ATI Rn Comprehensive Schizophrenia Exam |115 Questions and Answers

1. Psychotic experiences are characteristic of schizophrenia, but they also occur in people with other disorders. Of the following, they are least likely to occur in people with A. Brain tumors B. Mood disorders C. Substance use disorder D. Specific phobias - D. Specific phobias 2. The psychiatrist who introduced the term dementia praecox was A. Emil kraepelin B. Benjamin rush C. Eugen bleuler D. Philippe pine - A. Emil kraepelin 3. Persecutory delusions, auditory hallucination, and unusual behaviors are examples: A. Positive symptoms B. Cognitive deficits C. Negative symptoms D. Catatonia - A. Positive symptoms 4. Frank has a diagnosis of schizophrenia. When his case man-ager asked what time he went to bed last night, he said," 2 clock frick frock tick tok, and I wont be wearing a mock" A. Loose association B. Thought blocking C. Clang association D. Alogia - C. Clang association 5. Blunted affect, anhedonia,avolition, and psychomotor retardation are examples of: A. Positive symptoms B. Cognitive deficits C. Negative symptoms D. Catatonia - C. Negative symptoms 6. The third category of schizophrenia symptoms is cognitive impairment, which includes: A. Delusions and hallucinations B. Personality and affect splits C. Attention and memory deficits D. Anhedonia and avoliition deficits - C. Attention and memory deficits7. Richard has schizophrenia, At times, he maintains a rigid posture and is unresponsive to vocal commands. At other times, he repeats what other people say to him. Which subtype of schizophrenia does Richard most likely have ? A. Paranoid B. Undifferentiated C. Catatonic D. Disorganized - C. Catatonic 8. People with schizophrenia who live in developing countries have a better outcome than do people in developed countries because: A. The United States ranks 39th in mental health service provision worldwide B. The chronic nature of schizophrenia is relatively unknown in developing contries C. Alternative fold medicine is as effective as modern medical methods D. Smaller communities and less complex environments offer these people increased social support. - D. Smaller communities and less complex environments offer these people increased social support 9. African Americans are more likely to be given a diagnosis of schizophrenia because: A. They are more likely than white people to suffer from the disorder B. Clinician bias leads to misinterpretation of symptoms C. They more often report episodes of sleep paralysis, which is associated with the disorder. D. All of the above - B. Clinician bias leads to misinterpretation of symptoms 10. in one prospective study, Danish youth were videotaped in a school cafeteria when they were 11 to 13 years old. Twenty nine years later, as adults, some of these individuals had developed schizophrenia. As children, the adults who developed the disorder were: A. Less social and exhibited subtle neuromotor abnormalities B. Eccentric or odd, but without delusion or hallucinations C. Showing early signs of split personality D. Not different from the other children. - A. Less social and exhibited subtle neuromotor abnormalities