ATI SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM DISODERS
AND PSYCHOSIS FINAL ACTUAL REAL EXAM
AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS|
CURRENTLY TESTING VERSION | ALREADY
GRADED A+|EXPERT VERIFIED FOR
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what else are common in conjunction with schizophrenia:
-Anxiety, depression, anger, cognitive deficiencies, disordered motor behavior, and
disturbed sleep pattern
-A person may have difficulty processing information or paying attention. It may be
challenging to perform daily activities, such as following a list of things to do at work or
remembering appointments
anosognosia definition:
-a lack of insight when someone is either unaware or cannot perceive accurately their own
mental health
-this may result in not participating in or following treatment or medication plan
-clients may display hostility or aggressive behavior and exhibit inappropriate behavior,
such as laughing in the absence of humor
depersonalization definition:
-thoughts and beliefs that they are separated from self, seems to see self from the distance
derealization definition:
-feeling like nothing is real or something is strange
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,DSM-5-TR criteria for schizophrenia: 2 or more of the following manifestations must be
present for an extended portion of time during a 1 month period; at least one of the first 3
manifestation listed must be present (listed with an * mark)
1. Delusions*
2. Hallucinations*
3. Disorganized speech*
4. Grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior
5. Negative manifestations
In addition, the level of function in one or more major areas (interpersonal relations, self-
care, work) must be impacted for a substantial period from the onset of the disturbance.
positive manifestation of psychosis: disorganized perception
-delusions
-hallucinations
positive manifestation of psychosis: disorganized thought & speech
-echolalia
-pressured speech
-tangentiality
-loose association
-incoherency (word salad)
-clanging speech
-circumstantiality
-neologism
positive manifestations of psychosis: disorganized behavior
-catatonia
-lack of impulse or control
Delusions:
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,false beliefs or ideas that create confused thought or blocking of reality
hallucinations:
experiences of hearing, seeing, smelling things that are not present
echolalia:
speech repeats or echoes what was said or heard
ex: A client repeats or mimics words or sounds heard on the TV in the community room.
pressured speech:
increased rate and amount of speech like a train getting faster with more power
tangentiality:
speech response off point and seems to go in multiple directions not connected
loose associations:
spontaneously loses focus and shifts topics or ideas that are loosely connected
incoherency (word salad):
speech lacks connection at the basic level and is "jumbled" together
clanging speech:
speech with sounds or words that rhyme rather than meaning
circumstantiality:
extensive wandering speech that eventually gets back to the topic
neologism:
making up new words or phrases
catatonia:
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, a decrease in reactivity to external stimulate resulting in either lack of movement and
severe rigidity or hyperactive unrestrictive movement
lack of impulse or control:
lack of inhibition or filters resulting in odd or uncontrolled behaviors usually inappropriate
for the situation
negative manifestations of psychosis:
-apathy
-anhedonia
-alogia
-flat affect
-self neglect
-avolition or psycho motor retardation
-reduced speech
apathy:
lack or decreased interest or attention to activities once thought important
anhedonia:
inability to find pleasure where they once may have had
alogia:
lack of language skills, often called "poverty of speech"
flat affect:
-lack of expression or emotion, blunting
self-neglect:
-decreased or lack of self-care
Avolition or psychomotor retardation
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AND PSYCHOSIS FINAL ACTUAL REAL EXAM
AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS|
CURRENTLY TESTING VERSION | ALREADY
GRADED A+|EXPERT VERIFIED FOR
GUARANTEED PASS 2026-2027
what else are common in conjunction with schizophrenia:
-Anxiety, depression, anger, cognitive deficiencies, disordered motor behavior, and
disturbed sleep pattern
-A person may have difficulty processing information or paying attention. It may be
challenging to perform daily activities, such as following a list of things to do at work or
remembering appointments
anosognosia definition:
-a lack of insight when someone is either unaware or cannot perceive accurately their own
mental health
-this may result in not participating in or following treatment or medication plan
-clients may display hostility or aggressive behavior and exhibit inappropriate behavior,
such as laughing in the absence of humor
depersonalization definition:
-thoughts and beliefs that they are separated from self, seems to see self from the distance
derealization definition:
-feeling like nothing is real or something is strange
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,DSM-5-TR criteria for schizophrenia: 2 or more of the following manifestations must be
present for an extended portion of time during a 1 month period; at least one of the first 3
manifestation listed must be present (listed with an * mark)
1. Delusions*
2. Hallucinations*
3. Disorganized speech*
4. Grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior
5. Negative manifestations
In addition, the level of function in one or more major areas (interpersonal relations, self-
care, work) must be impacted for a substantial period from the onset of the disturbance.
positive manifestation of psychosis: disorganized perception
-delusions
-hallucinations
positive manifestation of psychosis: disorganized thought & speech
-echolalia
-pressured speech
-tangentiality
-loose association
-incoherency (word salad)
-clanging speech
-circumstantiality
-neologism
positive manifestations of psychosis: disorganized behavior
-catatonia
-lack of impulse or control
Delusions:
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,false beliefs or ideas that create confused thought or blocking of reality
hallucinations:
experiences of hearing, seeing, smelling things that are not present
echolalia:
speech repeats or echoes what was said or heard
ex: A client repeats or mimics words or sounds heard on the TV in the community room.
pressured speech:
increased rate and amount of speech like a train getting faster with more power
tangentiality:
speech response off point and seems to go in multiple directions not connected
loose associations:
spontaneously loses focus and shifts topics or ideas that are loosely connected
incoherency (word salad):
speech lacks connection at the basic level and is "jumbled" together
clanging speech:
speech with sounds or words that rhyme rather than meaning
circumstantiality:
extensive wandering speech that eventually gets back to the topic
neologism:
making up new words or phrases
catatonia:
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, a decrease in reactivity to external stimulate resulting in either lack of movement and
severe rigidity or hyperactive unrestrictive movement
lack of impulse or control:
lack of inhibition or filters resulting in odd or uncontrolled behaviors usually inappropriate
for the situation
negative manifestations of psychosis:
-apathy
-anhedonia
-alogia
-flat affect
-self neglect
-avolition or psycho motor retardation
-reduced speech
apathy:
lack or decreased interest or attention to activities once thought important
anhedonia:
inability to find pleasure where they once may have had
alogia:
lack of language skills, often called "poverty of speech"
flat affect:
-lack of expression or emotion, blunting
self-neglect:
-decreased or lack of self-care
Avolition or psychomotor retardation
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