Basics/ other Flashcards
If the voices talk to each other what kind of auditory hallucination are they?
3rd person
What is concrete thinking!
Inability to understand abratact ideas or concepts
Take things literally
Someone hears a voice saying you must tap three times otherwise you will die what is this?
Second person auditory hallucination
Potentially an obsession/preoccupation
What is a change in awareness of self where the individual feels unreal?
Depersonalisation
If someone thought the surroundings seem colourless artificial and dead like they weren’t real
What is this?
Would they know that it is abnormal?
Derealisation
Yes they know this is abnormal
What are delusions of control?
Thoughts/ actions are cause by another force or agency
What are delusions of passivity?
Same, thoughts or actions are caused by another force or agency
What are negative symptoms associated with?
Chronic schizophrenia
What are the 4 levels of psychiatric disorder?
Organic disorder
Functional psychosis
Non-psychotic
Personality disorder
What are the two main types of organic psychological disorder?
Acute - delerium
Chronic - dementia
( can also get psychotic symptoms secondary to organic cause)
What is perseveration?
Repeating words or phrases in response to the next question.
A lesion where in the brain causes perseveration.
Frontal love
What is tardive dyskinesia?
Involuntary repetitive movements that are slow often involving the face
What drugs is tardive dyskinesia a side effect of?
Long term use of high dose antipsychotics
Is someone thought because the traffic light turned red they are now god what would they have?
Delusional perception