Unit 3&4 (Exam 2) NUR 1520|168
Questions with Correct Answers,.
4 Phases of Schizophrenia - Correct answer1) Premorbid Phase (before the
disease=0 symptoms, or may be subtle like being bad at school [children and
adolescence])
2) Prodromal Phase (social withdrawal, Issues with day to day living, less than five
years, happens to 80-90% diagnosed with schizo)
3) Schizophrenia (+/- symptoms, full diagnosis has to last 6 months or go back for more
treatment within 6 months)
4) Residual Phase (no more positive symptoms, negative only)
Possible causes of schizophrenia - Correct answer-Genetics (if 1 parent has it
18% the child will, if 2 parents have it 50% chance the child will)
-Biochemical dysfunction (brain has enlarged ventricles)
-Brain structure abnormality (closed head injury can trigger)
-Virus in utero
-poor maternal nutrition during pregancy
Prognosis of schizophrenia - Correct answer1/3 of the population that has
schizophrenia will receive treatment via medication and therapy and can function
normally.
1/3 of population will relapse (from stop taking medications, or from efficacy decreasing)
1/3 of population will remain severely handicapped
Cost of schizophrenia (yearly) - Correct answer$33 billion (direct and indirect)
% of the population diagnosed with schizophrenia - Correct answer1% (all
races and socioeconomic status')
What % of people diagnosed with schizophrenia have a coexisting disorder? What
disorders? - Correct answer85%
substance abuse, alcohol abuse, marijuana abuse, depression, and/or anxiety
What increased neurotransmitters are associated with schizophrenia? - Correct
answerincreased dopamine (causing delusions and hallucinations) and increased
serotonin
What is the life expectancy of a schizophrenic? - Correct answer60 years old
,What is schizophrenia? - Correct answerA thought disorder
What action do medications take to help control symptoms of schizophrenia? -
Correct answerthey block dopamine receptors
What is schizophreniform? - Correct answer1st episode (6 months)
What do we worry about for people with schizophrenia? - Correct answer-
suicide (1/3 of population will attempt)
-jail
-HIV
-substance abuse
-depression
-anxiety
What to assess for in a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia: - Correct
answer-thought and perceptual disturbances
-affective disturbances
-behavioral and body disturbances
-neurocognitive disturbances
Magical thinking - Correct answer"I wished it would happen, so it did"
childish
Loose associations - Correct answerthoughts do not connect, they dont flow
(thoughts mixed up)
circumstantiality - Correct answertalking in circles, but eventually answer the
question
tangentialitty - Correct answeroff on a tangent, but does not ever get to
answering the question
thought blocking - Correct answerforgetting what you were thinking mid
sentence.
Interruption of the train of speech before a thought or idea has been completed, after a
period of silence, which may last seconds to minutes, the person indications that they
cannnot recall what they have been saying or were trying to say. Not the same as
temporarily forgetting a word or name
, poverty of thought - Correct answernothing going on in the mind (empty
headed)
delusions - Correct answer-paranoid (the FBI is after them)
-religious (I am god)
-jealously (their being cheated on)
-grandeur (i have super powers)
-somatic (i have no stomach)
-nihilistic (theme of death or non-existence:you are dead inside, believing you are being
controlled, i.e. your thoughts, impulses, or actions are not your own, but instead being
controlled by another force))
ideas of reference - Correct answerHave a theme that events, objects, or
people in the immediate environment have a particular and unusual meaning specific to
them (sees someone whispering and the assume its about them, even though they cant
hear)
thought insertion - Correct answersomeone is putting those thoughts in their
brain
thought broadcasting - Correct answersomeone can read their mind
thought withdrawl - Correct answersomeone is taking the thoughts out of their
brain
hallucinations - Correct answer-auditory
-visiual
-olfactory
-guastory
-kinestetic
(based on something that is not there- no external stimulus)
illuesions - Correct answerbased on misconception, seeing a distorted object
(can be shown the truth, and talked out of it)
echolalia - Correct answerrepeating your words
echopraxia - Correct answercoping your actions
neologists - Correct answermaking up words that only they know
Questions with Correct Answers,.
