QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS A+
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1. 1. Select the development time of symptoms B. 24-72 hours in
neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
If untreated syndrome
A. 12-24 hours lasts 10 to 14 days
B. 24-72 hours Treat with dantrolene or
C. 4-7 days bromocriptine
D.10-14 days
2. Select the brain region that shows the greatest C. Prefrontal cortex
has
anatomical abnormalities in anatomical abnormalities
schizophrenic patients. hippocampus and amyg- A. Hippocampus
dala have size decrease
B. Amygdala basal ganglia theoretical
C. Prefrontal cortex due to odd movements
D. Basal ganglia D. per some answers
3. Select the mental function that is most affect- D. Recent memory ed
in mild cognitive impairment.
A. General cognition
B.C. ActivitiesGeographic orientation of daily living
D. Recent memory
4. Select the time frame for symptoms of schiz- Symptoms are short
term ophreniform disorder. lasting at least 1 month but
A. 2 to 6 weeks less than 6 months. p. 342
B. 1 to 5 months
C. 6 to 8 months
D. 1 year
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5. Select two comorbid factors common in schiz- obesity, DM,
ophrenic patients substance use
disorders, complex
partial epilepsy, cardio-
vascular disease, HIV,
COPD
6. Select the medical condition that occurs less rheumatoid arthritis
frequently in schizophrenic patients than in
the general population
7. Select the percentage of remission that re- p. 354 Approximately
60% sults from correct antipsychotic drug therapy will improve to the
extent
of schizophrenic patients that they will achieve re-
A. 15 mission or only mild symp-
B. 30 toms
C. 45
D. 70
8. Select the most distinguishing feature in the worsening after each re-
course and prognosis of schizophrenia lapse
9. Select the two behaviors of schizophrenic p.339 little impulse con-
pa- tients that occur more frequently than in trol, decreased social
the general population. sen- sitivity, impulsive
behavior, suicide, violent
behavior
Select the characteristic that is greater in Social withdrawal p. 349
10. childhood than adult onset schizophrenia typically quiet introverted,
no close friends, may
have sudden onset of
ocd
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11. Select the most reliable method to make a a patient's history is es-
diagnosis of schizophrenia sential for the diagno-
sis of schizophrenia;
clin- icians cannot
diagnose schizophrenia
simply by results of a
mental status
examination, which may
vary.
12. Select the dysfunction that is common to 50% Various studies have re-
to 85% of schizophrenic patients. ported abnormal eye
movements in 50 to 85
percent of patients with
schizophrenia compared
with about 25 percent in
psychiatric patients with-
out schizophrenia and
fewer than 10 percent in
nonpsychiatrically ill con-
trol participant. p. 359
13. Select two of the "Four A's" symptoms of the four As: associations,
schizophrenia described by Bleuler affect, autism, and am-
A. bivalence autism B. ambivalenceC.
anhedonia
D. abstract
14. Select the age range for 90% of patients treat- p. 358 90% of patients in
ed for schizophrenia treatment for schizophre- nia are between 15 and
55 years old. (peak age of on- set10- 25)women. Late onset refers - 25
to 35, men to over 45. cannabis raises risk by 40%