BCPP - Introduction to Psychiatric Pharmacy Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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BCPP - Introduction to Psychiatric
Pharmacy Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers

Question:Components of a mental status exam


Ans: Appearance, behavior, cognition, thought process (ABCT)


Question: Thought blocking


Ans: Individual suddenly stops speaking without any obvious reason


Question: Pressured speech


Ans: Speech that is increased in amount, accelerated, and difficult or
impossible to interrupt


Question: Flight of ideas


Ans: Over-productive, rapid speech during which the patient jumps rapidly
from one idea to the next


Question: Circumstantial speech

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Ans: Speech that lacks a clear direction because of excessive, unrelated
information but eventually makes full circle back to the point at hand


Question: Tangential speech


Ans: Speech where ultimate point is never made


Question: Perseveration


Ans: Repetition of an original answer to subsequent questions


Question: Mutism


Ans: Patient does not respond even though they are aware of the discussion


Question: Mood


Ans: Feelings subjectively reported by the patient


Question: Affect


Ans: Expressed through facial expression, body posture, and tone of voice


Question: Blunted affect


Ans: Range of emotional expression is reduced but not absent


Question: Incongruent affect