Assessment Flashcards
The inability to describe or be aware of emotions or mood
Alexithymia
The process of the patient unconsciously and inappropriately displacing onto individuals past experiences from their life
Transference
The process where where the physician unconsciously displaces onto the patient
Countertransference
Over inclusion of trivial or irrelevant details that impede the sense of getting to the point
Circumstantiality
Thoughts are associated by the sound of words rather than by their meaning
Clang associations
A breakdown in both the logical connection between ideas and the overall sense of goal directness. The words make sentences but do not make sense
Derailment
A succession of multiple associations so that thoughts seem to move abruptly from idea to idea, expressed through rapid, pressured speech
Flight of speech
Invention of new words or phrases or the use of conventional words in idiosyncratic ways
Neologism
Repetition of out of context words, phrases, or ideas
Perseveration
Pt gives a reply that is appropriate to the general topic without answering the question
Tangentially
Our unconscious scanning of our environment to detect whether there is a threat and we are safe
Neuroception
A state of well-being in mind, body, and spirit
Resilient zone
A neuron that fires both when a person takes an action and a person observes the same action being made by another
Mirror neuron
The most important determinant for a successful outcome to psychotherapy
Therapeutic alliance
Tone and cadence of voice
Prosody
