Question

14. A patient starts saying, "I have found a way to stop global warming! While was creating the cure for cancer I came up with a new way to stop child hunger. I am going to make so much money because I have created a patent to cure baldness... This patient is showing which thought process? A) Tangential thinking B) Flight of ideas C) Word Salad DJ Loose associations 15. The mnemonic, SAD PERSONS, was created to help asses which type of patient? A) Alcoholics B) Anxiety disorder C) Delusional disorder D) Suicidal 16. Late at night and mistaking a coat on a rack as a person standing in a corner is an example of what? A) illusion B) Hallucination C) Depersonalization D) Derealization 17. Which scoring test is used to diagnose a patient's level of depression? A) Psychosocial Assessment B) Area of Mental Function Evaluation C) Tape Test DBeck Depression Inventory 18. In the Stages of Sleep, which is the only one that is REM? A) Drowsy Stage B) Light Sleep C) Deep Sleep D) Active Brain

Answer 1

14. B) Tangential thinking

Tangential thinking is another communication disorder in which the thoughts of the person deviate from one topic to another and never returns to the initial one.

Flight of ideas is a thought disorder in which there will be a sudden or unexpected jump over from one subject to another.

Word salad is a mixture of apparently sudden terms seen in schizophrenia.

The loose association is a symptom of thought disorder which shows no connections between the patient's answers and interviewer's question.

15. D) Suicidal

SAD PERSONS is an acronym used to find out the persons with suicidal risk.

16. B) Hallucination

Experience of some ideas that are not present is hallucination.

Deceptive action is an illusion

Depersonalization is thought of observing things moving out from own body.

Derealisation is a feeling of fake surroundings around oneself.

17. B) Area of mental function evaluation

Area of mental function evaluation is also known as mental status evaluation which helps to diagnose depression.

Psychosocial assessment does not diagnose depression but helps to find out the best possible care needed.

Beck's depression inventory assesses the specific symptoms of depression.

Tape test assesses the central nervous system functioning.

18. C) Deep sleep

REM occurs in deep sleep

The drowsy stage is the stage of being awake to falling asleep.

Light sleep is non- REM sleep.

Active brain occurs in REM sleep but it is not a stage of sleep