Nursing 4 - Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic
Disorders 152Questions and Verified Answers | 100%
Correct | 2024/2025Grade A+
The word schizophrenia is derived from the Greek words ? - CORRECT ANSWERS
skhizo (split)
phren (mind).
Schizophrenia is probably caused by a combination of factors, including? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Genetic predisposition
Biochemical dysfunction
Physiological factors
Psychosocial stress
Schizophrenia is often confused with what type of MH disorder? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Multiple Personality Disorder
Multiple Personality Disorder is also known as? - CORRECT ANSWERS Dissociative
Identity Disorder
Of all mental illnesses, schizophrenia probably causes more or leads to what kind of
situations? - CORRECT ANSWERS > Lengthy hospitalizations
> Chaos in family life
> Exorbitant costs to people and governments
> Fears
> Most stigmatized disorder
Schizophrenia causes disturbances in? - CORRECT ANSWERS > Thought processes
> Perception
> Affect
This is known as the "emotional" or "mood" appearance of a person? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Affect
Pattern of behavior of the patient with schizophrenia can be viewed in four phases. What are
those phases? - CORRECT ANSWERS Phase I- Premorbid Phase
Phase II- Prodromal Phase
,Nursing 4 - Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic
Disorders 152Questions and Verified Answers | 100%
Correct | 2024/2025Grade A+
Phase III- Schizophrenia
Phase IV- Residual Phase
This phase is characterized by:
> Social maladjustment
> Antagonistic thoughts and behavior
> Shy and withdrawn
> Poor peer relationships
> Doing poorly in school
> Antisocial behavior - CORRECT ANSWERS Phase I
Premorbid Phase
This phase is characterized by:
> Lasts from a few weeks to a few years
> Deterioration in role functioning and social withdrawal
> Substantial functional impairment
> Sleep disturbance, anxiety, irritability
> Depressed mood, poor concentration, fatigue
> Perceptual abnormalities, ideas of reference, and suspiciousness herald onset of psychosis
- CORRECT ANSWERS Phase II
Prodromal Phase
This phase is characterized by:
> In the active phase of the disorder, psychotic symptoms are prominent.
> Delusions
> Hallucinations
> Impairment in work, social relations, and self-care - CORRECT ANSWERS Phase III
Schizophrenia
, Nursing 4 - Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic
Disorders 152Questions and Verified Answers | 100%
Correct | 2024/2025Grade A+
This phase is characterized by:
> Symptoms similar to those of the prodromal phase.
> Flat affect and impairment in role functioning are prominent.
***They can go back to Phase II. - CORRECT ANSWERS Phase IV
Residual Phase
Phase I Premorbid Phase is characterized by? - CORRECT ANSWERS > Social
maladjustment
> Antagonistic thoughts and behavior
> Shy and withdrawn
> Poor peer relationships
> Doing poorly in school
> Antisocial behavior
Phase II Prodromal Phase is characterized by? - CORRECT ANSWERS > Lasts from a
few weeks to a few years
> Deterioration in role functioning and social withdrawal
> Substantial functional impairment
> Sleep disturbance, anxiety, irritability
> Depressed mood, poor concentration, fatigue
> Perceptual abnormalities, ideas of reference, and suspiciousness herald onset of psychosis
Phase III Schizophrenia is characterized by? - CORRECT ANSWERS In the active phase
of the disorder, psychotic symptoms are prominent.
> Delusions
> Hallucinations
> Impairment in work, social relations, and self-care
Phase IV
Residual Phase is characterized by? - CORRECT ANSWERS > Symptoms similar to
those of the prodromal phase.
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