NR546 WEEK 3 TEST YOUR
KNOWLEDGE QUIZ LATEST UPDATE
VERIFIED QUESTIONS & DETAILED
EXPLANATIONS GRADED A+
Professional Academic Assistance Services
antipsychotic meds - Answer: primarily used for schizophrenia &
psychotic disorders
-also used as adjunctive meds for management of tx-resistant
depression & other conditions
-not curative
-decrease/control symptoms/improve quality of life
Schizophrenia - Answer: a disturbance that must last for 6
months or longer, including at least one month of positive
symptoms or negative symptoms
-neurodevelopmental, brain disorder
-psychological condition involving chronic or repeated episodes
of psychosis
cause: combination of genetics and environmental factors
DX: based on clinical interview
,Schizophrenia increases the risk of: - Answer: suicide
homeless
jail/prison
psychosis - Answer: set of symptoms in which a person's mental
capacity, affective response, and capacity to recognize reality,
communicate, and relate to others is impaired
Hallmarks of psychosis - Answer: Delusions and hallucinations
-often called the "positive symptoms" of psychosis
-Delusions are fixed beliefs - often bizarre - that have an
inadequate rational basis and can't be changed by rational
arguments or evidence to the contrary
-Hallucinations are perceptual experiences of any sensory
modality - especially auditory - that occur without a real external
stimulus, yet are vivid and clear, just like normal perceptions,
but not under voluntary control
Symptoms of psychosis: - Answer: -hallucinations
-delusions
-disorganized speech
,-disorganized behavior
-distortions of reality
-inappropriate or very strong emotions or apathy
-negative symptoms: diminished emotional expression and
decreased motivation
perceptual distortions and motor disturbances can be associated
with _________ - Answer: any type of psychosis.
-Perceptual distortions include being distressed by hallucinatory
voices; seeing visions; reporting hallucinations of touch, taste, or
odor; or reporting that familiar things and people seem
changed.
-Motor disturbances are peculiar, rigid postures; overt signs of
tension; inappropriate grins or giggles; peculiar repetitive
gestures; talking, muttering, or mumbling to oneself; or glancing
around as if hearing voices.
-paranoid psychosis, the patient has paranoid projections,
hostile belligerence, and grandiose expansiveness. often occurs
in schizophrenia and in many drug-induced psychoses
Grandiose expansiveness - Answer: exhibiting an attitude of
superiority; hearing voices that praise and extol; believing one
has unusual powers or is a well-known personality, or that one
has a divine mission, which is often seen in schizophrenia and in
, manic psychosis
Psychosis can affect a person's: - Answer: -cognition
-affective response
-communication
-capacity to recognize reality
-ability to relate to others
_________ is a defining feature for some psychotic disorders
while other disorders may have a psychotic component -
Answer: psychosis
Diagnoses Requiring the Presence of Psychosis - Answer: -
Schizophrenia
-Substance-induced psychotic disorders
-Schizophreniform disorder
-Shizoafffective disorder
-Delusional disorder
-Brief psychotic disorder
-Psychotic disorder d/t a medical condition
KNOWLEDGE QUIZ LATEST UPDATE
VERIFIED QUESTIONS & DETAILED
EXPLANATIONS GRADED A+
Professional Academic Assistance Services
antipsychotic meds - Answer: primarily used for schizophrenia &
psychotic disorders
-also used as adjunctive meds for management of tx-resistant
depression & other conditions
-not curative
-decrease/control symptoms/improve quality of life
Schizophrenia - Answer: a disturbance that must last for 6
months or longer, including at least one month of positive
symptoms or negative symptoms
-neurodevelopmental, brain disorder
-psychological condition involving chronic or repeated episodes
of psychosis
cause: combination of genetics and environmental factors
DX: based on clinical interview
,Schizophrenia increases the risk of: - Answer: suicide
homeless
jail/prison
psychosis - Answer: set of symptoms in which a person's mental
capacity, affective response, and capacity to recognize reality,
communicate, and relate to others is impaired
Hallmarks of psychosis - Answer: Delusions and hallucinations
-often called the "positive symptoms" of psychosis
-Delusions are fixed beliefs - often bizarre - that have an
inadequate rational basis and can't be changed by rational
arguments or evidence to the contrary
-Hallucinations are perceptual experiences of any sensory
modality - especially auditory - that occur without a real external
stimulus, yet are vivid and clear, just like normal perceptions,
but not under voluntary control
Symptoms of psychosis: - Answer: -hallucinations
-delusions
-disorganized speech
,-disorganized behavior
-distortions of reality
-inappropriate or very strong emotions or apathy
-negative symptoms: diminished emotional expression and
decreased motivation
perceptual distortions and motor disturbances can be associated
with _________ - Answer: any type of psychosis.
-Perceptual distortions include being distressed by hallucinatory
voices; seeing visions; reporting hallucinations of touch, taste, or
odor; or reporting that familiar things and people seem
changed.
-Motor disturbances are peculiar, rigid postures; overt signs of
tension; inappropriate grins or giggles; peculiar repetitive
gestures; talking, muttering, or mumbling to oneself; or glancing
around as if hearing voices.
-paranoid psychosis, the patient has paranoid projections,
hostile belligerence, and grandiose expansiveness. often occurs
in schizophrenia and in many drug-induced psychoses
Grandiose expansiveness - Answer: exhibiting an attitude of
superiority; hearing voices that praise and extol; believing one
has unusual powers or is a well-known personality, or that one
has a divine mission, which is often seen in schizophrenia and in
, manic psychosis
Psychosis can affect a person's: - Answer: -cognition
-affective response
-communication
-capacity to recognize reality
-ability to relate to others
_________ is a defining feature for some psychotic disorders
while other disorders may have a psychotic component -
Answer: psychosis
Diagnoses Requiring the Presence of Psychosis - Answer: -
Schizophrenia
-Substance-induced psychotic disorders
-Schizophreniform disorder
-Shizoafffective disorder
-Delusional disorder
-Brief psychotic disorder
-Psychotic disorder d/t a medical condition
