Iris, usually involved with her friends, has become withdrawn and isolated. She has stopped taking showers and changing her clothes. These symptoms illustrate which phase of schizophrenia?
a. reactive c. active
b. residual d. prodromal
Question 2A man who had delusions and hallucinations that told him to kill his parents is found not guilty by reason of insanity because, at the time of the crime, he did not know right from wrong. This insanity verdict ____.
a. is no longer possible in the United States
b. is contradictory to the American Law Institute code
c. illustrates the irresistible impulse idea
d. illustrates the M'Naghten Rule
Question 3Joelle has taken her son to see many doctors, claiming that he has Morgellons disease. She says that she often pulls organic fiber-like threads from his skin and that the boy has rashes and skin lesions that show infection. Which statement about this disease is accurate?
a. Dermatologists have found that it is caused by chronic allergies to pets.
b. Research conducted by the CDC failed to find a medical explanation.
c. Patients with the condition respond well to treatment with wide-spectrum antifungals topical and oral.
d. It appears to be associated with poor personal hygiene.
Question 4Which standard, when combined withM'Naghten,broadened the criteria for using the insanity defense?
a. ALI model c. Durham Rule
b. irresistible impulse test d. Model Penal Code
Question 5Lydia Tan has been living with her paranoid schizophrenic husband on an isolated farm for so long that she has come to accept his irrational beliefs. When she visits her sister, her delusions weaken. Mrs. Tan's condition is called ____.
a. schizophreniform disorder c. schizoaffective disorder
b. Capgras delusion d. shared psychotic delusion
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