FITZGERALD PMHNP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔positive symptoms of schizophrenia - ✔✔Delusions of reference, delusions of
persecution, delusions of grandeur, thought broadcasting, though insertion,
hallucinations, disorganized thought, disorganized behaviour, catatonia
✔✔negative symptoms of schizophrenia - ✔✔the absence of appropriate behaviors
(expressionless faces, rigid bodies)
✔✔disorganized thinking
Bizarre delusions
Echolalia
Loose associations
Tangentiality
Thought blocking
Word salad - ✔✔- Captured by alliens
- Thoughts are connected but doesn
✔✔Schizophrenia criteria - ✔✔-Disconnection from reality
-Schizophrenia
BeN 2 HaDeSBE havior(disorganized)Negative symptoms2 or more of these symptoms
for at least 6 months
✔✔Schizophrenia subtypes - ✔✔1. Catatonic (immobility)
2. Disorganized (disorganized speech/behavior)
3. Paranoid (Persecutory)
, ✔✔Delusional disorder - ✔✔a psychotic disorder in which the primary symptom is one
or more delusions
✔✔brief psychotic disorder
Schizophreniform disorder - ✔✔brief episodes (lasting a month or less) of otherwise
uncomplicated delusional thinking. Return to full functioning.
- 1 month to 6 months
✔✔Substance induced psychotic disorder
Mood disorder with psychotic features - ✔✔- Related to substance
- psychotic features that occur in a patient with major depressive episode.
✔✔Schizoaffective disorder
Catatonic disorder - ✔✔
✔✔Course of Schizophrenia (3 phases) - ✔✔1. prodromal phase
2. active phase
3. residual phase
✔✔EPS - ✔✔A cute
D ystonia (hours)
A kathisia (days)
P arkinsonism (weeks)
T ardive D yskinesia (years)
✔✔Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome(NMS):
Onset:
Mnemonic:
Treatment? - ✔✔•Life-threatening idiopathic reaction to antipsychotic medications (more
common w/ FGAs)
•Medical Emergency w/ 20% mortality rate if untreated
•Generally apparent 2 weeks of treatment initiation
Dan and Bro FALTERED
F= Fever
A= Autonomic Instability (Tachycardia, HTN, Diaphoresis)
L= Leukocytosis
SET A+
✔✔positive symptoms of schizophrenia - ✔✔Delusions of reference, delusions of
persecution, delusions of grandeur, thought broadcasting, though insertion,
hallucinations, disorganized thought, disorganized behaviour, catatonia
✔✔negative symptoms of schizophrenia - ✔✔the absence of appropriate behaviors
(expressionless faces, rigid bodies)
✔✔disorganized thinking
Bizarre delusions
Echolalia
Loose associations
Tangentiality
Thought blocking
Word salad - ✔✔- Captured by alliens
- Thoughts are connected but doesn
✔✔Schizophrenia criteria - ✔✔-Disconnection from reality
-Schizophrenia
BeN 2 HaDeSBE havior(disorganized)Negative symptoms2 or more of these symptoms
for at least 6 months
✔✔Schizophrenia subtypes - ✔✔1. Catatonic (immobility)
2. Disorganized (disorganized speech/behavior)
3. Paranoid (Persecutory)
, ✔✔Delusional disorder - ✔✔a psychotic disorder in which the primary symptom is one
or more delusions
✔✔brief psychotic disorder
Schizophreniform disorder - ✔✔brief episodes (lasting a month or less) of otherwise
uncomplicated delusional thinking. Return to full functioning.
- 1 month to 6 months
✔✔Substance induced psychotic disorder
Mood disorder with psychotic features - ✔✔- Related to substance
- psychotic features that occur in a patient with major depressive episode.
✔✔Schizoaffective disorder
Catatonic disorder - ✔✔
✔✔Course of Schizophrenia (3 phases) - ✔✔1. prodromal phase
2. active phase
3. residual phase
✔✔EPS - ✔✔A cute
D ystonia (hours)
A kathisia (days)
P arkinsonism (weeks)
T ardive D yskinesia (years)
✔✔Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome(NMS):
Onset:
Mnemonic:
Treatment? - ✔✔•Life-threatening idiopathic reaction to antipsychotic medications (more
common w/ FGAs)
•Medical Emergency w/ 20% mortality rate if untreated
•Generally apparent 2 weeks of treatment initiation
Dan and Bro FALTERED
F= Fever
A= Autonomic Instability (Tachycardia, HTN, Diaphoresis)
L= Leukocytosis
