Chapter 4 Flashcards
Biopsychosocial History and Collateral Data
The components and function of the mental status examination
Appearance
Orientation
Speech pattern
Affect/mood
Impulsive/potential for harm
Judgment/insight
Thought process/reality testing
Intellectual functioning/memory
Major body systems
Circulatory
Digestive
Endocrine
Immune
Lymphatic
Muscular
Nervous
Reproductive
Respiratory
Skeletal
Urinary
Differential diagnosis
a systematic diagnostic method used to identify the presence of an entity where multiple alternatives are possible
Comorbid
existing with or at the same time, for instance, having two different illnesses at the same time
Contraindicated
not recommended or safe to use
Delusion
false, fixed belief despite evidence to the contrary
Disorientation
confusion about person, time, or place
Dissociation
disturbance or change in the usually integrative functions of memory, identity, perception, or consciousness
Endogenous depression
depression is caused by a biochemical imbalance rather than a psychosocial stressor or external factors
Exogenous depression
depression caused by external events or psychosocial stressors
Folie a deux
shared delusion
Hallucinations
hearing, seeing, smelling, or feeling something that is not real
Hypomanic
elevated, expansive, or irritable mood that is less severe than a full-blown manic symptoms
Postmorbid
after the onset of an illness
Premorbid
before the onset of an illness
