definitions

Question 1

euthymia

Answer 1

Happy contented mood

Question 2

mood

Answer 2

A word used to describe sustained and pervasive emotion

Question 3

affect

Answer 3

Short lived observable pattern of behaviour that expresses the
subjective emotional state of an individual. It is subject to
variation over brief periods of time

Question 4

psychomotor retardation

Answer 4

The subject sits abnormally still or walks abnormally slowly or
takes a long time to initiate movement.

Question 5

anhedonia

Answer 5

A total inability to enjoy anything in life or even get the
accustomed satisfaction from everyday events or objects,
a “loss of ability to experience pleasure”

Question 6

dysthymia

Answer 6

A chronic state of low mood, usually with an insidious(gradual) onset
and lasting at least two years

Question 7

Alexithymia

Answer 7

An inability to verbally express one’s emotions

Question 8

pressured speech

Answer 8

The subject talks too much and fast, with a sense of urgency.
The speech is often difficult to interrupt. Often seen in mania

Question 9

flight of ideas

Answer 9

Rapid flow of thought, manifested by accelerated speech with
abrupt changes from topic to topic although there is often
some form of link between topics. There is loss of the normal
structure of thought, appearing illogical or muddled. Often seen
in manic patients

Question 10

Neologisms

Answer 10

New words that have no real meaning

Question 11

aphasia

Answer 11

No speech, inability to produce words orally

Question 12

ideas of reference

Answer 12

A delusional belief that innocuous events or coincidences are
directly linked and have personal significance to the subject.
Common clinical examples are subjects believing that the
television or radio is talking about them / to them