2023 A+ GRADED
CH. 14 PSYCHOSIS - -ANSWER--
___ is a thought disorder that interferes with one's ability to recognize and to deal with
reality - -ANSWER--PSYCHOSIS
What manual can you find diagnosis for psychotic disorders - -ANSWER--DSM-5
What are examples of positive symptoms in psychotic patients - -ANSWER--o
Hallucinations
o Delusions
o Bizarre behavior
o Alteration in speech
A psychotic patient will be experiencing __ and __ - -ANSWER--o hopelessness
o suicidal ideation
__ are false fixated beliefs that cannot be corrected by reasoning - -ANSWER--
Delusions
If a patient states, "I am Zeus", he is experiencing an alteration in thought known as __ -
-ANSWER--Grandeur
If a psychotic patient states, "My legs and arms are getting shorter", he is experiencing
alteration in thought known as ___ - -ANSWER--Somatic delusions
__ are projections that effect the sensory system in patients - -ANSWER--Hallucinations
, What type of hallucination requires one-on-one communication with the patient? - -
ANSWER--Command auditory hallucinations
*Commands could be to harm their selves or others*
The nurse should provide a __ environment for the client in order to decrease anxiety
and to distract them from constant thinking about hallucinations - -ANSWER--SAFE
___ is a frightening and/or disturbing experience of not being within one's body or of
being in immediate danger of vanishing and or separating from reality - -ANSWER--
DEPERSONALIZATION
___ disorder is characterized by a sudden loss of motor or sensory function, such as
paralysis or deafness after a stressful event or experience - -ANSWER--Conversion
__ disorder is when a pt experiences pain in one or more areas of the body that cannot
be linked with any medical conditions - -ANSWER--Pain
Obsessed with the idea that some features of their body is flawed - -ANSWER--Body
Dysmorphic Disorder
Obsession with the idea of having a serious but undiagnosed medical condition. - -
ANSWER--Hypochondriasis
T or F
People with factitious disorders are even willing and sometimes eager to undergo
painful or risky tests and operations - -ANSWER--TRUE
__ is when people claim to have symptoms related to a physical illness such as chest
pain or stomach problems ONLY for the sympathy of others - -ANSWER--Munchhausen
syndrome
__ is when people produce or fabricate symptoms of illness in another person under
their care to receive attention - -ANSWER--Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
__ is fabricating or exaggerating symptoms of mental or physical disorders for a variety
of "secondary gains" - -ANSWER--Malingering
Personality Disorders --ANSWER- -
Characterized by mistrust and suspicion of others - -ANSWER--Paranoid Personality
Disorder
Emotionally detached and disinterested in others; uninterested in praise or criticism - -
ANSWER--Schizoid Personality