CHAPTER 13 The Client Experiencing Schizophrenia

CHAPTER 13 The Client Experiencing Schizophrenia

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

COMPLETION

1. Those who are seriously mentally ill constitute about ____________________% of the homeless.

ANS:

33

thirty-three

PTS:   1

2. The current (2000) belief is that genetic factors account for about ____________________% of the risk of developing schizophrenia.

ANS:

70

seventy

PTS:   1

3. Clients with schizophrenia represent only 10% of the outpatient caseload and 15% of the inpatient caseload for mental illnesses, yet costs due to lost productivity are estimated at ____________________%.

ANS:

90

ninety

PTS:   1

4. The contribution of genetics in the development of schizophrenia has been supported by studies that show the overall risk of schizophrenia in the general population as 1%, and the percentage in an individual with two schizophrenic parents as ____________________%.

ANS:

50

fifty

PTS:   1

5. ____________________% of clients have complete remission when treated with first-generation neuroleptics.

ANS:

20

Twenty

PTS:   1