The nurse suspects a patient is demonstrating negative symptoms of schizophrenia and will be a challenge to treat because of which barriers? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. The patient feels that the symptoms are normal.
2. Family members feel the patient is going through a period of depression.
3. The patient is suspicious of the motives of the health care provider.
4. Family members have labeled the patient as lazy.
5. The patient is indifferent to obtaining help.
2,4,5
Rationale 1: Patients with a psychosis rather than the negative symptoms of schizophrenia are often unaware that their bizarre behavior is not normal.
Rationale 2: Negative symptoms of schizophrenia are often mistaken for depression.
Rationale 3: Suspicion that someone is trying to do harm is characteristic of delusions.
Rationale 4: Negative symptoms of schizophrenia are often mistaken for laziness.
Rationale 5: Negative symptoms are characteristic of the indifferent personality typical of many patients with schizophrenia.
Global Rationale: Negative symptoms of schizophrenia are often mistaken for depression or laziness. They are characteristic of the indifferent personality typical of many patients with schizophrenia. Patients with a psychosis rather than the negative symptoms of schizophrenia are often unaware that their bizarre behavior is not normal. Suspicion that someone is trying to do harm is characteristic of delusions.
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