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Exam 2: NU 664C / NU664C (
Update 2025 / 2026) Family Psychiatric Mental Health I Questions & Answers ( 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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