The ability to think abstractly is often absent in which ...

[ts19998]

The ability to think abstractly is often absent in which diagnosis?
 
  A.
  Depression
  B.
  Anorexia nervosa
  C.
  Schizophrenia
  D.
  Sociopathic personality

Question 2

Your patient reports feeling that bugs are crawling on his skin. Which type of hallucination is this most likely an example of?
 
  A.
  Visual
  B.
  Tactile
  C.
  Paranoid
  D.
  Histrionic

[jennafosdick]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Schizophrenics are often unable to think abstractly and tend to make literal interpretations of their environment. This is not normally a characteristic of the other conditions.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Tactile hallucinations involve bizarre or unusual perceptions of something touching the skin. Responses C and D are not types of hallucinations. Visual hallucinations are false visual perceptions.

[ts19998]

Excellent

[bimper21]

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