MENTAL STATUS TERMS Flashcards
CONFLICT
FREQUENT ARGUMENTS AND CONFLICTS WITH ONE OR MORE PERSONS
ENMESHMENT
NOT ALLOWING FOR SIGNIFICANT SENSE OF INDEPENDENCE, BOUNDARIES WITH ONE OR MORE PERSONS ARE DIFFUSE
ISOLATION/AVOIDANCE
AVOIDS SOCIAL CONTACT TO MANAGE DIFFICULT FEELINGS, REPORTS ACTIVE ISOLATION AND FEW SOCIAL CONTACTS.
EMOTIONAL DISENGAGEMENT
CL IN A RELATIONSHIP BUT LACK MEANINGFU EMOTIONAL CONNECTIONS
MOOD VS AFFECT
MOOD IS HOW A PERSON FEELS INSIDE
AFFECT IS THE OUTER EXPRESSION OF EMOTION
DEPRESSED
FEELINGS OF SADNESS AND UNHAPPINESS
HOPELESS
FEELING AS THOUGH THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF A GOOD FUTURE
FEARFUL
CONCERNS ABOUT A SPECIFIC NEGATIVE EVENT HAPPENING
ANXIETY
GENERALIZED WORRY ABOUT UNSPECIFIED OR VAGUE NEGATIVE EVENTS HAPPENING
ANGRY
FEELING INDIGNANT OR WRONGED ABOUT A SPECIFIC HAPPENING
IRRITABILITY
GENERALIZED FEELINGS OF ANGER OR UPSET WITHOUT A SPECIFIC OBJECT OF ANGER, EASILY TRIGGERED
MANIC
UNUSUALLY ENERGETIC FEELINGS OF ELATION, EUPHORIA, OR IRRITABILITY
CONSTRICTED OR RESTRICTED
EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION IS RESTRAINED BUT EMOTIONS ARE PRESENT
BLUNT OR BLUNTED
EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION IS SEVERELY RESTRAINED; LITTLE EMOTIONAL REACTIVITY
FLAT
ASSOCIATED WITH PSYCHOSIS AND SEVERE PATHOLOGY; EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION IS VIRTUALLY NONEXISTENT
LABILE
MOOD VACILLATES FREQUENTLY, RAPIDLY, AND ABRUPTLY
DRAMATIC
EXPRESSIONS OF EMOTION IS GENERALLY OVERDRAMATIZED
HYPERSOMNIA
SLEEPING MORE THAN USUAL
INSOMNIA
UNABLE TO GET USUAL AMOUNTS OF SLEEP DUE TO DIFFICULTY FALLING OR STAYING ASLEEP
DISRUPTED SLEEP
SLEEP DISTURBED BY NIGHTMARES, NIGHT TERRORS, OR OTHER ISSUES
NIGHTMARES
DREAMS THAT FRIGHTEN THE DREAMER; OCCUR DURING REM SLEEP
NIGHT TERRORS
A GENERAL SENSE OF PANIC OR TERROR IS EXPERIENCED WHILE SLEEPING WITHOUT DREAM CONTENT; UNABLE TO WAKE SLEEPER; OCCUR DURING SLOW-WAVE SLEEP
ANORECTIC RESTRICTION
RESTRICTIVE EATING THAT CHARACTERIZES ANOREXIA
BINGEING
EPISODES OF UNCONTROLLED OVEREATING
PURGING
FOLLOWING A BINGE EPISODE, AN ATTEMPT TO RID THE BODY OF FOOD BY VOMITING, OVER EXERCISING, FASTING, OR ABUSING LAXATIVES
BODY IMAGE DISTORTION
IMAGE OF BODY, PARTICULARLY RELATED TO WEIGHT, IS GROSSLY INCONSISTENT WITH OTHERS’ PERCEPTION AND MEDICAL WEIGHT NORMS
ANXIETY
ANTICIPATION OF DANGER, PROBLEMS, OR MISFORTUNE THAT CREATES UNEASINESS, TENSION AND/OR SOMATIC SYMPTOMS
CHRONIC WORRY
SPECIFIC FORM OF ANXIETY THAT INVOLVES DWELLING ON ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS
PANIC ATTACKS
DISCRETE PERIODS OF INTENSE ANXIETY OR TERROR THAT MAY BE CHARACTERIZED BY SHORTNESS OF BREATH, POUNDING HEART, SENSE OF LOSING CONTROL, OR SENSE OF DOOM; MAY BE UNEXPECTED OR SITUATIONALLY BOUND
DISSOCIATION
DISRUPTION IN INTEGRATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS, MEMORY, IDENTITY, AND/OR PERCEPTION; MAY COME ON SUDDENLY OR GRADUALLY
PHOBIAS
PERSISTENT, IRRATIONAL FEARS OF SPECIFIC OBJECTS OR SITUATIONS
OBSESSIONS
INTRUSIVE AND RECURRENT THOUGHTS, IMPULSES, OR IMAGES THAT CAUSE MARKED DISTRESS.
