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GPSTC CIT Exam Questions And Answers
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GA CIT Vision - Answer✔A Georgia where people with mental illnesses and other behavioral
health disorders are treated, not incarcerated.
GA CIT Mission - Answer✔To equip Georgia CIT officers with the skills to assist people with
mental illnesses and other behavioral health disorders in crisis, thereby advancing public safety
and reducing stigma.
Three way partnership - Answer✔Public safety
Community providers
Family/Advocacy groups
the role of advocacy groups - Answer✔recovery
the role of community service members - Answer✔reduce stigma
Schizophrenia - Answer✔One the most highly stigmatized conditions.
Schizophrenia is one of the most top 10 disabling conditions in the world due to: -
Answer✔Problems in work, relationships, education, and self care. 60-70% do not marry.
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Psychosis is - Answer✔a form of mental illness, a syndrome, commonly present in
schizophrenia.
Psychosis is not - Answer✔multiple or split personality, caused by poor parenting, usually not a
threat, and are not completely disabled.
Positive symptoms - Answer✔Hearing voices. False beliefs (delusions). Paranoia
Negative symptoms - Answer✔Expressing emotion less. Emotional withdrawal. Low or no
energy/motivation. Problems with grooming and hygiene.
Symptoms of schizophrenia - Answer✔Hostility/Aggression. Disorganized symptoms. Impaired
insight.
Symptoms of hostility - Answer✔Irritability. Agitation. Threatening behavior.
Disorganized symptoms - Answer✔Thinking, acting, talking in ways that don't make sense. Use
of unrelated words or words without meaning. Speech moves quickly through multiple topics.
Behavior may be bizarre.
Onset of schizophrenia - Answer✔Symptoms usually first appear in late teens to mid 30s
Diagnosing schizophrenia requires two of the following at least 1 month - Answer✔Delusions.
Hallucinations. Disorganized speech. Disorganized or catatonic behavior. Negative symptoms.
Course of schizophrenia - Answer✔Prodromal. Active. Recovery
Causes of schizophrenia - Answer✔Abnormalities in specific pathways in the brain. A biological
brain disease (genetics).
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GPSTC CIT Exam Questions And Answers
|Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass
GA CIT Vision - Answer✔A Georgia where people with mental illnesses and other behavioral
health disorders are treated, not incarcerated.
GA CIT Mission - Answer✔To equip Georgia CIT officers with the skills to assist people with
mental illnesses and other behavioral health disorders in crisis, thereby advancing public safety
and reducing stigma.
Three way partnership - Answer✔Public safety
Community providers
Family/Advocacy groups
the role of advocacy groups - Answer✔recovery
the role of community service members - Answer✔reduce stigma
Schizophrenia - Answer✔One the most highly stigmatized conditions.
Schizophrenia is one of the most top 10 disabling conditions in the world due to: -
Answer✔Problems in work, relationships, education, and self care. 60-70% do not marry.
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Psychosis is - Answer✔a form of mental illness, a syndrome, commonly present in
schizophrenia.
Psychosis is not - Answer✔multiple or split personality, caused by poor parenting, usually not a
threat, and are not completely disabled.
Positive symptoms - Answer✔Hearing voices. False beliefs (delusions). Paranoia
Negative symptoms - Answer✔Expressing emotion less. Emotional withdrawal. Low or no
energy/motivation. Problems with grooming and hygiene.
Symptoms of schizophrenia - Answer✔Hostility/Aggression. Disorganized symptoms. Impaired
insight.
Symptoms of hostility - Answer✔Irritability. Agitation. Threatening behavior.
Disorganized symptoms - Answer✔Thinking, acting, talking in ways that don't make sense. Use
of unrelated words or words without meaning. Speech moves quickly through multiple topics.
Behavior may be bizarre.
Onset of schizophrenia - Answer✔Symptoms usually first appear in late teens to mid 30s
Diagnosing schizophrenia requires two of the following at least 1 month - Answer✔Delusions.
Hallucinations. Disorganized speech. Disorganized or catatonic behavior. Negative symptoms.
Course of schizophrenia - Answer✔Prodromal. Active. Recovery
Causes of schizophrenia - Answer✔Abnormalities in specific pathways in the brain. A biological
brain disease (genetics).
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