NR547 WEEK 3 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
psychosis
disruptions in thoughts and perceptions leading to a
disconnection from reality
-symptoms may include abnormal behaviors and sensations,
including catatonic behavior
-may be acute or chronic
-Although psychosis is categorized as a psychiatric disorder, it
commonly occurs as a secondary condition due to underlying
endocrine, vascular, immunologic, or metabolic problems
-Drugs, other substances, or other psychiatric conditions such as
depression or mania may also cause symptoms
Psychosis: Clinical Presentation
divided into several clinical domains
-positive
• occur when clients experience things in addition to reality
• hearing voices or seeing things that are not there
,-negative
• involve a loss of something
• loss of ability to experience pleasure or loss of motivation
-cognitive
• disorganization in thoughts, memories, focus, or attention
-affective
• the client's feelings and emotions
-motor
• may include abnormalities in gait, balance, and coordination,
irregular muscle contractions, or tremors
Psychosis: Positive Symptoms
Hallucinations
Delusions
Thought disorder
Hostility
,Excitability
Psychosis: Motor Symptoms
Motor delay
Dyscoordination
EPS
-Parkinsonism
-Dyskinesia
Psychosis: Affective Symptoms
Depression
Anxiety
Suicidality
Psychosis: Cognition symptoms
Attention
Working memory
, Verbal memory
Visual memory
Executive functioning
Processing speed
Social conditioning
Psychosis: Negative Symptoms
Affective flattening
Alogia
Anhedonia
Amotivation
Asociality
Hallucinations:
perceptual experiences in the absence of external stimuli
-Auditory
• may include command hallucinations
-Visual
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
psychosis
disruptions in thoughts and perceptions leading to a
disconnection from reality
-symptoms may include abnormal behaviors and sensations,
including catatonic behavior
-may be acute or chronic
-Although psychosis is categorized as a psychiatric disorder, it
commonly occurs as a secondary condition due to underlying
endocrine, vascular, immunologic, or metabolic problems
-Drugs, other substances, or other psychiatric conditions such as
depression or mania may also cause symptoms
Psychosis: Clinical Presentation
divided into several clinical domains
-positive
• occur when clients experience things in addition to reality
• hearing voices or seeing things that are not there
,-negative
• involve a loss of something
• loss of ability to experience pleasure or loss of motivation
-cognitive
• disorganization in thoughts, memories, focus, or attention
-affective
• the client's feelings and emotions
-motor
• may include abnormalities in gait, balance, and coordination,
irregular muscle contractions, or tremors
Psychosis: Positive Symptoms
Hallucinations
Delusions
Thought disorder
Hostility
,Excitability
Psychosis: Motor Symptoms
Motor delay
Dyscoordination
EPS
-Parkinsonism
-Dyskinesia
Psychosis: Affective Symptoms
Depression
Anxiety
Suicidality
Psychosis: Cognition symptoms
Attention
Working memory
, Verbal memory
Visual memory
Executive functioning
Processing speed
Social conditioning
Psychosis: Negative Symptoms
Affective flattening
Alogia
Anhedonia
Amotivation
Asociality
Hallucinations:
perceptual experiences in the absence of external stimuli
-Auditory
• may include command hallucinations
-Visual
