EXAM 1 REVIEW PART 2 Flashcards
What are the minimum symptoms required to define psychosis?
Delusions and hallucinations
Define delusions.
Fixed beliefs that have an inadequate rational basis and cannot be changed by rational arguments or evidence
Define hallucinations.
Perceptual experiences without a real external stimulus, vivid and clear, especially auditory
What are considered the ‘positive symptoms’ of psychosis?
Delusions and hallucinations
What are examples of ‘negative symptoms’ of psychosis?
Diminished emotional expression and decreased motivation
What types of psychosis exist?
Paranoid, disorganized/excited, and depressive
What are perceptual distortions in psychosis?
Experiences such as hallucinatory voices, seeing visions, or feeling that familiar things seem changed
What are motor disturbances associated with psychosis?
Peculiar postures, tension signs, inappropriate grins, or mumbling to oneself
What characterizes paranoid psychosis?
Paranoid projections, hostile belligerence, and grandiose expansiveness
What is paranoid projection?
Preoccupation with delusional beliefs, believing one is being persecuted or conspired against
What is hostile belligerence?
Verbal expression of hostility, disdain, irritability, and blaming others
What does grandiose expansiveness involve?
Exhibiting superiority, hearing praise, or believing one has unusual powers
What are the features of disorganized/excited psychosis?
Conceptual disorganization, disorientation, and excitement
What does conceptual disorganization entail?
Irrelevant answers, incoherence, drifting off subject, or using neologisms
What is disorientation in psychosis?
Not knowing one’s location, season, calendar year, or own age
What characterizes depressive psychosis?
Psychomotor retardation, apathy, and anxious self-punishment
What are signs of psychomotor retardation?
Slowed speech, indifference to the future, and fixed facial expression
What is anxious self-punishment in depressive psychosis?
Tendency to blame oneself, anxiety about specific matters, and feelings of guilt
