Assessment Terms

Question 1

Flight of ideas

Answer 1

Rapid jumps in topic

Question 2

Loose association

Answer 2

Poorly related thoughts

Question 3

Echopraxia

Answer 3

Mimic movements

Question 4

Echolalia

Answer 4

Mimic verbalizations

Question 5

Clanging

Answer 5

Use of rhyming words (Play ball, call, fall)

Question 6

Neologisms

Answer 6

Use of made up words

Question 7

Word salad

Answer 7

Jumbled words ( purple elephant blanket tree sky yesterday walking pizza)

Question 8

Catatonia

Answer 8

Limited movement
*Cat woman moves slyly

Question 9

Waxy flexibility

Answer 9

Stays where moved

Question 10

Psychomotor agitation

Answer 10

Excessive movement

Question 11

Psychomotor retardation

Answer 11

Restricted movement

Question 12

Perseveration

Answer 12

Repeated phrase

Question 13

Tangential thinking

Answer 13

Topic wonders

Question 14

Hypervigilant

Answer 14

Paranoid watching

Question 15

Rumination

Answer 15

Persistent thoughts/same thoughts repeated

Question 16

Judgement

Answer 16

Bx based on decisions

Impaired when you physically act on things that are not good for you

Question 17

Insight

Answer 17

Understanding/accountability

You have a good understand that something is NOT GOOD for you