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| Persistent persecutory delusions or delusional jealousy |
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| What is Pressure of Speech? |
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I think this is what Bao has.
Loud and emphatic speech that is increased in amount, accelerated, and usually difficult or impossible to interrupt. Not in response to a stimulus and may continue even though no one is listening |
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| A false perception having no relation to reality and not accounted for by any exterior stimuli. It can be associated with any of the five senses. |
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| A false belief brought about without appropriate external stimulation and inconsistent with the individuals own knowledge and experience |
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LOL
The use of words with no apparent meaning attached to them or to their relationship with one another |
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| Continued repetition of a meaningless word or phrase, or repetition of answers that are not related to successive questions asked. |
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| The DSM-IV is a multi-axial tool for assessing patients......what does Axis I concern? |
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| Information relating to the principal psychiatric disorder and developmental disorders |
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| The DSM-IV is a multi-axial tool for assessing patients......what does Axis II concern? |
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| Includes mental retardation and personality disorders |
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| The DSM-IV is a multi-axial tool for assessing patients......what does Axis III concern? |
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| Includes existing medical disorders or conditions |
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| The DSM-IV is a multi-axial tool for assessing patients......what does Axis IV concern? |
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| Includes the severity of psychological stressors that contribute or exacerbate an existing condition with 1 = no stressors or 6 = catastrophic |
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| The DSM-IV is a multi-axial tool for assessing patients......what does Axis V concern? |
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| Describes the global asssessment of functioning with 1 being persistent danger to self or others and 90 being minimal or absent symptoms |
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| What could be a problem regarding the indication of a antipsychotic drug? |
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| What could be a problem regarding the effectiveness of an antipsychotic drug? |
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- Wrong Drug
- Dosage too low |
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| What could be a problem regarding the safety of an antipsychotic drug? |
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- Adverse Drug Reaction
- Dosage too high |
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| What could be a problem regarding the compliance of an antipsychotic drug? |
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| What could be a problem regarding the untreated condition while on an antipsychotic drug? |
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| Needs additional drug therapy |
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| What does the mental status exam measure? |
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| Areas of focus are appearance, activity, speech, and language, mood and affect, thought disturbances, neuropsychiatric evaluation (MMSE) |
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| What does the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale measure? |
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| Consider Psychological, Social, and Occupational functioning on a hypothetical continuum of mental health-illness. Do not include impairment in functioning due to physical or environmental limitations. |
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