Clinical Flashcards

1
Q

Mood

Dysphoric

A

Unpleasant, Depression, Anxiety

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2
Q

Mood

Euthymic

A

Normal mood range

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3
Q

Mood

Expansive

A

Lack restraint in expressing feelings, inflation of self-importance

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4
Q

Dysphoric, Euphoric, Euthymic, Expansive, Irritable

Describe

A

Mood

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5
Q

Describe Mood (5)

A

Dysphoric, Euphoric, Euthymic, Expansive, Irritable

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6
Q

Affect

Broad

A

Variable facial expressions, appropriate

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7
Q

Affect

Blunted

A

Variability in expressions but below normal amount

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8
Q

Affect

Flat

A

Monotone, expressionless, no emotion

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9
Q

Affect

Labile

A

Repeated, rapid shift in expression without reason, unrelated to environment or conversation.

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10
Q

Describe Affect (4)

A

Broad, Blunted, Flat, Labile

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11
Q

Broad, Blunted, Flat, Labile

Describe

A

Affect

How the nurse views the patient’s mood

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12
Q

Form of thought

Blocked

A

Interruption in the train of speech before a thought or idea has been completed

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13
Q

Form of thought

Concrete

A

Unable to think abstract

Literal

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14
Q

Form of thought

Cicumstantially

A

Indirect pattern of speech But eventually reaches goal. Talks in circles

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15
Q

Form of thought

Flight of ideas

A

Accelerated speech with abrupt changes from topic to topic. Usually understandable associations

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16
Q

Form of thought

Loose associations

A

Disturbance in thinking which ideas shift from one to another in unrelated manner without speakers awareness that thoughts are not connected.

17
Q

Form of thought

Tangentially

A

Initially aims to answer questions but ends up on a superficially related subject and never returns to original topic

18
Q

Blocked, concrete, circumstantiality, flight of ideas, loose associations, tangentially

All describe

A

Form of thought

19
Q

Describe the (6) ways to Describe:

Form of thought

A

Blocked, concrete, circumstantiality, flight of ideas, loose associations, tangentially

20
Q

Describes…

Obsessive ideas
Irrational fears / phobias
Ideas of reference
Delusions
Persecutory / Paranoid Delusions
Somatic
Grandiose

A

Content of thought

21
Q

Content of thought (7)

A

Obsessive ideas
Irrational fears / phobias
Ideas of reference
Delusions
Persecutory / Paranoid Delusions
Somatic
Grandiose