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The wife of a patient with schizophrenia is worried about her 17-year-old daughter and asks the nurse what symptoms mark the prodromal stage of schizophrenia. The nurse should respond by listing behaviors such as:
 
  a. withdrawal, poor concentration, phobic or obsessive behavior, oddities of speech.
  b. auditory hallucinations, ideas of reference, thought insertion, and broadcasting.
  c. stereotyped behavior, echopraxia, echolalia, waxy flexibility, thought-blocking.
  d. looseness of associations, concrete thinking, echolalia, paranoid delusions.

Question 2

When the adolescent client is asked about the magazine she is reading, she responds, It's an article about my favorite movie star. Did you see all the stars out last night? I used to be afraid of the dark at night.
 
   Which speech pattern is this an example of? a. Echolalia
  b. Flight of ideas
  c. Loose association
  d. Neologism


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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Prodromal symptoms of schizophrenia are those that are present before the development of florid symptoms and can be subtle and nonspecific. They include social withdrawal, reduced concentration, phobic or obsessive behavior, oddities of speech or thinking, and decreased functioning in school or other roles. The other options each list the positive symptoms of schizophrenia that might be apparent during the later stage of the illness.

Answer to Question 2

C
Loose association is a pattern in which the speaker shifts between loosely related topics such as movie star, stars in the sky at night, and darkness at night.


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