A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia says, Contagious bacteria ...

[K@]

A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia says, Contagious bacteria are everywhere. When they get in your body, you will be locked up with other infected people. Which problem is evident?
 
  a. Poverty of content
  b. Concrete thinking
  c. Neologisms
  d. Paranoia

Question 2

The nurse assesses a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia. Which assessment finding would the nurse regard as a negative symptom of schizophrenia?
 
  a. Auditory hallucinations
  b. Delusions of grandeur
  c. Poor personal hygiene
  d. Psychomotor agitation

[aburgess]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
The patient's unrealistic fear of harm indicates paranoia. Neologisms are invented words. Concrete thinking involves literal interpretation. Poverty of content refers to an inadequate fund of information.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Negative symptoms include apathy, anhedonia, poor social functioning, and poverty of thought. Poor personal hygiene is an example of poor social functioning. The distracters are positive symptoms of schizophrenia. See relationship to audience response question.

[K@]

Excellent

[upturnedfurball]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it