While working with a patient who is paranoid, the Psych Tech should:  

A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia has catatonia. The patient is stuporous, demonstrates little spontaneous movement, and has waxy flexibility. The patient’s activities of daily living are severely compromised. An appropriate outcome is that the patient will:

Rachel is a patient diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and believes that her roommate is “out to get her.” She also stated that two doctors were plotting to kill her on the unit. How does Rachel perceive her environment?

This comorbid disorder of schizophrenia occurs in nearly 50% of patients and is associated with nonadherence to treatment, relapse, incarceration, & homelessness.  

A patient at PSH soon to be discharged, constantly tells his social worker that he wants to live on his own. The social worker was able to find him an apartment and teach him how to use the bus. The patient then asked, “But who will take care of me?” What fundamental sign of schizophrenia is this an example of?

What type of symptoms of schizophrenia is experienced when the patient is not able to hold a job and make decisions for him/herself?

A patient follows unit staff and imitates al their movements. What is the patient exhibiting?

A patient is overheard saying the following over and over, “I rang my whang, it went gang, and my head went twang.”  What is the patient demonstrating?

A psychiatrist treating a patient with schizophrenia asks the patient to interpret this saying, “People who live in glass houses must not throw stones.” The patient replies, “It means that people who live in glass houses must not throw stones because the hours might break.”  This is an example of:

The term _________________ music covers a great variety of music in which certain elements are specified by the composer in more conventional music. In this music, a composer might work out a way of throwing dice so as to determine which instruments, which pitches, and so on were to be used.