Question

Morrison-Valfre: Foundations of Mental Health Care, 6th Edition

Chapter 31: Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses

Study Guide

Student Name             Date ________________________

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Identify the terms that most closely describe the behaviors characterized in the following statements:

1. __________________ Disorders marked by a loss of contact with reality

2. __________________ Lack of energy or motivation

3. __________________ Abnormal involuntary movement disorders caused by a drug-induced imbalance between two major neurotransmitters in the brain

4. __________________ False sensory inputs with no external stimulus

5. __________________ The idea that people in the media are talking about oneself

6. __________________ Inability to recognize familiar environmental objects or people

7. __________________ False perceptions of real objects or persons

8. __________________ Inability to tell where one’s body ends and the environment begins

9. __________________ Lack of ability to produce new thoughts or follow a train of thought

10. Sam is delusional. Describe his behavior.

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11. Lisa is sitting in the corner with her hand covering her mouth. She is whispering and giggling, and she appears to be deeply involved in a conversation, but no one is around. She is experiencing:

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12. A potentially fatal extrapyramidal side effect of antipsychotic medications is:

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The three major responsibilities when caring for clients who are receiving antipsychotic drug therapy are:

13. __________________________________________________________________

14. __________________________________________________________________

15. __________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

1. Schizophrenia

2.Schizoaffective disorder (schizophrenia +Depression)

3. SMDs ( spontaneous movements disorder) or dyskinetic movements often seen in patients with schizophrenia due to avdverse effect of antipsychotic medications

4.Hallucinations

5.paranoid schizophrenia

6.dissociative disorders

7.dellusion

8.schizophrenia

9.Disorganized schzophrenia

10. dellutional means the people who are affected cant tell whats real from whats imagined

* they are irritable ,angry,or low mood

*hallucinations are seen

11.lisa is experiencing schizophrenia where she feels like some one is ifront of her and they are speaking to her .... assuming that she is responding to the voice heared or these people believes that the hallucinations are real and rgeg responds , qnd even they can have disorderd or jumble thoughts so they can giggle for a while and may cry too

12.Neurleptic malignant syndrome :- which is an extrapyramidal side effects kf antipsychotic that can cause death. But there are even more side effects of these drugs including

-tremours

- slurred speech

-akathesia

- dystonia

- anxiety

- distress etc

13. Assess and look for contraindications  and wait while the patient taking medication and make sure he is taking only the prescribed amound of tables and make sure that the nurse is there until he swallows the medication . And the medication must be kept out of there reach

14.nurse should be aware of the condition that worsens if due to dopamine blocking effects and provide frequent sips of water to avoid the drying of mouth and lips

15. perform a thorough physical examination to establish baseline data before the drug therapy begins , to determine the effectiveness of the tehrapy and to evaluate for occurance of any adverse effects associated with drug therapy