Discussion: Client with schizophrenia
Discussion: Client with schizophrenia
Discussion: Client with schizophrenia
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# 1.52
(1 pts.) In the textbook case, David Marshall’s belief that television commercials were specifically directed to him is referred to as a delusion of
A) persecution.
B) reference.
C) grandeur.
D) nihilism.
# 1.53
(1 pts.) Charlie, a client with schizophrenia, is being encouraged by his therapist to talk with his co-workers and ask them about their personal lives in hopes that he will learn that they are not aliens from Venus trying to take over Earth. The therapist is asking Charlie to use a technique best known as
A) reality testing.
B) labeling.
C) verbal challenge.
D) didactic listening.
# 1.54
(1 pts.) Jennifer recently experienced a brief psychotic episode soon after her miscarriage. The symptoms lasted a little less than a month. Jennifer had experienced
A) schizophreniform disorder.
B) schizoid personality disorder.
C) brief psychotic disorder.
D) disorganized schizophrenia.
# 1.55
(1 pts.) Reggie thinks that the any marital discord between the president and his wife is because the First Lady is secretly in love with him and wishes to spend the rest of her life with him. Which type of psychosis is Reggie suffering from?
A) paranoid schizophrenia
B) delusional disorder, erotomanic type
C) schizoaffective disorder
D) disorganized schizophrenia
# 1.56
(1 pts.) Because of the vagueness and generality of the criteria at the time, an individual diagnosed as having schizophrenia in the 1960s
A) would probably not meet the current criteria for the disorder.
B) would probably not recover as quickly as someone diagnosed now.
C) would probably now be diagnosed as having an organic dementia.
D) would probably have more limited symptoms than someone diagnosed now.
# 1.57
(1 pts.) Frank seems to welcome the sympathy and attention that he gets from his parents when he has a psychotic episode. Which of the following might be maintaining his symptoms?
A) negative reinforcement
B) primary gain
C) secondary gain
D) vicarious reinforcement
# 1.58
(1 pts.) The symptoms of schizophrenia are associated with the overactivity of neurons that respond to which neurotransmitter?
A) norepinephrine
B) GABA
C) serotonin ;
D) dopamine
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