psychosis
disruptions in thoughts and perceptions leading to a disconnection from reality
-symptoms may include abnormal behaviors and sensations, including catatonic behavior
-may be acute or chronic
-Although psychosis is categorized as a psychiatric disorder, it commonly occurs as a secondar...
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psychosis - answer disruptions in thoughts and perceptions leading to a
disconnection from reality
-symptoms may include abnormal behaviors and sensations, including
catatonic behavior
-may be acute or chronic
-Although psychosis is categorized as a psychiatric disorder, it commonly
occurs as a secondary condition due to underlying endocrine, vascular,
immunologic, or metabolic problems
-Drugs, other substances, or other psychiatric conditions such as
depression or mania may also cause symptoms
Psychosis: Clinical Presentation - answer divided into several clinical
domains
-positive
• occur when clients experience things in addition to reality
• hearing voices or seeing things that are not there
-negative
• involve a loss of something
• loss of ability to experience pleasure or loss of motivation
-cognitive
• disorganization in thoughts, memories, focus, or attention
-affective
• the client's feelings and emotions
,-motor
• may include abnormalities in gait, balance, and coordination, irregular
muscle contractions, or tremors
Hallucinations: - answer perceptual experiences in the absence of external
stimuli
-Auditory
• may include command hallucinations
-Visual
-Tactile: feeling sensations in the body in the absence of stimuli
-Olfactory: smelling things that are not there
-Gustatory: tasting things that are not there
Delusions: - answer fixed false, irrational beliefs
-persecution: delusions r/t being threatened, victimized, or spied on
-reference: delusions r/t receiving personal messages from tv, radio, or
actions of others
-somatic: delusions r/t the body, including illness or the presence of
foreign objects
• may believe there are objects in their body (may think they are infested
with insects.)
-grandeur: delusions r/t beliefs of special abilities or powers
-control: delusions that actions & thoughts are controlled by others
Symptoms of Psychosis: Thought Disorder - answer impairment in the
process of thinking and difficulty organizing thoughts in a logical pattern.
-incoherent speech
-loose associations
-meaningless words
-perseveration
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