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MENTAL HEALTH EXAMINATION Flashcards

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what is echopraxia?

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automatic imitation of another’s movements

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what are tics?

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repeated irregular movements involving a muscle group.

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what is posturing?

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where the patient adopts a bizarre posture for a long time.

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4
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what is stupor?

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mute, immobile, fully conscious

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what is depressive retardation?

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lesser form of psychomotor retardation seen in depression

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what is obsessional slowness?

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secondary to repeated doubts and compulsive rituals

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what is dysarthria?

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difficulty in articulation of speech

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what is flight of ideas?

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accelerated thoughts, abrupt changes of topic, no central direction

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what is neologism?

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a new word constructed by patient or everyday word used in special way

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what is echolalia?

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automatic imitation by patient of another person’s speech even when they don’t understand it

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what is thought blocking?

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sudden interruption in train of thought leaving a “blank” and the patient cannot recall what he had been saying or thinking

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what is knights move thinking?

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odd associations between ideas leading to disruptions in continuity of speech

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13
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what is psychosis?

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an abnormal condition of the mind with a loss of contact with reality

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what is an objective assessment based on

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history, appearance, behaviour and posture of patient

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what is a subjective assessment based on?

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patient’s description

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what is a dysphoric mood?

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an unpleasant mood

17
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what is anhedonia?

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– loss of ability and interest in regular and . pleasurable activities.

18
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what is euphoria?

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a personal feeling of unconcern and contentment

19
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what is elation?

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an elevated mood or exaggerated feeling of well-being

20
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what is an irritable mood?

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presents with tendency to be annoyed and provoked to anger

21
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what is phobic anxiety?

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an individual to experience extreme, irrational fear about a situation, living creature, place, or object

22
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what is ‘affect’?

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a pattern of observable behaviours that is the expression of emotion,

23
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what is flat affect?

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total or almost total absence of signs of expression of affect

24
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what are hypochondriasis?

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a preoccupation with the fear of having a serious illness

25
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what are obsessions?

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repetitive senseless thoughts that are recognised as irrational by patient and usually resisted.

26
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what are phobias?

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Persistent irrational fear of an activity, object or situation, leading to avoidance

27
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what are overvalued ideas?

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Unreasonable and sustained intense preoccupation maintained with less than delusional intensity. The idea or belief is clearly false and not one held by others in the subculture.

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what are delusions?

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Fixed, false personal belief based on incorrect inference about external reality firmly sustained in spite of what almost everyone else believes and obvious proof or evidence to the contrary.

29
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what are primary and secondary delusions?

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Primary delusions, or autochthonous, are autonomous, original, and incomprehensible from a psychological point of view. Secondary delusions arise from a previous abnormal experience

30
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what is passive phenomena?

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belief an external agency controlling oneself

31
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what is thought insertion?

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thoughts being put into mind by external agency

32
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what is thought withdrawal?

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thoughts removed from mind by external agency

33
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what is thought broadcasting?

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thoughts being “read” by others

34
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what is an illusion?

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false perception of a real external stimulus

35
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what is a hallucination?

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false sensory perception in the absence of a real external stimulus

36
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what is depersonalisation?

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patient feels altered or not real

37
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what is derealisation?

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in which the surroundings do not seem real

38
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what questions could you ask about insight?

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“Do you think you are ill?” “Do you think you have a mental illness?” “Do you think that treatment is necessary?”

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