Psychotic Disorders Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass
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Psychotic Disorders Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass
The group of disorders that is characterized by severely impaired cognitive processes, personality disintegration, affective disturbances, and social withdrawal is collectively termed ____. - Answers schizophrenia spectrum disorders
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Psychotic Disorders Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass
The group of disorders that is characterized by severely impaired cognitive processes, personality
disintegration, affective disturbances, and social withdrawal is collectively termed ____. - Answers
schizophrenia spectrum disorders
Professor Brewer says, "Schizophrenia spectrum disorders is a group of disabling disorders that
frequently require hospitalization at enormous financial and psychological cost to patients, their
families, and their friends. The lifetime prevalence in the United States is about five percent. It
significantly affects more males than females. Because its causes are clearly understood, effective
treatments have been developed." Which part of Professor Brewer's statement is accurate? - Answers
The disorders are disabling and frequently require hospitalization at enormous financial and
psychological cost to patients, their families, and their friends.
Cassie's therapist diagnosed her with "brief psychotic disorder." We can assume that for Cassie, a
psychological stressor ____. - Answers often precedes the onset
Which model views schizophrenia as a chronic medical condition that strives for a substantial return of
function? - Answers the recovery model
Which statement about schizophrenia is accurate? - Answers The causes of schizophrenia are not well
understood.
Which statement about the DSM-5's criteria for diagnosing schizophrenia is accurate? - Answers A
diagnosis requires deterioration in functioning from a previous level within the previous six months.
Which symptom is a primary characteristic of schizophrenia? - Answers marked disturbances in thinking
Schizophrenia has four categories of symptoms. They include positive symptoms, negative symptoms,
cognitive symptoms, and ___. - Answers psychomotor abnormalities
Mason hears voices and believes he is Napoleon. Jason shows no emotions, even in Mason hears voices
and believes he is Napoleon. Jason shows no emotions, even in - Answers positive; negative
Dominic tells you that he is married to Jennifer Lopez and that together, they rule the world. Vincent
tells you that all the other patients and the staff are talking about his case and what to do about him.
Dominic suffers from delusions of ____, whereas Vincent suffers from delusions of ____. - Answers
grandeur; reference
"My father poisons my food, and my mother has hired a hit man to shoot me. My boss is plotting to
humiliate me, and my neighbor spies on me." These comments illustrate the schizophrenic symptom
known as ____. - Answers delusions of persecution
Patrick says, "I'm afraid to go to my in-laws' house because I hate them. Whenever I go there, they can
hear whenever I think how much I hate them and that I think they should clean their house." What
schizophrenic symptom is Patrick displaying? - Answers thought broadcasting
, Angela hears voices that tell her to commit suicide. She also tends to use many neologisms when she
speaks and believes that the FBI is spying on her. Which statement regarding Angela is accurate? -
Answers Angela exhibits positive symptoms of schizophrenia.
Persecutory delusions respond to perceived threats with safety behaviors that prevent ____ from
helping. - Answers disconfirmatory evidence
A false belief that is firmly and consistently held despite contradictory evidence or logic is a ____. -
Answers delusion
Polly thinks that her father and mother have been replaced by two people who are simply acting as her
father and mother. She believes that someone found people who look exactly like her parents and
exchanged them. Polly's delusion is rare and is called ____. - Answers Capgras's syndrome
A clinical psychologist is interested in minimizing the delusions in a patient with schizophrenia. A
method for doing this involves ____. - Answers weakening and then directly challenging the delusions
Eldon's delusions frighten him and cause him to become angry. It is likely that ____. - Answers some of
his delusions seem plausible and others are extremely bizarre
Tuyet-Hoa hears voices in her head. These voices often tell her that she is a bad person and does not
deserve to live. Tuyet-Hoa suffers from ____. - Answers auditory hallucinations
Sensory perceptions that are not directly attributable to environmental stimuli are called ____. -
Answers hallucinations
Which statement about schizophrenic hallucinations is accurate? - Answers Hallucinations usually
appear to be real to the person suffering from schizophrenia.
Rudolph is experiencing the most common form of hallucination found in schizophrenia. He ____. -
Answers he is hearing voices no one else can hear
Which statement about auditory hallucinations is accurate? - Answers They are the most common form
of hallucinations.
A patient with auditory hallucinations will experience the least distress when the voices are ____. -
Answers malicous
The most commonly reported experience for individuals who have auditory hallucinations is that ____. -
Answers they have back-and-forth conversations with the voices
Current research addressing the question of whether psychotic symptoms should be challenged
suggests that ____. - Answers the therapist assess the patient's openness to confronting information
before challenging the patient's beliefs
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