Exam #3 Flashcards
A small cult shares the delusion that the sun is inhabited by small angry fire creatures and they are plotting to attack the Earth in 2021. The only way to save themselves is to forgo sunscreen. This is an example of:
A.) Psychosis
B.) folie à deux
C.) Schizophrenia
D.) Schizoaffective disorder
B.) folie à deux
Sherri is talking quickly about strange religious things–she is saying words but they don’t make sense together. She reports she is seeing God whenever the head nurse walks by and that the pharmacist is a “blue eyed devil.” Sherri has what category of symptoms:
A.) Positive
B.) Psychotic
C.) Antisocial
D.) Negative
A.) Positive
Sherri sits still–almost too still. She has no facial expressions and doesn’t speak. she has this category of symptoms:
A.) Delusional
B.) Psychotic
C.) Negative
D.) Positive
C.) Negative
Jacki is in the hospital for sepsis. He is experiencing hallucinations and brain fog that is impacting his speech. He is not making sense to his doctor. He does not qualify for schizophrenia primarily because:
A.) He isn’t having negative symptoms
B.) His symptoms are not enough to qualify
C.) His hallucinations aren’t visual
D.) His symptoms are a result of a medical phenomenon
D.) His symptoms are a result of a medical phenomenon
Schizoaffective disorders is the combination of symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
True or False
True
The person least likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia
A.) Someone with an identical twin with schizophrenia
B.) Has a spouse diagnosed with schizophrenia
C.) Someone with one parent who has schizophrenia
D.) Has a nephew or niece diagnosed with schizophrenia
B.) Has a spouse diagnosed with schizophrenia
Since the 1950s institutional care has improved and begun using all of the following except
A.) Milieu therapy
B.) Isolated institutionalization
C.) Token economy
B.) Isolated institutionalization
Neuroleptic drugs (or first generation anti-psychotics) are no longer used because
A.) They make people drowsy
B.) They are too sedating
C.) They have tremendous side effects
D.) They are expensive
C.) They have tremendous side effects
Extrapyramidal effects of anti-psychotic drugs refer to the side effects of
A.) Unwanted motor activity
B.) Loss of balance
C.) Attention problems
D.) Brain fog, confusion, and delay
A.) Unwanted motor activity
Seth is taking a anti-psychotic that is leaving him with extrapyramidal effects. Along with the anti-psychotic, Seth’s doctor should prescribe:
A.) Anti-Parkisonian drugs
B.) Antihistamines
C.) A first generation anti-psychotic
D.) Tardive dyskinesia
A.) Anti-Parkinsonian drugs
This began in the 1960s when we started to deinstitutionalize those with severe mental illness
A.) Family systems support
B.) Milieu therapy
C.) a community approach
D.) Preventative care
A community approach
People with this personality disorder are very critical of weakness in others
A.) borderline
B.) Paranoid
C.) Antisocial
D.) Shizoaffective
B.) Paranoid
This personality disorder has chaotic relationships with other people as a hallmark of the disorder
A.) Neurotic
B.) Schizoid
C.) Paranoid
D.) Borderline
D.) Borderline
When does a quirky personality become disordered?
A.) when they are rigid and unchanging
B.) When inner experience doesn’t match outer experience
C.) When they become characteristic
D.) When they are rigid, unchanging, and interfere with our functioning and/or cause distress
D.) When they are rigid, unchanging, and interfere with our functioning and/or cause distress
Antisocial means that you do not like being around other people
True or False
False
