NR546 WEEK 3 TEST YOUR
KNOWLEDGE QUIZ EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
antipsychotic meds correct answers >> 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 correct answers >> 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: correct answers >>
suicide
homeless
jail/prison
,psychosis correct answers >> 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 correct answers >> 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
Symptoms of psychosis: correct answers >> -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 _________ correct answers >> 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 correct answers >> 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
Psychosis can affect a person's: correct answers >> -
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 correct
answers >> psychosis
Diagnoses Requiring the Presence of Psychosis correct
answers >> -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 correct answers >> -
Mania
-Depression
-Cognitive disorders
-Dementia
schizophrenia: positive symptoms correct answers >> -
hallucinations
-delusions
-thought disorder
-hostility
-excitability
schizophrenia: motor symptoms correct answers >> -motor
delay
-dyscoordination
-extrapyramidal symptoms (parkinsonism, dyskinesia)
schizophrenia: affective symptoms correct answers >> -
depression
-anxiety
KNOWLEDGE QUIZ EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
antipsychotic meds correct answers >> 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 correct answers >> 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: correct answers >>
suicide
homeless
jail/prison
,psychosis correct answers >> 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 correct answers >> 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
Symptoms of psychosis: correct answers >> -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 _________ correct answers >> 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 correct answers >> 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
Psychosis can affect a person's: correct answers >> -
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 correct
answers >> psychosis
Diagnoses Requiring the Presence of Psychosis correct
answers >> -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 correct answers >> -
Mania
-Depression
-Cognitive disorders
-Dementia
schizophrenia: positive symptoms correct answers >> -
hallucinations
-delusions
-thought disorder
-hostility
-excitability
schizophrenia: motor symptoms correct answers >> -motor
delay
-dyscoordination
-extrapyramidal symptoms (parkinsonism, dyskinesia)
schizophrenia: affective symptoms correct answers >> -
depression
-anxiety
