A 55-year-old man was admitted to the psychiatric unit after an incident in a department store in which he accused a sales clerk of following him around the store and stealing his keys
He was subdued by the police after destroying a window display because voices had told him that it was evil. As the nurse approached the client, he says, "You're all out to get me, and you're one of them. They're Rostoputians and grog babies here." This demonstrates what?
A) Loose associations and flight of ideas
B) Suspiciousness and neologisms
C) Illusions and loss of ego boundaries
D) Echolalia and echopraxia
Ans: B
The client is demonstrating suspiciousness ("you're all out to get me") and neologisms (use of the words "Rostoputians and grog babies"). Loose associations and flight of ideas occur when the client talks about many topics in rapid sequence, but they are not connected with each other. Illusions are when the client sees something that is not there; echolalia is the repetition of words (or words that sound similar) said by someone else.
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