Exam 2- Schizophrenia and Dissociative Disorders

Question 1

What are types of schizophrenia?

Answer 1

• Disorganized
• Catatonic
• Paranoid
• Undifferentiated

Question 2

Incoherent, severe thought disturbances, inappropriate and silly behavior are symptoms of what types of schizophrenia?

Answer 2

Disorganized

Question 3

Stupor, excitement, waxy flexibility, mutism, withdrawal, and doing opposite of what is being said are symptoms of what type of schizophrenia?

Answer 3

Catatonic

Question 4

What type of schizophrenia can be dangerous?

Answer 4

Paranoid

Question 5

Hallucinations, delusions (persecution), strong emotions are symptoms of what type of schizophrenia?

Answer 5

Paranoid

Question 6

Mixed characteristics, and criteria of more than one type are symptoms of what type of schizophrenia?

Answer 6

Undifferentiated

Question 7

What are cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia?

Answer 7

-Impaired memory, processing of information, and executive functioning

Question 8

What is included in executive functioning?

Answer 8

• Reasoning
• Anticipation
• Planning

Question 9

When communicating with psychotic patients should you talk clearly and use short sentences, in a calm and non-threatening voice?

Answer 9

Yes

Question 10

When communicating with a psychotic patient should you be empathetic with how the person feels about their beliefs and experiences ?

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

When communicating with a psychotic patient should you validate the person’s own experience of frustration or distress, as well as the positives of their experience?

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

When communicating with a psychotic patient should you listen to the way that the person explains and understands their experiences?

Answer 12

Yes

Question 13

When communicating with a psychotic patient should you NOT state any judgements about the content of the person’s beliefs and experiences?

Answer 13

Yes

Question 14

When communicating with a psychotic patient should you NOT argue, confront or challenge someone about their beliefs and experiences?

Answer 14

Yes

Question 15

When communicating with a psychotic patient should you accept if they don’t want to talk to you, but be available if they change their mind?

Answer 15

Yes

Question 16

When communicating with a psychotic patient should you be mindful that the person may be fearful of what they are experiencing?

Answer 16

Yes

Question 17

Is it helpful to use the same language that the person with psychosis uses to describe their experiences?
(Ex: if person refers to the voice they hear as “Rodney”, you should do the same)

Answer 17

Yes

Question 18

What are positive symptoms of Schizophrenia and dissociative disorder?

Answer 18

• Delusions
• Hallucinations
• Ideas of reference
• Neologisms
• Regressive behavior
• Echolalia
• Echopraxia
• Clanging
• Pressured speech

Question 19

What is a belief or altered reality that is persistently held despite evidence or agreement to the contrary, generally in reference to a mental disorder?

Answer 19

Delusions

Question 20

A perception of having seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled something that wasn’t actually there is called what?

Answer 20

Hallucinations

Question 21

What involve a person having a belief or perception that are irrelevant, unrelated or innocuous things in the world are refereeing to them directly or have special personal significance are called what?

Answer 21

Ideas of reference or delusions of reference

Question 22

Thinking static on the phone is a wire tap is an exempt of what positive symptom in relation to schizophrenia or dissociative disorders?

Answer 22

Ideas of reference or delusions of reference

Question 23

A newly coined word or expression is known as what?

Answer 23

Neologisms

Question 24

A return to a former or less developed state refers to what?

Answer 24

Regression

Question 25

What is the unsolicited reputation of vocalizations made by another person?

Answer 25

Echolalia

Question 26

Meaningless repetition or imitation of the movements of others as a symptom of a psychiatric disorder is called what?

Answer 26

Echopraxia

Question 27

What refers to the mode of speech characterized by association of words based upon sound rather than concepts? For example, this may include compulsive rhyming or alliteration without apparent logical connection between words.

Answer 27

Clanging

Question 28

What occurs when an individual speaks at a rapid and sometimes frantic speed?

Answer 28

Pressured speech

Question 29

What are negative symptoms of schizophrenia and dissociative disorders?

Answer 29

- Anhedonia - Avolition - Asocial - Blunted affect - Apathy - Alogia - Lack of energy

Question 30

The inability to feel pleasure is called what?

