Exam I Flashcards
transference vs countertransference?
- Transference: pt projects feelings about others onto the physician
- Countertransference: clinician projects feelings about others onto pt
Behavior:
what are mannerisms and specifically what are stereotypies?
- pacing, facial expressions
- persistent repetition of senseless acts or words
repeated muscular contraction (either motor or vocal) that is involuntary and suppressible briefly
Tics
actions reflecting an emotional state
gestures
pervasive and sustained emotional state in the PATIENT’s own words
Mood (happy, sad, angry, etc)
outward, observable expression of a person’s emotional state (blunted, flat, full range)–does not have to be MOOD CONGRUENT
Affect
lack of feelings/emotions
apathy
no pleasure in things
anhedonia
Speech prosody vs. fluency
- rhythm, melody, articulation
- word finding, thought blocking
Speech Terms:
- word salad:
- neologisms:
- clang associations
- perseveration
- an incoherent jumble of words
- meaning of word only known to pt
- series of rhyming words
- repeating same answer to different questions
fixed false beliefs
delusions
Examples of Delusions:
- Grandeur
- Persecutory
- Erotomania
- Nihilism
- grandiose identity
- intentional personal attack
- another is madly in love with them
- everything is nothingness/ meaningless
intrusive thoughts that cannot be put out of mind
obsessions
Thought Process:
- blocking:
- derailment:
- paralogia:
- congestion internally prevents communication
- slip from one topic to unrelated topic
- false reasoning
Ganser Syndrome
pt gives approximate answers
(2+2 = 5)
Illusions vs. Hallucinations
- misperception
- false perception (all 5 senses)
Derealization vs. Depersonalization
- sense current scenario is not real (like watching a movie)
- observing self in the present scenario
awareness of current condition and severity of the condition
insight
word choice during interview; IQ and achievement tests
Intelligence
Level of Consciousness vs. Orientation
- alert, lethargic, somnolent, coma
- person, place, time, purpose
Pt with disorientation, amnesia, confabulation, lack of concern, perseveration
Korsakoff Syndrome
Attention vs. Concentration
- sustain interest on a stimulus
- capacity to maintain attention despite distraction stimuli
How to test for Immediate, Recent, and Remote Memory
- repetition of 3 words (no ifs ands buts)
- recall 3 words in 5 minutes, their last meal
- last 3 presidents, DOB, job list
Capgras Syndrome
known person replaced with exact double with evil intent