Psychosis

Question 1

What are the 5 main symptoms that will define if a person has psychosis?

Answer 1

delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thoughts, abnormal motor behavior, and negative symptoms (anhedonia, alogia, blunting)

Question 2

“I like to dance; my feet are wet.” is an example of

Answer 2

loose associations

Question 3

I wrote the boat overload showed my goat float tote.” “He rained the train brain strain gain the crane.” is an example of

Answer 3

clang association

Question 4

“I would like to take a selfie.” The person is using

Answer 4

Neologism

Question 5

It’s raining cats and dogs! The person is displaying

Answer 5

Concrete Thinking

Question 6

‘Blue I rain the cat car smelly house walked ghostly food swimming’ The person is displaying

Answer 6

Word salad

Question 7

A young teen is being examined by a psychiatrist. He shows depression, poor concentration, fatigue. We can determine that the young teen is in

Answer 7

Prodromal stage of schizophenria

Question 8

A young man has been doing treatment for schizophrenia. After 6 months, he reports less and less hallucinations and delusions but he still has poor concentration and still reports to be depressed. The young man is currently in

Answer 8

The residual phase of schizophrenia