DSM Terms

Question 1

Affect

Answer 1

Pattern of observable behaviors that is the expression of subjectively experienced feeling state (emotion). Refers to more fluctuating changes in emotional “weather.” Normal affect varies within and among cultures

Question 2

Affect -blunted

Answer 2

Significant reduction in the intensity of emotional expression

Question 3

Affect -flat

Answer 3

Absence or near absence of any sign of affect expression

Question 4

Affect -inappropriate

Answer 4

Discordance between affective expression and the content of speech or ideation

Question 5

Affect -labile

Answer 5

Abnormal variability in affect with repeated, rapid and abrupt shifts in affective expression

Question 6

Affect -restricted or constricted

Answer 6

Mild reduction in the range and intensity of emotional expression

Question 7

Agnosia

Answer 7

Loss of ability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells that occurs in the absence of either impairment of the specific sense or significant memory loss

Question 8

Alogia

Answer 8

An impoverishment in thinking that is inferred from observing speech and language behavior. There may be brief and concrete replies to questions and restriction in the amount of spontaneous speech (poverty of speech). Sometimes the speech is adequate in amount but conveys little information because it is overconcrete, overabstract, repetitive, or stereotyped (poverty of content)

Question 9

Amnesia

Answer 9

An inability to recall important autobiographical information that is inconsistent with ordinary forgetting

Question 10

Adhedonia

Answer 10

Lack of enjoyment from, engagement in, or energy for life’s experiences; deficits in the capacity to feel pleasure and take interest in things. Facet of the broad personality trait domain DETACHMENT

Question 11

Anosognosia

Answer 11

A condition in which a person with an illness seems unaware of their illness

Question 12

Antagonism

Answer 12

Behaviors that put an individual at odds with other people, such as an exaggerated sense of self-importance with a concomitant expectation of special treatment, as well as a callous antipathy towards others, encompassing both unawareness of others’ needs and feelings, and a readiness to use others in the service of self-enhancement. One of the five broad personality trait domains defined in ALTERNATIVE DSM-5 MODEL FOR PERSONALITY DISORDERS

Question 13

Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome

Answer 13

A set of symptoms that can occur after abrupt cessation, or marked reduction in dose, of an antidepressant medication that had been taken continuously for at least one month

Question 14

Anxiety

Answer 14

The apprehensive anticipation of future danger or misfortune accompanied by a feeling of worry, distress and/or somatic symptoms of tension. The focus of anticipated danger may be internal or external.

Question 15

Anxiousness

Answer 15

Feelings of nervousness or tenseness in reaction to diverse situations; frequent worry about negative effects of past unpleasant experiences and future negative possibilities; feeling fearful and apprehensive about uncertainty; expecting the worst to happen. Facet of the broad personality trait domain NEGATIVE AFFECTIVITY

Question 16

Arousal

Answer 16

The physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli

Question 17

Asociality

Answer 17

A reduced initiative for interacting with other people

Question 18

Attention

Answer 18

The ability to focus in a sustained manner on a particular stimulus or activity. A disturbance in attention may be manifested by easy distractibility or difficulty finishing tasks or concentrating on work.

Question 19

Attention Seeking

Answer 19

Engaging in behavior designed to attract notice and to make oneself the focus of others’ attention and admiration. Facet of the broad personality trait ANTAGONISM

Question 20

Autogynephilia

Answer 20

Sexual arousal of a natal male associated with the idea or image of being a woman

Question 21

Avoidance

Answer 21

The act of keeping away from stress-related circumstances; a tendency to circumvent cues, activities, and situations that remind the individual of a stressful event experienced

Question 22

Avolition

Answer 22

An inability to initiate and persist in goal-directed activities. When severe enough to be considered pathological, avolition is pervasive and prevents the person from completing many different types of activities