Answer 30

Anhedonia

Question 31

What term is used to describe the lack of motivation or ability to do tasks or activities that have an end goals, such as paying bills or attending school function?

Answer 31

Avolition

Question 32

What refers to being not social, such s rejecting or lacking capability for social interaction; antisocial?

Answer 32

Asocial

Question 33

Patients who have difficulty in expressing their emotions, characterized by diminished facial expression, expressive gestures and vocal expressions in action to emotion provoking stimuli are experiencing what?

Answer 33

Blunted affect

Question 34

What is a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern a reference to?

Answer 34

Apathy

Question 35

In psych what is a process of poor thinking inferred from speech and language usage referred to as?

Answer 35

Alogia (short answers/not talkative)

Question 36

Fatigue which means feeling over tired, with low energy and a strong desire to sleep that interferes with normal activity is refers to as what?

Answer 36

Lack of energy

Question 37

Are the side effects of medications a challenge for patients to maintain medication regimen for schizophrenia and dissociative disorders?

Answer 37

Yes

Question 38

Is substance abuse a factor the can interfere with the treatment of schizophrenia and dissociative disorders?

Answer 38

Yes

Question 39

Is the relapse of positive symptoms a factor that can interfere with treatment of schizophrenia and dissociative disorders ?

Answer 39

Yes

Question 40

Is poor therapeutic alliance a factor that can interfere with treatment of schizophrenia and dissociative disorders?

Answer 40

Yes

Question 41

Is low socioeconomic status a factor that can interfere with the treatment of schizophrenia and dissociative disorders?

Answer 41

Yes

Question 42

Is younger age a factor that can interfere with the treatment of schizophrenia and dissociative disorders?

Answer 42

Yes

Question 43

Is poor insight a factor that can interfere with the treatment of schizophrenia and dissociative disorders?

Answer 43

Yes

Question 44

A feeling of being unreal or having lost identity, or body parts do not belong, or the body has drastically changed is what?

Answer 44

Depersonalization

Question 45

A feeling that the environment has changed is what?

Answer 45

Derealization

Question 46

Are typical and atypical antipsychotics used in the treatment of schizophrenia and dissociative disorders?

Answer 46

Yes

Question 47

Thorazine and Haldol are what type of antipsychotic medications use to treat schizophrenia or dissociative disorders?

Answer 47

Typical antipsychotics

Question 48

What types of symptoms do typical antipsychotics treat in schizophrenic or dissociative disorder patients?

Answer 48

Positive manifestations

Question 49

Can typical antipsychotics cause extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS)?

Answer 49

Yes

Question 50

Are extrapyramidal symptoms treatable with cogent and Benadryl?

Answer 50

Yes

Question 51

What extrapyramidal symptoms can occur with typical antidepressants use for schizophrenia or dissociative disorders?

Answer 51

- Akathisia (restlessness) - Dystonia (facial grimaces, exaggerated posturing of head) - Drug induced Parkinsonism

Question 52

Can tardive dyskinesia result with he use of typical antipsychotics for schizophrenia or dissociative disorder?

Answer 52

Yes

Question 53

Is tardive dyskinesia permanent as a potential result of the use of typical antipsychotics?

Answer 53

Yes

Question 54

What is tardive dyskinesia?

Answer 54

A condition affecting the nervous system

Question 55

Involuntary movements, lip smacking, or repetitive movements are symptoms of what condition that affects the nervous system?

Answer 55

Tardive Dyskinesia

Question 56

Do typical antipsychotics cause anticholinergic effects?

Answer 56

Yes

Question 57

Do atypical antipsychotics treat both positive and negative manifestations of schizophrenia and dissociative disorder?

Answer 57

Yes

Question 58

Do atypical antipsychotics cause anticholinergic effects?

Answer 58

Yes

Question 59

Do atypical antipsychotics cause weight gain?

Answer 59

Yes

Question 60

Does atypical antipscyhotics cause sedation at times?

Answer 60

Yes

Question 61

Are new atypical antipsychotic medications developed all the time?

Answer 61

Yes