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Garrulous

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The nurse caring for a patient with schizophrenia recognizes which symptoms as characteristic of formal thought disorder? Select all that apply.
 
  1. Echolalia
  2. Asterognosis
  3. Circumstantiality
  4. Cognitive constancy
  5. Loose associations

Question 2

A patient tells the nurse, I refuse to take quetiapine (Seroquel) because it is manufactured by terrorists. If I take it, I'll die. The nurse recognizes the patient's statement as indicative of what symptoms commonly seen in schizophrenia?
 
  1. Alogia
  2. Delusion
  3. Ambivalence
  4. Avolition


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

Answer: 3, 5
Explanation: Symptoms of formal thought disorder include loose associations, tangentiality, incoherence (word salad, neologism), illogicality, circumstantiality, pressured/distractible speech, and poverty of speech. Echolalia is a motor symptom of SSD; asterognosis is a neurologic symptom of SSD; and cognitive constancy is a milestone of adjustment post-psychosis.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 2
Explanation: The patient's statement is an example of the positive symptom of schizophrenia called delusion, which is a mistaken or false fixed belief about the self or the environment. The patient's statement is not an example of ambivalence, which is defined as concurrent conflicting emotions, thoughts, or actions toward a person, object, or concept. It is also not an example of the tendency to use few words when speaking, called alogia, or of a lack of motivation, called avolition.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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:D TYSM

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