Exam 2: NU 664C NU664C Latest

Exam 2: NU 664C / NU664C (Latest

Update 2025 / 2026) Family Psychiatric Mental Health I | Questions & Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct (Verified Answers) - Regis

Question:

how is disorganized thinking assessed?

Answer:

by speech patterns of clients I.e. tangential, circumstantial, word salad, loose association

Question:

what is the cause of positive symptoms of schizophrenia?

Answer:

excessive dopamine in mesolimbic pathway

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Question:

what is the cause of negative symptoms of schizophrenia?

Answer:

decreased dopamine in mesocortical pathway

Question:

routine monitoring for schizophrenia pts on AS meds

Answer:

A1C lipid profile BMI CBC height/weight

Question:

brief psychotic disorder duration

Answer:

at least 1 day but less than 1 month

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Question:

"placeholder" schizophrenia diagnosis

Answer:

schizophreniform d/o

• mo but less than 6 mo

Question:

WIRED 'N MIRED

Answer:

Catatonia pneumonic waxy flexibility immobility/stupor refusal to eat/drink excitement deadpan staring negativism mutism impulsivity rigidity echolalia/echopraxia direct observation

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Question:

catatonia treatment

Answer:

amantadine or BZDs

Question:

schizoaffective d/o criteria

Answer:

major mood episode concurrent w/ criterion A of schizophrenia delusions/hallucinations for 2 weeks or more in absence of mood episode tx with AS

Question:

schizophrenia onset age men vs women

Answer:

men 18-25 women 25-30s

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