COMMON BEHAVIORAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS Flashcards
misperception of an actual external stimuli
ILLUSION
false sensory perception in the ABSENCE OF stimuli of external
HALLUCINATION
MANAGEMENT FOR HALLUCINATION
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ACKNOWLEDGE PERCEPTION
VALIDATE THE CONTENT OF THE HALLUCINATION
PRESENT REALITY
OFFER DISTRACTION
PATHOLOGIC COINING OF NEW WORDS
NEOLOGISM
OVER INCLUSION OF DETAILS
CIRCUMSTATIALITY
INCOHERENT MIXTURE OF WORDS AND PHRASES
WORD SALAD
shifting of one topic from one subject to another in a
SOMEWHAT RELATED way
FLIGHT OF IDEAS
shifting of a topic from one subject to another in a completely UNRELATED way
LOOSENESS OF ASSOCIATION
meaningless repetition of word or phrases
VERBIGERATION
persistence of a response to a previous question
PERSEVERATION
pathological repetition of words of others
ECHOLALIA
the sound of the word gives direction to the flow of thought. (RHYMING)
CLANG ASSOCIATION
false belief which is inconsistent with one’s knowledge and culture
DELUSION
TYPE OF DELUSION THAT is an exaggerated belief of identity
GRANDEUR
TYPE OF DELUSION THAT the client denies the existence of self or part of self
NIHILISTIC
TYPE OF DELUSION THAT belieVE that he or she is the object of environmental attention and being singled out for harassment
PERSECUTION
TYPE OF DELUSION WHERE THE CLIENT FEELS worthlessness or hopelessness
SELF DEPRECIATION
TYPE OF DELUSION WHERE THE CLIENT HAS false belief to body function.
SOMATIC
DISTURBANCE OF AFFECT
______________ : disharmony between the stimuli and the emotional reaction
INAPPROPRIATE AFFECT
DISTURBANCE AFFECT
________ ________ - severe reduction in emotional reaction
BLUNTED AFFECT
DISTURBANCE OF AFFECT
_____ ________ - absence or near absence of emotional reaction
FLAT AFFECT
DISTURBANCE OF AFFECT
_______: dulled emotional tone
APATHY
DISTURBANCE IN MOTOR ACTIVITY
________________ - the pathological imitation of posture/action of others
ECHOPRAXIA
DISTURBANCE IN MOTOR ACTIVITY
__________: maintaining the desired position for long periods of time without discomfort
WAXY FLEXIBILITY
DISTURBANCE IN MOTOR ACTIVITY
_________: LOSS OF MOVEMENT
AKINESIA
DISTURBANCE IN MOTOR ACTIVITY
_______: slowness of all voluntary movement including speech.
BRADYKINESIA
DISTURBANCE IN MOTOR ACTIVITY
_________: LOSS OF COORDINATED MOVEMENT
ATAXIA
DISTURBANCE IN MEMORY
__________: filling in of memory gaps
CONFABULATION
DISTURBANCE IN MEMORY
_________: inability to recall past events
AMNESIA
DISTURBANCE IN MEMORY
________: inability to recall IMMEDIATE past events
ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA
DISTURBANCE IN MEMORY
________: inability to recall DISTAN past events
RETROGRADE AMNESIA
DISTURBANCE IN MEMORY
________: feeling of having been to place which one has not yet visited
DEJA VU
DISTURBANCE IN MEMORY
__________: feeling of not having been to a place which one has visited
JAMAIS VU
DISTURBANCE IN MEMORY
____________: gradual deterioration of intellectual functioning. Results in the decreased of capacity to perform ADL
DEMENTIA
_______: severe anxiety associated with motor restlessness.
AGITATION
__________: inability to recognize and interpret sensory stimuli.
AGNOSIA
__________________: subjective feeling of muscular tension, restlessness and pacing repeated sitting and standing.
AKATHISIA
____________: presence of two opposing feelings at the same time.
AMBIVALENCE
______: inability or difficulty to speak or recall words
APHASIA
__________: inability to carry out specific task or activity.
APRAXIA
___________: refers to acute change or disturbance in a person’s: LOC, cognition, emotion , perception
DELIRIUM
__________: feeling of sadness
DEPRESSION
_________: feeling of strangeness towards the environment.
DEREALIZATION/DEPERSONALIZATION
______________: persistent state of sadness
DYSTHYMIA
_________: A feeling of high degree of confidence, boastfulness and joy with increase motor activity
ELATION
___________: sleep disorder characterized by frequent irresistible urge to sleep with episodes of cataplexy (sudden loss of muscle power)
NARCOLEPSY
