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