Rasmussen Mental Health Questions with CORRECT Answers (Verified Update)
Q1: brief psychotic disorder
Answer: Psychotic disturbance involving delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech or
behavior but lasting less than 1 month; often occurs in reaction to a stressor.
Q2: Delusional disorder
Answer: Experiences delusional thinking for at least 1 month. No marked impairment of self or
interpersonal functioning.
Q3: negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Answer: Absence of things that are normally present. More difficult to treat successfully than
positive symptoms. -affective is usually blunt or flat -alogia: poverty of thought or speech
-anergia: lack of energy -anhedonia: lack of pleasure or joy -avolition: lack of motivation in
activities and hygiene
Q4: positive symptoms of schizophrenia
Answer: Manifestation of things that are not usually present. -hallucinations -delusions -alteration in
speech -bizarre behavior
Q5: schizoaffective disorder
Answer: form of psychotic disorder in which the symptoms of schizophrenia co-occur with symptoms
of a mood disorder
Q6: Schizofreniform Disorder
Answer: Manifests similar to schizophrenia but duration is 1-6 months and social/occupational
dysfunction may not be apparent.
Q7: Schizophrenia
Answer: Psychotic thinking or behavior present for at least 6 months. Functional alteration in school
or work, self-care, and interpersonal relationship.
Q8: schizotypal personality disorder
Answer: Impairments of personality which are not as severe as schizophrenia.
Q9: substance-induced psychotic disorder
Answer: the presence of hallucinations and/or delusions resulting from the ingesting or withdrawal
from psychoactive substances or medications
Q1: brief psychotic disorder
Answer: Psychotic disturbance involving delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech or
behavior but lasting less than 1 month; often occurs in reaction to a stressor.
Q2: Delusional disorder
Answer: Experiences delusional thinking for at least 1 month. No marked impairment of self or
interpersonal functioning.
Q3: negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Answer: Absence of things that are normally present. More difficult to treat successfully than
positive symptoms. -affective is usually blunt or flat -alogia: poverty of thought or speech
-anergia: lack of energy -anhedonia: lack of pleasure or joy -avolition: lack of motivation in
activities and hygiene
Q4: positive symptoms of schizophrenia
Answer: Manifestation of things that are not usually present. -hallucinations -delusions -alteration in
speech -bizarre behavior
Q5: schizoaffective disorder
Answer: form of psychotic disorder in which the symptoms of schizophrenia co-occur with symptoms
of a mood disorder
Q6: Schizofreniform Disorder
Answer: Manifests similar to schizophrenia but duration is 1-6 months and social/occupational
dysfunction may not be apparent.
Q7: Schizophrenia
Answer: Psychotic thinking or behavior present for at least 6 months. Functional alteration in school
or work, self-care, and interpersonal relationship.
Q8: schizotypal personality disorder
Answer: Impairments of personality which are not as severe as schizophrenia.
Q9: substance-induced psychotic disorder
Answer: the presence of hallucinations and/or delusions resulting from the ingesting or withdrawal
from psychoactive substances or medications
