medical terms

Question 1

alogia

Answer 1

lack of thought content, inferred from lack of verbal productions

Question 2

aphonia

Answer 2

inability to speak, produce normal speech sound

Question 3

apraxia

Answer 3

loss of motor skill not explained by weakness, incoordination

Question 4

ataxia

Answer 4

muscle incoordination, impacts gait

Question 5

avolition

Answer 5

lack of initiative, especially for goal directed activity

Question 6

blocking

Answer 6

communication interruption before thought or idea is completed, conscious or unconscious psychological factors

Question 7

confabulation

Answer 7

creation of inaccurate memories, fabrications, unconscious substitute for events unable torecall

Question 8

delirium

Answer 8

acute, organically caused brain diagnosis, confusion and altered consciousness

Question 9

delusion

Answer 9

fixed, false belief not ordinarily accepted by others in culture

Question 10

dementia

Answer 10

organically caused mental diagnosis, loss of mental abilities (memory, judgement, intellect)

Question 11

**be aware of differences between delirium, delusion, dementia

Answer 11

similarities but different

Question 12

differential diagnosis

Answer 12

consider and rule out all possible diagnoses that fit symptoms before choosing a diagnosis for client

Question 13

dyskinesia

Answer 13

movement disorder with involuntary muscle contractions

Question 14

dysphonia

Answer 14

Speaking problems

Question 15

encopresis

Answer 15

soiling, voluntary or involuntary pooping of potty trained kids

Question 16

endogenous

Answer 16

caused by biochemical imbalance rather than psychosocial

Question 17

enuresis

Answer 17

inability to control urination

Question 18

folie a duex

Answer 18

shared psychosis, develop delusional system because of close relationship with someone with established delusion

Question 19

labile

Answer 19

rapidly shifting, unstable

Question 20

malingering

Answer 20

faking or producing symptoms to obtain external reward

Question 21

prodromal

Answer 21

subtle symptoms for a period of time before the onset of SMI