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This is a speech pattern containing unconnected words that make no sense to the listener.
What is word salad
This medication can cause agranulocytosis.
What is clozaril (clozapine).
This is involuntary movement of the face caused by antipsychotics.
What is tardive dyskinesia
This is the term for verbal aggression.
What is hostility.
This is a condition that causes a person to believe that their thoughts can be heard or known by people around them.
What is thought broadcasting.
This is the tendency to speak little or to convey little substance of meaning (poverty of content)
What is alogia.
This syndrome is caused by antipsychotics usually in the first two weeks of therapy.
What is NMS (neuroleptic malignant syndrome).
This cluster of symptoms involve involuntary movements of the body caused by antipsychotics.
What are extrapyramidal symptoms.
This affect is a patient displaying a facial expression that is incongruent with mood or situation; often silly or giddy regardless of circumstances
What is inappropriate affect.
This is a disturbance in the thought process that causes the individual to relate excessive or irrelevant detail that results in never reaching the essential point of a conversation or the desired answer to a question.
What is tangential thinking.
This is the client’s imitation or repetition of what the nurse says.
What is echolalia.
This syndrome is caused by inadequate "washout" time between antidepressants.
What is serotonin syndrome.
These are involuntary muscle contractions that cause repetitive or twisting movements.
What is dystonia.
Most sexual assaults are committed by someone the victim knows. What is the most important role of the nurse when caring for a victim of sexual assault in an emergency setting?
What is an emotional support person giving as much control back to the victim as possible.
This occurs when someone talks quickly and erratically, jumping rapidly between ideas and thoughts.
What is flights of ideas.
These are ideas that are related to one another based on sound or rhyming rather than meaning.
What are clang associations.
A lithium level of 3 mmol/L will present with these symptoms.
What is cardiac arrhythmia, hypotension, peripheral vascular collapse, focal or generalized seizures, reduced levels of consciousness from stupor to coma, myoclonic jerks of muscle groups, and spasticity of muscles.
This is when a person makes repetitive, seemingly purposeless movements.
What is sterotypic movements or "stimming".
This is the creation of false memories in the absence of intentions of deception.
What is confabulation.
This is a delusion that occurs when a person believes that a person or entity has removed thoughts from his or her mind.
What is thought withdrawal.
This is the persistent adherence to a single idea or topic and verbal repetition of a sentence, phrase, or word, even when another person attempts to change the topic.
What is perseveration.
What is St. John's Wort
This motor behavior is an overall slowed movements.
What is psychomotor retardation.
This is a wrongful act or infringement of rights leading to civil liability.
What is a tort.
This occurs when someone is talking and suddenly stops for no clear reason. Usually when talking about something emotionally distressing.
What is thought blocking.