Ch 13-14 Psychosis - Memory and Cognition Flashcards
T/F
Psychosis is a common experience for those mental illness.
F - psychosis is not common
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Much of the research on mental health started with studying psychosis.
T
It is reported that many individuals in this unfortunate setting have experienced psychoses.
unhoused
Being in some way out of contact with reality.
Psychosis
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Psychosis is near the bottom of the safety hierarchy as it is not terribly common.
F - it is at the top
The following are categories of what mental condition?
Hallucinations
Delusions
Disorganized speech
Disorganized behavior
Negative Symptoms
Psychosis
T/F
Counselors should be cautious to diagnose psychosis because it is considered high-risk and comes with high stakes implications.
T
_____ is a category of psychosis focused on thoughts where the individual believes something to be true that is not and they cannot be convinced otherwise.
Delusions
____ are a category of psychosis affecting the senses where there is an absence of external simulations or the individual perceives sensory input.
Hallucinations
In this category of psychosis, (positive/ negative) symptoms indicate the absence of something that most nonpsychotic people have.
Negative- ex: range of affect – blunted or flattened
Disorganized ____ is a category of psychosis where a person’s mental associations are governed by puns, rhymes, or other rules unclear to an outside observer rather than logic.
Speech
Disorganized _____ is a category of psychosis where a person’s actions do not appear directed toward a goal; actions may be described as arbitrary, bizarre, or chaotic.
Behaviors
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Any episode of psychosis warrants a diagnosis.
True
Diagnosis of psychosis requires ___ of the 5 categories below:
1. Hallucinations
2. Delusions
3. Disorganized Speech
4. Disorganized behavior
5. Negative symptoms
1
Diagnosis of schizophrenia requires ___ of the 5 categories below including at least 1, 2, or 3.
1. Hallucinations
2. Delusions
3. Disorganized Speech
4. Disorganized behavior
5. Negative symptoms
2
This chronic brain disorder can be characterized by episodes in which the person is unable to distinguish between real and unreal experiences. Symptoms can include delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, trouble with thinking and lack of motivation.
Schizophrenia
The most common subtype of schizophrenia is ______. patients do no t fit into the categories of disorganized, catatonic, or paranoid.
Undifferentiated
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Schizophrenia typically develops in childhood more than adolescence/ young adults.
F - typically diagnosed in young adult/ adolescent
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Subtypes of schizophrenia are a a key predicter of trajectory of the disorder because subtypes do not change over time.
F
This disorder resembles schizophrenia and can be used as a provisional diagnosis due to its lower-stakes and earlier timeline of 1 -6 months.
Schizophreniform
T/F
The prognosis for schizophreniform is dependent on how early treatment begins.
T
T/F
It is fair to say that in a diagnosis of schizophreniform the number of characteristics of psychosis present predicts likeliness of recovery.
T - more symptoms = less likely to recover
T/F
Many physical illnesses cause psychotic symptoms.
T
Clues of this type of psychosis include sudden onset, onset at old age, existence of a prior medical condition, confusion, physical symptoms, fever, etc.
Organic Psychoses
T/F
People with psychotic disorders have an increase likeliness of substance use, particularly nicotine, alcohol, cocaine, and marijuana.
T
T/F
It is uncommon for individuals with psychotic disorders to have an additional diagnosis.
F
This disorder is a blend of a mood disorder with a psychotic disorder (schizophrenia); substantial period of mood problems accompanied by psychosis.
Schizoaffective Disorder
A key element of diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder is the ______ if mood symptoms and psychotic symptoms.
Timeline
Individuals with this psychotic disorder experience only delusions, not hallucinations or other features of psychosis.
Delusional Disorder
This disorder consists of the following types
1. Persecutory - patient is somehow being cheated, followed, slandered, drugged, etc.
2. Erotomanic
3. Grandiose
4. Jealous
Delusional Disorder
This disorder is the most commonly diagnosed of the psychotic disorder.
Schizophrenia
Key features of this personality disorder include behaviors or appearance that are eccentric to the point of noticeably out of social norms. Speech is typically circular, vague, or poetic. Suspicion or paranoia is often seen in regard to relationships. Affect is often constricted or incongruent.
Schizotypal Disorder
This psychotic disorder is a phenomenon where the individual is not psychotic, but buy into the psychotic symptoms of another person.
Shared Psychotic Disorder
Derealization/ Depersonalization is a type of dissociation where the individual has experiences of unreality detachment, or being an outside observer with respect to one’s thoughts, feelings, sensations, body, or actions.
Depersonalization
Depersonalization/ Derealization is a type of dissociation where the individual has experiences of unreality or detachment with respect to surroundings and environment.
Derealization
____ is a break in connection between mental processes that are normally found together temporary loss of memory that will recover within a period days or weeks.
Dissociation
____ is a cognitive disorder characterized as forgetful or a loss of memory and exists within multiple cognitive disorders.
Amnesia
T/F
Dissociation is considered normal behavior.
T
This natural cognitive problem is related to normal aging, not a diagnosis.
Age-related Cognitive Decline (ARCD)
T/F
It is recommended to seek a neurological exam if delirium or dementia.
T
Features of Delirium/ Dementia include wandering attention, fluctuating awareness, visual hallucinations, and rapid mood change.
Delirium
T/F
Using scales can be helpful for judging impairment over time.
T
Delirium/ Dementia typically develops later in life and is a deterioration rather than relatively fixed, lifelong incapacity.
Dementia
T/F
A good way to describe mild neurocognitive disorder is lesser than major neurocognitive disorder, but more severe than ASRD.
T
T/F
It is important to observe a client multiple times to determine cognitive disorders.
T
____ is defined as he processes we use to involve all of our perception and sensations in planning.
Cognition
The following are known as the _____ domains.
1. Complex attention
2. Executive function
3. Learning and memory
4. Language
5. Perceptual-motor
6. Social cognition
Neurocognitive
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Disturbances in process of thinking is most often related to a cognitive disorder.
T
