NUR 2459 Mental Health Exam 1
- Ideas of reference
Answer
Misconstrue trivial events and attach personal significance to them (believing
that others, who are discussing the next meal, are talking about them)
- Persecution
Answer
Feel singled out for harm by others (being hunted down by the FBI)
- Grandeur
Answer
Believe that they are all powerful and important, like a god
- Somatic delusions
Answer
Believe that their body is changing in an unusual way (growing a third arm, rotting from the inside)
- Jealousy
Answer
May feel that their spouse is sexually involved with another individual 1 / 3
- Being controlled
Answer
Believe that a force outside their body controls them
- Thought broadcasting
Answer
Believes that their thoughts are heard by others
- Thought insertion
Answer
Believe that others' thoughts are being inserted into their mind
- Thought withdrawal
Answer
Believes that their thoughts have been removed from their mind by an
outside agency
- Religiosity
Answer
Is obsessed with religious beliefs
- Flight of ideas
Answer 2 / 3
Associative loose thoughts. The client repeats sentences, each sentence relates to another topic
- Neologisms
Answer
Made up words that have meaning only to the client
- Echolalia
Answer
Repeats words spoken to them
- Clang association
Answer
Meaningless rhyming words , often forceful , such as , OX
, fox, box, and lox.
- Word salad
Answer
Words jumbled together with little meaning to the client
- Tangentiality
Answer
Train of thought wanders off in another direction, does not return to initial topic
- / 3