S & S of Schizophrenia
Delusions, illusions, hallucinations
What is positive symptoms
Repeating words or phrases that sound alike
This class of medication may be prescribed to help manage depression or anxiety symptoms in a patient with a personality disorder or schizophrenia.
What is Mood stabilizers aka SSRI?
This personality disorder is characterized by a pattern of disregard for the rights of others, manipulation, deceitfulness, and lack of remorse.
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
A breakdown in the ability to connect ideas, words, or concepts in a logical sequence and it can appear as tangential speech derailment and word salad
What is loss association or disorganized thinking?
Symptoms that mimic Parkinson's disease
What is Drug-Induced Parkinsonism
Expressing a belief that some events have special personal meaning
What is ideas of reference?
High potency antipsychotic that has decreased sedation and is considered a chemical restraint
What is haloperidol (Haldol)?
A patient demonstrates unstable relationships, intense fear of abandonment, impulsivity, and recurrent self-harming behaviors. The nurse should recognize these behaviors as characteristic of this disorder.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
Abnormality of movement and behavior arising from a disturbed mental state
What is Catatonia
Catatonia: What Is It, Signs and Symptoms, Treatment, and More | Osmosis
Anergia, anhedonia and apathy
What are negative symptoms?
Purposeless repetition of phrases
What is verbigeration
Low potency antipsychotic that has increased sedation and anticholinergic side effects used to treat schizophrenia
What is chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
A patient with this personality disorder frequently seeks admiration, exaggerates achievements, and becomes angry when criticized. When providing care, the nurse should maintain a neutral, matter-of-fact approach and consistent boundaries rather than reinforcing the patient's need for special treatment.
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
A newly coined word, phrase, or meaning that is not recognized or understood by others and is often created by the individual themselves
What is Neologism?
A sensory experience that feels real but is created by the mind without and external trigger.
What is a hallucination?
Random, jumbled set of words that have no connection or realationship to one another
What is word salad?
Antipsychotics that cause increased risks of EPS.
What are high potency antipsychotics or typical antipsychotics?
A patient tells one nurse, “You’re the only nurse here who understands me. The night nurse is horrible and doesn't care about me.” This behavior reflects a defense mechanism commonly associated with borderline personality disorder in which people are viewed as all good or all bad.
What is splitting?
Slowing of body movements and a diminished mental state.
What is bradykinesia
False perceptions because of misinterpretations of real objects.
What are illusions?
Rapid, forced speech
What is pressured speech?
Class of medication that is used to treat both positive and negative symptoms
What is atypical antipsychotics?
A hospitalized patient with borderline personality disorder tells the nurse, “If you leave to take care of your other patients, I'll hurt myself.” The nurse's priority response should address this issue before attempting to discuss manipulation, boundaries, or coping strategies.
What is assessing the patient for immediate suicide/self-harm risk and maintaining safety?
Is a drug‑induced movement disorder characterized by involuntary, repetitive muscle movements that a person cannot control, most often affecting the face, mouth, tongue, neck, trunk, arms, or legs
What is tardive dyskinesia ?