Mental Health Flashcards
Unable to articulate
Dysarthria
Unable to speak
Aphasia
Unique subjective experience of an individual
Qualia
Range of affect
Euphoric to dysphoric
If range small = restricted, if no range = blunted
Define illusion
Misperception of a real stimulus
Define hallucinations
Sensory perception that occurs in the absence of a stimulus
Define depersonalisation
Sense that you are not real
Define derealisation
Sense that environment is not real
Themes of delusions
Persecutary Grandiose Religiose Jealousy Erotic
Axis l
Psychiatric diagnosis
Axis ll
Personality disorder and mental retardation
Axis lll
Physical health
Axis lV
Psychosocial stressors that were severe in the last year
Axis V
Global assessment of functioning
Four aetiological factors
Predisposing
Precipitating
Perpetuating
Protective
Feeling or emotional tone in voice
Prosidy
Receptive prosody
Recognizing others voices
Executive prosody
Controlling prosody of own voice
Physical illness with no evidence on examination
Somatoform disorder
Define personality disorder
Pervasive interaction all style that is consistent over a lifespan.
Group A personality disorders
‘Mad’
Paranoid
Schizoid - isolated
Schizotypes - odd
Personality disorders group B
‘Bad’
Narcissistic
Histrionic - excessively dramatic
Antisocial - don’t obey rules / use people / psychopath
Borderline - most unstable, borders on the above
Group C personality disorders
‘Sad’
Dependent
Avoident
Obsessive compulsive
IQ for mental retardation
<20 profound