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