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Definitions for Mental Health Assessment Flashcards

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Abstract thinking

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ability to make associations or interpretations about a situation

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Affect

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outward expression of one’s emotional state

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automatisms

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repeated purposeful behaviors often indicative of anxiety, such as drumming fingers, twisting locks of hair, or tapping foot

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blunted affect

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showing little or slow-to-respond facial expressions

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broad affect

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displaying a full range of emotional expressions

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circumstantial thinking

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person eventually gets to the answer

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concrete thinking

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literal way of thinking

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delusion

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fixed, false belief not based on reality

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flat affect

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showing no facial expression

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flight of ideas

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excessive amount and rate of speech composed of fragmented or unrelated ideas

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ideas of reference

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client’s inaccurate interpretation that general events are personally directed at them, such as hearing a speech on the news and believing the speech had personal meaning

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inappropriate affect

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displaying facial expression that is incongruent with mood or situation; often silly or giddy

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insight

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awareness of one’s own illness and/or situation

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judgement

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the ability to anticipate the consequences of one’s behavior and make decisions to safeguard one’s well-being and that of others

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labile

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rapid mood swings from depressed to euphoria with no apparent stimuli

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mood

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client’s emotional state

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neologisms

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made up words

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psychomotor retardation

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overall slowed movements

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restricted affect

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displaying one type of emotional expression, usually serious or somber

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self-concept

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the way one views oneself

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tangential thinking

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wandering off the topic and never providing the information requested

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thought blocking

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stopping abruptly in the middle of a sentence or train of thought; sometimes unable to continue the idea

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thought broadcasting

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a delusional belief that others can hear or know what the client is thinking

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thought content

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What the client actually says

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thought insertion

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a delusional belief that others are putting ideas or thoughts into the client’s head—that is, the ideas are not those of the client

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thought process

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How the client thinks

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thought withdrawal

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a delusional belief that others are taking the client’s thoughts away and the client is powerless to stop it

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waxy flexibility

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maintenance of posture or position over time when it is awkward or uncomfortable

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echolalia

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repetition or echoing of words or sounds that you hear someone else say

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echopraxia

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meaningless repetition or imitation of the movements of others

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mutism

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inability to speak

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hallucination

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false sensory perceptions or perceptual experiences that do not really exist

33
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persecutory delusion

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A person with persecutory delusions is unable to recognize reality. They strongly believe people or groups, like the government, intend to harm them. These beliefs are often unrealistic or bizarre.

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word salad

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a confused or unintelligible mixture of seemingly random words and phrases

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religiosity

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refers to religious activity, dedication, and beliefs. Religious themes are often reported in the content of delusions and hallucinations experienced by people with schizophrenia.

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associative looseness

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A thought or communication pattern disorder characterized by loose or odd connections between ideas.

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paranoia

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suspicion and mistrust of people or their actions without evidence or justification

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magical thinking

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the idea that you can influence the outcome of specific events by doing something that has no bearing on the circumstances

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clang association

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groupings of words, usually rhyming words, that are based on similar-sounding sounds, even though the words themselves don’t have any logical reason to be grouped together.

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regression

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returning to a former less developed state

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euphoric

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excessively happy

42
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kneels to pray in front of water fountain; prays during group therapy and during other group activities

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religiosity

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refuses to eat food that comes on tray stating, “They are trying to poison me”

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Paranoia

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“when I get out of the hospital I’m going to buy me a sprongle”

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Neologism

45
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Does not talk

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Mutism

46
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Keeps arm in position the nurse left it after taking blood pressure. Assumed this position for hours.

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Waxy Flexibility

47
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“When I speak, presidents and kings listen”

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Delusion of grandeur

48
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purposely imitates movements made by others

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echopraxia

49
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“I’m going to the circus. Jesus is God. The police are playing for keeps”

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associative looseness

50
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“We can’t close the drapes, for if we do, the sun won’t shine”

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magical thinking

51
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“test, test, this is a test. I do not jest; we get no rest”

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clang association

52
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laughs when told his or her mother has died

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inappropriate affect

53
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in response to stressful situation, begins to suck thumb and soils clothing

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regression

54
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“get by for anyone just to answer fortune cookies”

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word salad

55
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“If the FBI finds me here, Ill never get out alive”

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persecutory delusion

56
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stops talking midsentence, tilts head to side, and listens”

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hallucination

Mental Health Exam #1 Definitions (3 decks)

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