Clients who are psychotic because of underlying psychiatric illness are treated with antipsychotic medications. Typical antipsychotic medications can improve positive symptoms in clients with schizophrenia
Positive symptoms include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
a. Hallucinations
b. Disorganized speech and behavior
c. Anhedonia
d. Delusions
e. Agitation
ANS: A, D, E
Positive symptoms of schizophrenia include the distortion or exaggeration of normal behavior, such as when the client experiences hallucinations, delusions, or agitation. Negative symptoms are those that cause a loss of normal function, such as when the client exhibits disorganized speech and behavior and anhedonia.
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