The nurse caring for a patient with schizophrenia recognizes which symptoms as characteristic of formal thought disorder? Select all that apply
1. Echolalia
2. Asterognosis
3. Circumstantiality
4. Cognitive constancy
5. Loose associations
Answer: 3, 5
Explanation: Symptoms of formal thought disorder include loose associations, tangentiality, incoherence (word salad, neologism), illogicality, circumstantiality, pressured/distractible speech, and poverty of speech. Echolalia is a motor symptom of SSD; asterognosis is a neurologic symptom of SSD; and cognitive constancy is a milestone of adjustment post-psychosis.
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