Mental Health Quiz #2 - SET 1 Positive and Negative
Symptoms | Questions and Answers
What is the purpose of an MSE? ** Answ** To evaluate a patient's current cognitive process
The MSE is important because it aids in collecting _______ data ** Answ** objective
An _____ to psych medicine = A physical examination to general medicine ** Answ**
mental status examination (MSE)
An MSE must be performed by a psych clinician at least _______ per shift ** Answ**
ONCE
Name the 8 areas of an MSE: ** Answ** 1. Appearance
2. Behavior
3. Speech
4. Cognition
5. Affect and mood
6. Forms of thought
7. Perceptual disturbances
8. Ideas of harm (to self and others)
Schizophrenia affects about ____% of the world population ** Answ** 1
___________ and other psychotic disorders are some of the most impairing forms of
psychopathology ** Answ** Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders often manifest during ______________ in life **
Answ** transition from adolescence to adulthood
, Schizophrenia results from a complex interaction between ________________ factors. It
includes: _____(3 things) ** Answ** genetic and environmental
1. Genetic cause
2. Environmental causes
3. Abnormal brain structure
The root cause of schizophrenia is a very __________ topic ** Answ** controversial
Name the risk factors associated with schizophrenia: ** Answ** RAINPM
R - 1st degree relatives
A - Attention impairment
I - Impaired cognitive
N - Neuromotor difficulties
P - Attenuated/reduced positive symptoms
M - Memory impairment
To be diagnosed with schizophrenia, you must be ______ years or older and have the symptoms
for ______ months or over. ** Answ** 16 years or older, 6 months or over
Your 17 year old patient has been having hallucinations and suspicions but it has been for less
than 6 months. What is their diagnosis? ** Answ** Psychosis and NOS (not otherwise
specified)
Name the course of schizophrenia (3): ** Answ** 1. Continuous without temporary
improvement
2. Episodic with progressive or stable deficit
3. Episodic with complete or incomplete remission
Name the stages of schizophrenia (3): ** Answ** 1. Prodromal phase
2. Acute/Active phase
Symptoms | Questions and Answers
What is the purpose of an MSE? ** Answ** To evaluate a patient's current cognitive process
The MSE is important because it aids in collecting _______ data ** Answ** objective
An _____ to psych medicine = A physical examination to general medicine ** Answ**
mental status examination (MSE)
An MSE must be performed by a psych clinician at least _______ per shift ** Answ**
ONCE
Name the 8 areas of an MSE: ** Answ** 1. Appearance
2. Behavior
3. Speech
4. Cognition
5. Affect and mood
6. Forms of thought
7. Perceptual disturbances
8. Ideas of harm (to self and others)
Schizophrenia affects about ____% of the world population ** Answ** 1
___________ and other psychotic disorders are some of the most impairing forms of
psychopathology ** Answ** Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders often manifest during ______________ in life **
Answ** transition from adolescence to adulthood
, Schizophrenia results from a complex interaction between ________________ factors. It
includes: _____(3 things) ** Answ** genetic and environmental
1. Genetic cause
2. Environmental causes
3. Abnormal brain structure
The root cause of schizophrenia is a very __________ topic ** Answ** controversial
Name the risk factors associated with schizophrenia: ** Answ** RAINPM
R - 1st degree relatives
A - Attention impairment
I - Impaired cognitive
N - Neuromotor difficulties
P - Attenuated/reduced positive symptoms
M - Memory impairment
To be diagnosed with schizophrenia, you must be ______ years or older and have the symptoms
for ______ months or over. ** Answ** 16 years or older, 6 months or over
Your 17 year old patient has been having hallucinations and suspicions but it has been for less
than 6 months. What is their diagnosis? ** Answ** Psychosis and NOS (not otherwise
specified)
Name the course of schizophrenia (3): ** Answ** 1. Continuous without temporary
improvement
2. Episodic with progressive or stable deficit
3. Episodic with complete or incomplete remission
Name the stages of schizophrenia (3): ** Answ** 1. Prodromal phase
2. Acute/Active phase
