one of the
following: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech or catatonic
behavior. The symptoms must last more than 1 day and less than 1
month.
Catatonic Ans✓✓✓ type of schizophrenia in which the person
experiences periods of statue-like immobility mixed with occasional
bursts of energetic, frantic movement, and talking
