Thought & Speech Disturbances
This speech disturbance involves making up new, fake words that only the speaker understands.
What is neologism?
This generation of antipsychotics is most effective for positive symptoms only.
👉 What are typical (1st generation) antipsychotics?
Excessive pacing and restlessness is called…
👉 What is psychomotor agitation?
Flat affect and avolition are examples of what type of symptoms?
👉 What are negative symptoms?
This personality disorder features black-and-white thinking and fear of abandonment.
👉 What is borderline personality disorder?
The term for jumping from one topic to another without logical connection.
👉 What is looseness of association?
Name a common side effect of atypical antipsychotics.
👉 What is weight gain, hyperglycemia, or metabolic syndrome?
⚠️ What physical risk is associated with posturing and waxy flexibility?
👉 What is immobility-related issues like cramps, edema, or risk for falls?
Hallucinations and delusions fall under which symptom category?
👉 What are positive symptoms?
This disorder is marked by lack of empathy, rule-breaking, and disregard for others.
👉 What is antisocial personality disorder?
A patient responds with long, unrelated information before finally answering your question. What is this called?
👉 What is circumstantiality?
Which long-acting injectable antipsychotic is given every 2 weeks and improves compliance?👉
What is Risperdal Consta?
Which symptom involves remaining in the exact position another person places you in?
👉 What is waxy flexibility?
Which symptom describes reduced speech and minimal content?
👉 What is alogia? (negative symptom)
What are two key nursing interventions for borderline personality disorder?
👉 What are consistency across staff and suicide precautions?
You ask a patient how they are, and they simply repeat your question back to you. Name this symptom.
👉 What is echolalia?
Why is Clozaril considered a last-resort medication, and what lab must be monitored?
👉 What is the risk of agranulocytosis; monitor WBC count?
You suspect the patient is paranoid and fears food is poisoned. What nursing action helps maintain nutritional intake?
👉 What is offering sealed, self-opening meals like kosher food?
Why do negative symptoms pose a challenge for long-term functioning?
👉 What is they impair ADLs, motivation, decision-making, and social interaction?
A patient repeatedly praises and insults different staff members. What defense mechanism are they using?
👉 What is splitting?
Describe the difference between tangentiality and circumstantiality.
👉 What is: Tangentiality never answers the question, while circumstantiality eventually gets to the point after unrelated details?
Name one EPS symptom and explain why it is more common in typical antipsychotics.
👉 What is dystonia, tremor, or rigidity due to dopamine blockade in the nigrostriatal pathway?
When assisting a schizophrenic patient with poor ADLs due to negative symptoms, what approach encourages independence without fostering dependence?
👉 What is handing them a spoon instead of feeding them?
Differentiate between positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia, and give one example of each.
👉 What is: Positive symptoms are added behaviors like hallucinations; negative symptoms are deficits like anhedonia?
Compare how nursing care differs between borderline and antisocial personality disorders.
👉 What is: Borderline requires emotional support, consistency, and suicide monitoring; antisocial requires strict limits, monitoring for harm, and emotion-free boundaries?