NR546 week 3 test your knowledge quiz
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antipsychotic meds - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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: - CORRECT ANSWERS suicide
homeless
jail/prison
psychosis - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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: - CORRECT ANSWERS -hallucinations
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-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 _________ - CORRECT
ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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: - CORRECT ANSWERS -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 - CORRECT ANSWERS psychosis
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Diagnoses Requiring the Presence of Psychosis - CORRECT ANSWERS -Schizophrenia
-Substance-induced psychotic disorders
-Schizophreniform disorder
-Shizoafffective disorder
-Delusional disorder
-Brief psychotic disorder
-Psychotic disorder d/t a medical condition
Diagnoses with Psychosis as a Feature - CORRECT ANSWERS -Mania
-Depression
-Cognitive disorders
-Dementia
schizophrenia: positive symptoms - CORRECT ANSWERS -hallucinations
-delusions
-thought disorder
-hostility
-excitability
schizophrenia: motor symptoms - CORRECT ANSWERS -motor delay
-dyscoordination
-extrapyramidal symptoms (parkinsonism, dyskinesia)
schizophrenia: affective symptoms - CORRECT ANSWERS -depression
-anxiety
-suicidality
Exam With questions and answers all
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antipsychotic meds - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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: - CORRECT ANSWERS suicide
homeless
jail/prison
psychosis - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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: - CORRECT ANSWERS -hallucinations
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-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 _________ - CORRECT
ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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: - CORRECT ANSWERS -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 - CORRECT ANSWERS psychosis
, NR546 week 3 test your knowledge quiz
Exam With questions and answers all
answers 100%verified 2024/2025
Diagnoses Requiring the Presence of Psychosis - CORRECT ANSWERS -Schizophrenia
-Substance-induced psychotic disorders
-Schizophreniform disorder
-Shizoafffective disorder
-Delusional disorder
-Brief psychotic disorder
-Psychotic disorder d/t a medical condition
Diagnoses with Psychosis as a Feature - CORRECT ANSWERS -Mania
-Depression
-Cognitive disorders
-Dementia
schizophrenia: positive symptoms - CORRECT ANSWERS -hallucinations
-delusions
-thought disorder
-hostility
-excitability
schizophrenia: motor symptoms - CORRECT ANSWERS -motor delay
-dyscoordination
-extrapyramidal symptoms (parkinsonism, dyskinesia)
schizophrenia: affective symptoms - CORRECT ANSWERS -depression
-anxiety
-suicidality
