NURS 6635 FINAL 2026 COMPREHENSIVE
ASSESSMENT SCRIPT SOLVED QUESTIONS
ANSWERS UPDATED REVIEW SET
◉ Select the age range for 90% of patients treated for schizophrenia.
Answer: p. 358 90% of patients in treatment for schizophrenia are
between 15 and 55 years old. (peak age of onset women - 25 to 35,
men 10-25). Late onset refers to over 45. cannabis raises risk by
40%
◉ The most common type of hallucination in schizophrenia.
Answer: Auditory
◉ Cognition of patient's with schizophrenia.
Answer: Usually oriented to person, time, and place. they do have
cognitive deficiencies in attention, executive function, working
memory, and episodic memory
◉ leading cause of premature death in schizphrenia?.
Answer: Suicide
◉ Positive and negative syndrome scale (PANNS)
,Brief psychiatric rating scale (BPRS)
EPS symptoms - Simpson angus scale (SAS), Abnormal involuntary
movement scale (AIMS), Barnes akathisia rating scale (BARS).
Answer: diagnostic and rating scales for schizophrenia
◉ What percentage of schizophrenia patients have substance use
disorder throughout lifetime?.
Answer: 74%
◉ neurotransmitters involved in schziophrenia.
Answer: excessive dopamine = positive symptoms
increased glutamate = overexcites brain
decreased gaba = reduces neuron excitability
decreased muscarinic and nicotinic receptors = dec cognition
◉ Select the negative symptom of schizophrenia.
Answer: Affective flattening or blunting
Alogia (poverty of speech, blocking)
avolition (apathy)
anhedonia
Attention (inattentiveness)
, ◉ Positive symptoms of schizophrenia.
Answer: hallucinations and delusions, bizarre behavior, formal
thought disorder
◉ Select the disorder that is often comorbid with brief psychotic
disorder.
Answer: p. 344 Common in patients with personality disorders lasts
one day and not more than one month
◉ By definition, patients with delusional disorders do not have
what?.
Answer: prominent or sustained hallucinations. Persecutory and
jealous are most common delusional disorders
◉ Select the diagnostic criterion for catatonia resulting from a
medical condition..
Answer: waxy flexibility
◉ Select the two factors that are not applicable to diagnosing
schizoaffective disorder.
Answer: Medical condition, Substance abuse
As with most psychiatric diagnoses, schizoaffective disorder should
not be used if the symptoms are caused by substance abuse or a
secondary medical condition
ASSESSMENT SCRIPT SOLVED QUESTIONS
ANSWERS UPDATED REVIEW SET
◉ Select the age range for 90% of patients treated for schizophrenia.
Answer: p. 358 90% of patients in treatment for schizophrenia are
between 15 and 55 years old. (peak age of onset women - 25 to 35,
men 10-25). Late onset refers to over 45. cannabis raises risk by
40%
◉ The most common type of hallucination in schizophrenia.
Answer: Auditory
◉ Cognition of patient's with schizophrenia.
Answer: Usually oriented to person, time, and place. they do have
cognitive deficiencies in attention, executive function, working
memory, and episodic memory
◉ leading cause of premature death in schizphrenia?.
Answer: Suicide
◉ Positive and negative syndrome scale (PANNS)
,Brief psychiatric rating scale (BPRS)
EPS symptoms - Simpson angus scale (SAS), Abnormal involuntary
movement scale (AIMS), Barnes akathisia rating scale (BARS).
Answer: diagnostic and rating scales for schizophrenia
◉ What percentage of schizophrenia patients have substance use
disorder throughout lifetime?.
Answer: 74%
◉ neurotransmitters involved in schziophrenia.
Answer: excessive dopamine = positive symptoms
increased glutamate = overexcites brain
decreased gaba = reduces neuron excitability
decreased muscarinic and nicotinic receptors = dec cognition
◉ Select the negative symptom of schizophrenia.
Answer: Affective flattening or blunting
Alogia (poverty of speech, blocking)
avolition (apathy)
anhedonia
Attention (inattentiveness)
, ◉ Positive symptoms of schizophrenia.
Answer: hallucinations and delusions, bizarre behavior, formal
thought disorder
◉ Select the disorder that is often comorbid with brief psychotic
disorder.
Answer: p. 344 Common in patients with personality disorders lasts
one day and not more than one month
◉ By definition, patients with delusional disorders do not have
what?.
Answer: prominent or sustained hallucinations. Persecutory and
jealous are most common delusional disorders
◉ Select the diagnostic criterion for catatonia resulting from a
medical condition..
Answer: waxy flexibility
◉ Select the two factors that are not applicable to diagnosing
schizoaffective disorder.
Answer: Medical condition, Substance abuse
As with most psychiatric diagnoses, schizoaffective disorder should
not be used if the symptoms are caused by substance abuse or a
secondary medical condition