COMPULSIONS
REPETITIVE BEHAVIOR OR MENTAL ACTS THAT ONE IS DRIVEN TO PERFORM TO REDUCE SOME FORM OF DISTRESS; GENERALLY THE ACT IS NOT REALISTICALLY RELATED TO THE DISTRESS
HALLUCINATIONS
SENSORY PERCEPTIONS THAT HAVE NO EXTERNAL STIMULI; PERCEPTIONS ARE EXPERIENCED AS REAL
DELUSIONS
FALSE BELIEFS BASED ON AN INCORRECT INFERENCE ABOUT EXTERNAL REALITY THAT IS RIGIDLY MAINTAINED DESPITE SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY. MAY BE BIZARRE OR NONBIZARRE.
PARANOIA
SUSPICION THAT ONE IS BEING HARASSED OR PERSECUTED WITH LITTLE CORROBORATING EVIDENCE, LESS SEVERE THAN DELUSION
LOOS ASSOCIATIONS
THOUGHT DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY FREQUENT DERAILMENT FROM TOPIC OF CONVERSATION. JUMPING FROM THOUGHT TO THOUGHT OFTEN TRIGGERED BY A “LOOSE” CONNECTION TO A WORD OR PHRASE.
LOW ENERGY
LITTLE MOVEMENT OR ENERGY BEHIND MOVEMENT
RESTLESS
EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL DISCOMFORT
AGITATED
EXCESSIVE ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH INNER TENSION OR FRUSTRATION
HYPERACTIVE
EXCESSIVE MOTOR ACTIVITY, SUCH AS FIDGETING OR MOVING ABOUT; NOT NECESSARILY ASSOCIATED WITH TENSION OR DISCOMFORT
POOR CONCENTRATION OR ATTENTION
UNABLE TO SUSTAIN THE ATTENTION EXPECTED FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL LEVEL
DENIAL
UNABLE OR REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE CLEARLY EVIDENT PROBLEMS THAT MOST OTHERS IN THE SITUATION IDENTIFY AS THE PROBLEM
SELF-BLAME
TENDENCY TO BLAME SELF FOR THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF PERSONAL CONTROL AND/OR THAT OTHERS HOLD GREATER RESPONSIBILITY FOR.
OTHER-BLAME
TENDENCY TO BLAME OTHERS FOR THINGS THAT ARE PRIMARILY A PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
INSIGHTFUL
ABLE TO ARTICULATE INSIGHT INTO PERSONAL BEHAVIORS AND EMOTIONS EVEN IF UNABLE TO BEHAVE CONSISTENTLY WITH INSIGHT.
POOR INSIGHT
UNUSUALLY GREAT DIFFICULTY IDENTIFYING ONE’S OWN THOUGHTS, FEELING, AND MOTIVATIONS.
IMPAIRED DECISION MAKING
PATTERN OF MAKING DECISION THAT RESULT IN NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR SELF AND OTHERS.
TANGENTIAL
TENDENCY TO MAKE COMMENTS THAT MOVE CONVERSATION AWAY FROM ORIGINAL TOPIC TO A TANGENTIALLY OR LOOSELY RELATED TOPIC; TYPICALLY DONE WHEN DISCUSSING A DIFFICULT SUBJECT