4 Phases of Schizophrenia - Correct answer1) Premorbid Phase (before the
disease=0 symptoms, or may be subtle like being bad at school [children and
adolescence])
2) Prodromal Phase (social withdrawal, Issues with day to day living, less than five
years, happens to 80-90% diagnosed with schizo)
3) Schizophrenia (+/- symptoms, full diagnosis has to last 6 months or go back for more
treatment within 6 months)
4) Residual Phase (no more positive symptoms, negative only)
Possible causes of schizophrenia - Correct answer-Genetics (if 1 parent has it
18% the child will, if 2 parents have it 50% chance the child will)
-Biochemical dysfunction (brain has enlarged ventricles)
-Brain structure abnormality (closed head injury can trigger)
-Virus in utero
-poor maternal nutrition during pregancy
Prognosis of schizophrenia - Correct answer1/3 of the population that has
schizophrenia will receive treatment via medication and therapy and can function
normally.
1/3 of population will relapse (from stop taking medications, or from efficacy decreasing)
1/3 of population will remain severely handicapped
Cost of schizophrenia (yearly) - Correct answer$33 billion (direct and indirect)
% of the population diagnosed with schizophrenia - Correct answer1% (all
races and socioeconomic status')
What % of people diagnosed with schizophrenia have a coexisting disorder? What
disorders? - Correct answer85%
substance abuse, alcohol abuse, marijuana abuse, depression, and/or anxiety
What increased neurotransmitters are associated with schizophrenia? - Correct
answerincreased dopamine (causing delusions and hallucinations) and increased
serotonin
What is the life expectancy of a schizophrenic? - Correct answer60 years old
,What is schizophrenia? - Correct answerA thought disorder
What action do medications take to help control symptoms of schizophrenia? -
Correct answerthey block dopamine receptors
What is schizophreniform? - Correct answer1st episode (6 months)
What do we worry about for people with schizophrenia? - Correct answer-
suicide (1/3 of population will attempt)
-jail
-HIV
-substance abuse
-depression
-anxiety
What to assess for in a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia: - Correct
answer-thought and perceptual disturbances
-affective disturbances
-behavioral and body disturbances
-neurocognitive disturbances
Magical thinking - Correct answer"I wished it would happen, so it did"
childish
Loose associations - Correct answerthoughts do not connect, they dont flow
(thoughts mixed up)
circumstantiality - Correct answertalking in circles, but eventually answer the
question
tangentialitty - Correct answeroff on a tangent, but does not ever get to
answering the question
thought blocking - Correct answerforgetting what you were thinking mid
sentence.
Interruption of the train of speech before a thought or idea has been completed, after a
period of silence, which may last seconds to minutes, the person indications that they
cannnot recall what they have been saying or were trying to say. Not the same as
temporarily forgetting a word or name
, poverty of thought - Correct answernothing going on in the mind (empty
headed)
delusions - Correct answer-paranoid (the FBI is after them)
-religious (I am god)
-jealously (their being cheated on)
-grandeur (i have super powers)
-somatic (i have no stomach)
-nihilistic (theme of death or non-existence:you are dead inside, believing you are being
controlled, i.e. your thoughts, impulses, or actions are not your own, but instead being
controlled by another force))
ideas of reference - Correct answerHave a theme that events, objects, or
people in the immediate environment have a particular and unusual meaning specific to
them (sees someone whispering and the assume its about them, even though they cant
hear)
thought insertion - Correct answersomeone is putting those thoughts in their
brain
thought broadcasting - Correct answersomeone can read their mind
thought withdrawl - Correct answersomeone is taking the thoughts out of their
brain
hallucinations - Correct answer-auditory
-visiual
-olfactory
-guastory
-kinestetic
(based on something that is not there- no external stimulus)
illuesions - Correct answerbased on misconception, seeing a distorted object
(can be shown the truth, and talked out of it)
echolalia - Correct answerrepeating your words
echopraxia - Correct answercoping your actions
neologists - Correct answermaking up words that only they know
