A disorder of thought content would be:
a) Hallucinations.
b) Delusions.
c) Poverty of speech.
d) Incoherence.
Question 2My thoughts get all jumbled up. I start thinking or talking about one thing but then by the time I get to the end of the sentence, I find myself talking about something else instead.
This is an example of which of the following symptoms of schizophrenia?
a) Delusions
b) Loose associations
c) Alogia
d) Avolitions
Question 3Among people with schizophrenia, those who suffer from delusions represent _____ approximately.
a) 25
b) 35
c) 55
d) 65
Question 4Among schizophrenics who suffer from delusions, a large majority experience
a) delusions of persecution.
b) thought broadcast.
c) delusions of impulses imposed by others.
d) hallucinations with the delusions.
Question 5Joanna, a 30-year-old woman with schizophrenia, believes that everyone can hear her thoughts. She hides in her room for fear that the men she encounters will hear her thoughts about becoming intimate with them. This is an example of:
a) Hallucination.
b) Alogia.
c) Delusion.
d) Derailment.
Question 6When I am trying to relax and read a book, my father puts his thoughts into my head so that I cannot concentrate. This statement by a schizophrenic patient is an example of what type of symptom?
a) Affective
b) Motor
c) Positive
d) Negative
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