NUR 326 EXAM 2 PREP UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
DSM-5 defines psychosis as abnormalities in five Delusions
symptomatic domains: Hallucinations
Disorganized thought
Disorganized or abnormal motor behavior
Negative symptoms
Primary psychosis is... Psychiatric illness that can manifest psychotic symptoms of episodes (acute
episodes of BP1, MDD)
-Symptoms from commodities rather than personality disorder
Secondary Psychosis -Toxic psychosis (delirium)
-Dementia
-Medical illness
-Toxins, drugs and medications
Delusion definition Fixed beliefs that are not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence
Hallucinations definition Perception-like experiences that occur without an external stimulus
Disorganized thinking definition Most commonly inferred from speech, defined by derailment, loose
associations, tangentiality, and incoherence
Disorganized/abnormal motor behavior definition markedly abnormal behavior ranging from agitation to catatonia that is
commonly situationally incongruent
Negative symptoms in psychosis definition alogia, affective blunting, asociality, anhedonia, and avolition
alogia definition short or monosyllable answers to questions
avoids communication
uses few words
Avolition definition Emotional withdrawal
apathy
poor grooming and hygiene
decreased involvement with work/school
Pharmacotherapy-related physiologic sequelae of -Extrapyramidal side effects
psychosis and treatment -Hyperglycemia
-Dyslipidemia
-HTN
-Hepatotoxicity
-Immune compromise
-Lens opacities (cataracts)
CORRECT Answers
DSM-5 defines psychosis as abnormalities in five Delusions
symptomatic domains: Hallucinations
Disorganized thought
Disorganized or abnormal motor behavior
Negative symptoms
Primary psychosis is... Psychiatric illness that can manifest psychotic symptoms of episodes (acute
episodes of BP1, MDD)
-Symptoms from commodities rather than personality disorder
Secondary Psychosis -Toxic psychosis (delirium)
-Dementia
-Medical illness
-Toxins, drugs and medications
Delusion definition Fixed beliefs that are not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence
Hallucinations definition Perception-like experiences that occur without an external stimulus
Disorganized thinking definition Most commonly inferred from speech, defined by derailment, loose
associations, tangentiality, and incoherence
Disorganized/abnormal motor behavior definition markedly abnormal behavior ranging from agitation to catatonia that is
commonly situationally incongruent
Negative symptoms in psychosis definition alogia, affective blunting, asociality, anhedonia, and avolition
alogia definition short or monosyllable answers to questions
avoids communication
uses few words
Avolition definition Emotional withdrawal
apathy
poor grooming and hygiene
decreased involvement with work/school
Pharmacotherapy-related physiologic sequelae of -Extrapyramidal side effects
psychosis and treatment -Hyperglycemia
-Dyslipidemia
-HTN
-Hepatotoxicity
-Immune compromise
-Lens opacities (cataracts)
