A nurse assesses a patient who is actively hallucinating and delusional. Which term would most accurately describe these findings?
a. Positive symptoms
b. Negative symptoms
c. Affective flattening
d. Attention impairment
A
Positive symptoms can be viewed as an exaggeration or distortion of normal psychological func-tion. Positive symptoms include hallucination, delusions, agitation, tension, and paranoia.
Negative symptoms can be viewed as a loss or diminution of normal function. Negative symp-toms include a lack of motivation, poverty of speech, blunted affect, poor self-care, and social withdrawal.
Affective flattening is not descriptive of hallucinations or delusion.
Hallucinations and delusions are not described by attention impairment.
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