Question 1

Which of the following defines the erotomanic type of delusional disorder?

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A)  Believing that one is loved by an important person or celebrity
B)  Falsely believing that one's sexual partner is unfaithful
C)  Believing in one's inflated worth, identity, or special relationship
D)  Believing one is being malevolently treated in some wayE) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

Which of the following defines the jealous type of delusional disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  Believing that one is loved by an important person or celebrity
B)  Falsely believing that one's sexual partner is unfaithful
C)  Believing in one's inflated worth, identity, or special relationship
D)  Believing one is being malevolently treated in some wayE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Some patients with schizophrenia are helped to function better in the community via independent living skills programs that teach them all of the following

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A)  medication management.
B)  how to identify signs that warn of a relapse.
C)  how to maintain eye contact when interacting with others.
D)  how to help others who are mentally ill.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 4

Schizophrenia is associated with "negative symptoms" that include all of the following

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A)  an inability to initiate and persist in activities.
B)  flat affect.
C)  poverty of speech (alogia) .
D)  hallucinations and delusions.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 5

A technique that uses wire coils to repeatedly generate magnetic fields that pass through the skull to the brain is called

Accepted Answer

A)  magnetic resonance imaging.
B)  functional magnetic resonance imaging.
C)  transcranial magnetic stimulation.
D)  electroconvulsive stimulation.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 6

Which of the following defines Cotard syndrome?

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A)  A familiar person is actually a double.
B)  You are a famous or important person.
C)  People are out to get you.
D)  One is actually dead.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

A research study involving adults with schizophrenia looked at their facial expressions in home movies taken when they were children.The researchers were trying to determine if the development of schizophrenia could be predicted by facial expressions showing limited emotional reactions.This research study focused on the negative symptom called

Accepted Answer

A)  alogia.
B)  affective flattening.
C)  associative splitting.
D)  emotional effect syndrome.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 8

One of the ways of improving patient compliance with regard to taking antipsychotic medication involves the use of

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A)  injections.
B)  skin patches.
C)  pills.
D)  liquids.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

In working with schizophrenic patients,mental health professionals typically distinguish between ________ symptoms (an excess or distortion of normal behavior) and ________ symptoms (deficits in normal behavior) .

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A)  positive; negative
B)  negative; positive
C)  manic; depressive
D)  dysmorphic; dysfunctionalE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Endophenotyping refers to looking for

Accepted Answer

A)  a gene or genes that cause the symptoms or behaviors of schizophrenia.
B)  basic processes that contribute to symptoms of the disorder.
C)  basic processes that contribute to behaviors of schizophrenia.
D)  all of the aboveE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

In the 1950s,several drugs provided the first hope that schizophrenia is treatable.They were called

Accepted Answer

A)  anticonvulsants
B)  antipsychotics
C)  antibiotics
D)  neurolepticsE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 12

Which of the following is an environmental influence that seems to contribute to the development of schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Exposure to environmental infection
B)  Pregnancy complications
C)  Birth delivery complications
D)  All of the aboveE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

Results of research showing that auditory hallucinations are localized in the expressive speech area of the brain suggest that

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A)  these hallucinations are produced by the auditory nerve in the ear as well as the speech area of the brain.
B)  people who are hallucinating think the voices of other people are actually their own.
C)  a person who is hallucinating is actually listening to his/her own thoughts.
D)  these hallucinations are related to the disorganized speech that occurs in schizophrenia.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 14

Discuss the issue of patient compliance with antipsychotic drug regimens.Describe the problems caused by noncompliance and how this situation has been addressed in treatment settings.

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Question 15

Compare some major ways that schizophrenia can present (paranoid,catatonic,disorganized,undifferentiated,residual)in terms of symptoms,treatment,and prognosis.

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Paranoid-type schizophrenia is character...

Question 16

Social skills training programs for patients with schizophrenia have been

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A)  very successful.
B)  not at all successful.
C)  somewhat successful while the program is in effect.
D)  only successful when the patient is on medication.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 17

Patients with schizophrenia who take antipsychotic medications sometimes develop severe side effects such as akinesia,a Parkinsonian symptom that includes all of the following

Accepted Answer

A)  hand tremors.
B)  slowed movements.
C)  monotonous speech.D) None of the above
E) All of the above

Question 18

An ongoing research study in Finland is focusing on children of mothers with schizophrenia who were adopted into other families.To date,researchers have determined that ____ percent of these children have developed schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders.

Accepted Answer

A)  1
B)  5
C)  10
D)  25E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT recommended as a helpful addition to biological treatment for schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social skills training
B)  Family intervention
C)  High levels of expressed emotion
D)  Programs in vocational rehabilitationE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 20

In the late 1800s,the German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin made all of the following contributions to our knowledge of schizophrenia

Accepted Answer

A)  distinguished dementia praecox (schizophrenia)  from manic-depressive illness.
B)  noted that hallucinations, delusions, and negativism were symptoms of dementia praecox (schizophrenia) .
C)  combined several symptoms of insanity (catatonia, paranoia, hebephrenia)  that had usually been viewed as reflecting separate and distinct disorders.
D)  conceptualized a treatment for patients with schizophrenia that is still being used today.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Exam 12: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Which of the following is an environmental influence that seems to contribute to the development of schizophrenia?

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Which of the following defines the jealous type of delusional disorder?

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Some patients with schizophrenia are helped to function better in the community via independent living skills programs that teach them all of the following

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Schizophrenia is associated with "negative symptoms" that include all of the following

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One of the ways of improving patient compliance with regard to taking antipsychotic medication involves the use of

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Social skills training programs for patients with schizophrenia have been

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In working with schizophrenic patients,mental health professionals typically distinguish between symptoms (an excess or distortion of normal behavior) and symptoms (deficits in normal behavior) .

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In the late 1800s,the German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin made all of the following contributions to our knowledge of schizophrenia

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A technique that uses wire coils to repeatedly generate magnetic fields that pass through the skull to the brain is called

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Which of the following is NOT recommended as a helpful addition to biological treatment for schizophrenia?

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Patients with schizophrenia who take antipsychotic medications sometimes develop severe side effects such as akinesia,a Parkinsonian symptom that includes all of the following

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An ongoing research study in Finland is focusing on children of mothers with schizophrenia who were adopted into other families.To date,researchers have determined that ____ percent of these children have developed schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders.

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In the 1950s,several drugs provided the first hope that schizophrenia is treatable.They were called

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Which of the following defines Cotard syndrome?

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Compare some major ways that schizophrenia can present (paranoid,catatonic,disorganized,undifferentiated,residual)in terms of symptoms,treatment,and prognosis.

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Which of the following defines the erotomanic type of delusional disorder?

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Results of research showing that auditory hallucinations are localized in the expressive speech area of the brain suggest that

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