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Produces feelings of being separated from one's body and environment,
mild depression with low doses, schizophrenia-like reaction with higher
doses, long-term abuse results in memory loss and unpredictable behavior.



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Physiological Side effects of
1 2 PCP side effects
antipsychotics



3 Word salad 4 Paranoid schizophrenia



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Weight gain, sedation, dry mouth, constipation,
Physiological Side effects
urinary retention, blurred vision, EPS, Tardive
of antipsychotics
dyskinesia

, Emotional blunting, worsening of negative
Psychiatric Side Effects of
symptoms, increased risk of depression and suicide
antipsychotics
ideations

Assuming odd positions for long periods, may mimic
Catatonic schizophrenia speech or movements of someone nearby, usually
fail to eat or drink

Unable to think, speak or behave in logical manners;
Disorganized
odd behaviors that serve no purpose; flat or
schizophrenia
inappropriate emotions, delusions or hallucinations

Schizophrenia with delusions of grandeur, belief that
Paranoid schizophrenia someone is out to get them, violent behaviors and
suicide common

Ensure safety, manage hallucinations and delusions
Nursing priority with therapeutically, encourage medication, promote
schizophrenia trust, support with ADL's, reduce environmental
stimulation

Maladaptive thoughts and behaviors that are
Positive Symptoms of
present; hallucinations, speech problems, bizarre
schizophrenia
behaviors

Negative Symptoms of Lack of adaptive mechanisms, flat affect, poor
schizophrenia grooming, withdrawal, poverty of speech

Characteristics of tardive Uncontrollable facial tics, grimaces and other
dyskinesia (TD) involuntary movements of the lips, jaw and tongue

Nursing Priority with Ask directly if voices are telling them to harm, do
auditory hallucinations not argue or agree with their statements

Delusions of grandeur, may hear threatening or
Characteristics of
controlling voices, high risk for violence or
paranoid schizophrenia
aggression

Clang association Repeating words or phrases that sound alike

Word salad Random, jumbled set of words

Neologisms Made up words with meaning only to the person

Loose association Shifting from one unrelated topic to another

Echolalia Repetition of another person's spoken words

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