EXAM PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ Misconstrues trivial events and attaches personal significance to
them, such as believing that others, who are discussing the next
meal, are talking about them
Answer: ideas of reference
◉ Feels singled out for harm by others (being hunted down by FBI)
Answer: Persecution
◉ Believes that she is all powerful and important like a god
Answer: grandeur
◉ believes that his body is changing in an unusual way, scubas
growing a third arm
Answer: somatic delusions
◉ May feel that her spouse is sexually involved with another
individual
,Answer: Jealousy
◉ Believes that a force outside his body is controlling him
Answer: being controlled
◉ believes that her thoughts are heard by others
Answer: thought broacasting
◉ believes that others thoughts are being inserted into his mind
Answer: thought insertion
◉ Believe that her thoughts have been removed form her mind by an
outside agency
Answer: thought withdrawal
◉ is obsessed with religious beliefs
Answer: religiosity
◉ The client may say sentence after sentence but each sentence may
relate to another topic and the listeniner is bale to follow the clients
thoughts
Answer: flight of ideas
,◉ Made up words that have meaning only to the client such as i
tranged and flitted.
Answer: neologisms
◉ What are the standardized screen tools for psychotic disorders
Answer: -Global assessment of functioning scale
-scale for assessment of negative symptoms
-brief psychiatric rating scale
-Brief psychiatric rating scale
-abnormal involuntary movement scale (AIMS)
◉ What antidepressants are prescribed for psychotic disorders
Answer: Paxil
-monitor for SI
-Notify for deepened depression
-Do not stop abruptly
◉ What are the anxiolytics/ bento's used for psychotic disorders?
Answer: -Ativan
-Klonopin
, -sedative effects
-need to get blood tests for ANC
-use caution in older adults
◉ What are the personality disorders in cluster A
Answer: (Odd and eccentric traits)
-Paranoid
-Schizoid
-Schizotypal
◉ Characterized by odd beliefs leading to interpersonal difficulties,
an eccentric appearance, and magical thinking or perceptual
distortions that are not clear delusions or hallucinations
Answer: schizotypal
◉ Dealing with anxiety by reaching out to others.
Ex: a nurse who lost a family member in a fire is a volunteer
firefighter
Answer: Altruism
◉ Dealing with unacceptable feelings or impulses by unconsciously
substitute acceptable forms of expression.