NUR 2459 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 2 LEARNING
WORKBOOK 2026 PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
AND THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION
◉ Schizophrenia usually presents.
Answer: At 15-25 years
◉ Comorbids to Schizo.
Answer: Substance abuse disorders
(Nicotine dependence)
Anxiety, depression, and suicide
Physical health or illness
(CV disease)-related to medications
Psychosis-induced polydipsia
◉ Comorbids to BD.
Answer:
◉ Schizo is characterized by.
Answer: Psychosis
(Altered cognition, perception, and reality testing)
,◉ Risk factors of schizophrenia.
Answer: Genetic
Neurobiological
(Dopamine theory)-Positive symptoms
Brain structure abnormalities
Psychological and environmental factors
◉ Hypothesis is based on.
Answer: Treatment, how the person responds to the specific
medications/interventions
◉ Four main symptom groups of schizo.
Answer: Positive
Cognitive
Negative
Affective
◉ Positive symptoms.
Answer: Delusions
Hallucinations
Bizarre behavior
,(ADD)
◉ Delusions include....
Answer: Persecution (paranoia)
Referential
Grandiosity
Erotomanic
Nihilistic
Somatic Sensations
Control
◉ Alterations in speech include....
Answer: Flight of ideas
Neologisms
Echolalia
Circumstantiality
Tangentiality
Symbolic speech
Clang associations
Word salad
◉ Circumstantial speech.
, Answer: A pattern of speech characterized by indirectness and delay
before the person gets to the point or answers a question; the
person gets caught up in countless details and explanations.
◉ Tangentiality speech.
Answer: Wandering off topic or going off on tangents and never
reaching the point
◉ Cognitive symptoms.
Answer: Disorganized thinking (Usually concrete)
Inattention, distracted
Impaired memory
Poor problem solving
Impaired judgement
◉ Alterations in Perception.
Answer: Depersonalization
Hallucinations
Illusions
Command hallucinations
Derealization
WORKBOOK 2026 PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
AND THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION
◉ Schizophrenia usually presents.
Answer: At 15-25 years
◉ Comorbids to Schizo.
Answer: Substance abuse disorders
(Nicotine dependence)
Anxiety, depression, and suicide
Physical health or illness
(CV disease)-related to medications
Psychosis-induced polydipsia
◉ Comorbids to BD.
Answer:
◉ Schizo is characterized by.
Answer: Psychosis
(Altered cognition, perception, and reality testing)
,◉ Risk factors of schizophrenia.
Answer: Genetic
Neurobiological
(Dopamine theory)-Positive symptoms
Brain structure abnormalities
Psychological and environmental factors
◉ Hypothesis is based on.
Answer: Treatment, how the person responds to the specific
medications/interventions
◉ Four main symptom groups of schizo.
Answer: Positive
Cognitive
Negative
Affective
◉ Positive symptoms.
Answer: Delusions
Hallucinations
Bizarre behavior
,(ADD)
◉ Delusions include....
Answer: Persecution (paranoia)
Referential
Grandiosity
Erotomanic
Nihilistic
Somatic Sensations
Control
◉ Alterations in speech include....
Answer: Flight of ideas
Neologisms
Echolalia
Circumstantiality
Tangentiality
Symbolic speech
Clang associations
Word salad
◉ Circumstantial speech.
, Answer: A pattern of speech characterized by indirectness and delay
before the person gets to the point or answers a question; the
person gets caught up in countless details and explanations.
◉ Tangentiality speech.
Answer: Wandering off topic or going off on tangents and never
reaching the point
◉ Cognitive symptoms.
Answer: Disorganized thinking (Usually concrete)
Inattention, distracted
Impaired memory
Poor problem solving
Impaired judgement
◉ Alterations in Perception.
Answer: Depersonalization
Hallucinations
Illusions
Command hallucinations
Derealization
