Mental Health NU160 Exam 3
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1. Neuroleptic Ma- A serious and potentially fatal side effect with unstable vital signs, fever, confusion,
lignant Syn- muscle rigidity, tremor, and incontinence
drome
2. Type 1: Posi- Maladaptive behaviors and thoughts, ACTIONS, ACT OUT
tive Symptoms of Delusions, hallucinations, illusions, speech problems, bizarre behaviors, agitation,
Schizophrenia catatonic behavior
Too much dopamine, brain size and structure normal
Response to antipsychotics is usually good
3. Type 2: Nega- Lack of adaptive mechanisms, THOUGHTS, DON'T ACT OUT
tive Symptoms of Anergia, anhedonia, apathy, avolition, flat affect, won't speak unless spoken to
Schizophrenia Too little dopamine, decreased blood flow to brain, increased size of ventricles in
brain, decrease in size of brain
Response to antipsychotics is usually poor
4. The inability to psychosis
recognize reality,
relate to others,
and cope with
life's demands is
5. Catatonia disrupts how your brain works, disrupting how a person processes and reacts to
the world around them
6. Schizophrenia immobility or excessive activity with no purpose, odd movements, rigid posture,
Subtype: echopraxia (mimics movements of others), echolalia (echoes others' speech), may
Catatonic suffer from malnutrition, dehydration, exhaustion, prognosis is fair
7. Schizophrenia disordered thinking, speech, and behavior, unable to perform ADL's, early onset,
Subtype: prognosis is poor
Disorganized
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8. Schizophrenia organized delusions of grandeur or persecution, auditory hallucinations, high
Subtype: anxiety, suspicious, angry, can be violent or suicidal, late onset, prognosis is good
Paranoid with treatment
9. Schizophrenia at least one acute episode of schizophrenia, is free of acute psychosis but has
Subtype: symptoms of disorder, emotional changes, schizophrenia present for many years,
Residual time is limited between acute episodes, prognosis is poor
10. hallucinations false sensory inputs with no external stimuli
11. delusions fixed false ideas that are not based in reality
12. illusions false perceptions of real stimuli
13. agnosia inability to recognize familiar objects or people
14. ideas of refer- The idea that people or the media are talking about oneself
ence
15. derealization A loss of ego boundaries with an inability to tell where one's body ends and the
environment begins
16. An individual negative symptom
with schizophre-
nia that cannot
set goals
17. Agranulocytosis infection
(dangerously low
WBC) can be
caused by taking
antipsychotic
medications and
can lead to
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1. Neuroleptic Ma- A serious and potentially fatal side effect with unstable vital signs, fever, confusion,
lignant Syn- muscle rigidity, tremor, and incontinence
drome
2. Type 1: Posi- Maladaptive behaviors and thoughts, ACTIONS, ACT OUT
tive Symptoms of Delusions, hallucinations, illusions, speech problems, bizarre behaviors, agitation,
Schizophrenia catatonic behavior
Too much dopamine, brain size and structure normal
Response to antipsychotics is usually good
3. Type 2: Nega- Lack of adaptive mechanisms, THOUGHTS, DON'T ACT OUT
tive Symptoms of Anergia, anhedonia, apathy, avolition, flat affect, won't speak unless spoken to
Schizophrenia Too little dopamine, decreased blood flow to brain, increased size of ventricles in
brain, decrease in size of brain
Response to antipsychotics is usually poor
4. The inability to psychosis
recognize reality,
relate to others,
and cope with
life's demands is
5. Catatonia disrupts how your brain works, disrupting how a person processes and reacts to
the world around them
6. Schizophrenia immobility or excessive activity with no purpose, odd movements, rigid posture,
Subtype: echopraxia (mimics movements of others), echolalia (echoes others' speech), may
Catatonic suffer from malnutrition, dehydration, exhaustion, prognosis is fair
7. Schizophrenia disordered thinking, speech, and behavior, unable to perform ADL's, early onset,
Subtype: prognosis is poor
Disorganized
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8. Schizophrenia organized delusions of grandeur or persecution, auditory hallucinations, high
Subtype: anxiety, suspicious, angry, can be violent or suicidal, late onset, prognosis is good
Paranoid with treatment
9. Schizophrenia at least one acute episode of schizophrenia, is free of acute psychosis but has
Subtype: symptoms of disorder, emotional changes, schizophrenia present for many years,
Residual time is limited between acute episodes, prognosis is poor
10. hallucinations false sensory inputs with no external stimuli
11. delusions fixed false ideas that are not based in reality
12. illusions false perceptions of real stimuli
13. agnosia inability to recognize familiar objects or people
14. ideas of refer- The idea that people or the media are talking about oneself
ence
15. derealization A loss of ego boundaries with an inability to tell where one's body ends and the
environment begins
16. An individual negative symptom
with schizophre-
nia that cannot
set goals
17. Agranulocytosis infection
(dangerously low
WBC) can be
caused by taking
antipsychotic
medications and
can lead to
