Mental Health Exam with Verified
Solutions
Involuntary Hospitalization ✔️✔️Detaining clients against their will in a psychiatric facility
for evaluation and observation when they have been deemed a danger to themselves or others, or
are gravely disabled because of a mental disorder.
-Patients still have the right to treatment decisions such as lobotomies, electroconvulsive
therapies, and other treatments
-Patients can refuse psychotropic medications unless they are a threat to themselves or others
-Treatment can be court ordered
-Patients can challenge hospitalization after doctor clears them as stable
-Patients can refuse treatment if they are deemed competent, or an advocate can make treatment
decisions if the court has deemed the patient incompetent
-Court hearings for emergency admits are held 24-96 hours after the patient has been admitted
Associative Looseness ✔️✔️Speech that reveals though patterns that shift rapidly between
topics
, Schizoprenia ✔️✔️Manifestations: Associative looseness, delusions, hallucinations, altered
speech patterns (echolalia), religiosity, magical thinking, repetitive psychomotor behaviors
(Rocking or pacing), Difficulty eating properly, issues with grooming or hygiene
Positive Symptoms: Delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, Bizarre symptoms
Signs of Relapse: Avoiding others, sleep disturbances, difficulty concentrating, unable to
determine reality from nonreality
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ✔️✔️Manifestations: Obsession with rituals
Bipolar Disorder ✔️✔️Manifestations: Seductive behaviors when manic
Bulimia ✔️✔️Manifestations: Uncontrolled Appetite
Cocaine ✔️✔️A central nervous system stimulant
Manifestations- Dilated pupils, tachycardia, mental alertness, hypertension
Anhedonia ✔️✔️The inability to experience pleasure
Solutions
Involuntary Hospitalization ✔️✔️Detaining clients against their will in a psychiatric facility
for evaluation and observation when they have been deemed a danger to themselves or others, or
are gravely disabled because of a mental disorder.
-Patients still have the right to treatment decisions such as lobotomies, electroconvulsive
therapies, and other treatments
-Patients can refuse psychotropic medications unless they are a threat to themselves or others
-Treatment can be court ordered
-Patients can challenge hospitalization after doctor clears them as stable
-Patients can refuse treatment if they are deemed competent, or an advocate can make treatment
decisions if the court has deemed the patient incompetent
-Court hearings for emergency admits are held 24-96 hours after the patient has been admitted
Associative Looseness ✔️✔️Speech that reveals though patterns that shift rapidly between
topics
, Schizoprenia ✔️✔️Manifestations: Associative looseness, delusions, hallucinations, altered
speech patterns (echolalia), religiosity, magical thinking, repetitive psychomotor behaviors
(Rocking or pacing), Difficulty eating properly, issues with grooming or hygiene
Positive Symptoms: Delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, Bizarre symptoms
Signs of Relapse: Avoiding others, sleep disturbances, difficulty concentrating, unable to
determine reality from nonreality
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ✔️✔️Manifestations: Obsession with rituals
Bipolar Disorder ✔️✔️Manifestations: Seductive behaviors when manic
Bulimia ✔️✔️Manifestations: Uncontrolled Appetite
Cocaine ✔️✔️A central nervous system stimulant
Manifestations- Dilated pupils, tachycardia, mental alertness, hypertension
Anhedonia ✔️✔️The inability to experience pleasure
