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What are cognitive symptoms of psychotic disorders? (ANS – -disordered thinking -inability to make decisions -poor problem solving ability -difficult concentrating to perform tasks -Memory de... ficits Misconstrues trivial events and attaches personal significance to them, such as believing that others, who are discussing the next meal, are talking about them (ANS - ideas of reference Feels singled out for harm by others (being hunted down by FBI) (ANS - Persecution Believes that she is all powerful and important like a god (ANS - grandeur believes that his body is changing in an unusual way, scubas growing a third arm (ANS - somatic delusions May feel that her spouse is sexually involved with another individual (ANS - Jealousy Believes that a force outside his body is controlling him (ANS - being controlled believes that her thoughts are heard by others (ANS - thought broacasting believes that others thoughts are being inserted into his mind (ANS - thought insertion Believe that her thoughts have been removed form her mind by an outside agency (ANS - thought withdrawal is obsessed with religious beliefs (ANS - religiosity The client may say sentence after sentence but each sentence may relate to another topic and the listeniner is bale to follow the clients thoughts (ANS - flight of ideas Made up words that have meaning only to the client such as i tranged and flitted. (ANS - neologisms What are the standardized screen tools for psychotic disorders (ANS – -Global assessment of functioning scale -scale for assessment of negative symptoms -brief psychiatric rating scale -Brief psychiatric rating scale [Show More]

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