NU 160 MENTAL HEALTH CONCEPTS EXAM
4 ACTUAL EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS
⫸ Type 1: Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia Answer: Maladaptive
behaviors and thoughts, ACTIONS, ACT OUT
Delusions, hallucinations, illusions, speech problems, bizarre behaviors,
agitation, catatonic behavior
Too much dopamine, brain size and structure normal
Response to antipsychotics is usually good
⫸ Type 2: Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia Answer: Lack of
adaptive mechanisms, THOUGHTS, DON'T ACT OUT
Anergia, anhedonia, apathy, avolition, flat affect, won't speak unless
spoken to
Too little dopamine, decreased blood flow to brain, increased size of
ventricles in brain, decrease in size of brain
Response to antipsychotics is usually poor
⫸ The inability to recognize reality, relate to others, and cope with life's
demands is Answer: psychosis
⫸ Catatonia Answer: disrupts how your brain works, disrupting how a
person processes and reacts to the world around them
, ⫸ Schizophrenia Subtype: Catatonic Answer: immobility or excessive
activity with no purpose, odd movements, rigid posture, echopraxia
(mimics movements of others), echolalia (echoes others' speech), may
suffer from malnutrition, dehydration, exhaustion, prognosis is fair
⫸ Schizophrenia Subtype: Disorganized Answer: disordered thinking,
speech, and behavior, unable to perform ADL's, early onset, prognosis is
poor
⫸ Schizophrenia Subtype: Paranoid Answer: organized delusions of
grandeur or persecution, auditory hallucinations, high anxiety,
suspicious, angry, can be violent or suicidal, late onset, prognosis is
good with treatment
⫸ Schizophrenia Subtype: Residual Answer: at least one acute episode
of schizophrenia, is free of acute psychosis but has symptoms of
disorder, emotional changes, schizophrenia present for many years, time
is limited between acute episodes, prognosis is poor
⫸ hallucinations Answer: false sensory inputs with no external stimuli
⫸ delusions Answer: fixed false ideas that are not based in reality
⫸ illusions Answer: false perceptions of real stimuli
⫸ agnosia Answer: inability to recognize familiar objects or people
4 ACTUAL EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS
⫸ Type 1: Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia Answer: Maladaptive
behaviors and thoughts, ACTIONS, ACT OUT
Delusions, hallucinations, illusions, speech problems, bizarre behaviors,
agitation, catatonic behavior
Too much dopamine, brain size and structure normal
Response to antipsychotics is usually good
⫸ Type 2: Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia Answer: Lack of
adaptive mechanisms, THOUGHTS, DON'T ACT OUT
Anergia, anhedonia, apathy, avolition, flat affect, won't speak unless
spoken to
Too little dopamine, decreased blood flow to brain, increased size of
ventricles in brain, decrease in size of brain
Response to antipsychotics is usually poor
⫸ The inability to recognize reality, relate to others, and cope with life's
demands is Answer: psychosis
⫸ Catatonia Answer: disrupts how your brain works, disrupting how a
person processes and reacts to the world around them
, ⫸ Schizophrenia Subtype: Catatonic Answer: immobility or excessive
activity with no purpose, odd movements, rigid posture, echopraxia
(mimics movements of others), echolalia (echoes others' speech), may
suffer from malnutrition, dehydration, exhaustion, prognosis is fair
⫸ Schizophrenia Subtype: Disorganized Answer: disordered thinking,
speech, and behavior, unable to perform ADL's, early onset, prognosis is
poor
⫸ Schizophrenia Subtype: Paranoid Answer: organized delusions of
grandeur or persecution, auditory hallucinations, high anxiety,
suspicious, angry, can be violent or suicidal, late onset, prognosis is
good with treatment
⫸ Schizophrenia Subtype: Residual Answer: at least one acute episode
of schizophrenia, is free of acute psychosis but has symptoms of
disorder, emotional changes, schizophrenia present for many years, time
is limited between acute episodes, prognosis is poor
⫸ hallucinations Answer: false sensory inputs with no external stimuli
⫸ delusions Answer: fixed false ideas that are not based in reality
⫸ illusions Answer: false perceptions of real stimuli
⫸ agnosia Answer: inability to recognize familiar objects or people
