MSE

Question 1

What are terms used to describe speech rate?

Answer 1

Pressured and slow

Question 2

What is affect?

Answer 2

Immediately expressed and observed emotion.
Quality - sad/ agitated
Range -normal /restricted
Intensity - Blunted

Question 3

What is mood?

Answer 3

Sustained emotion preserved over a long period of time which can alter an individuals perception

Question 4

What is covered in thought content?

Answer 4

Delusions, obsessions and overvalued ideas

Question 5

What is the definition of a delusion?

Answer 5

A false belief, firmly held despite contrary evidence. Out of keeping with religious, cultural background

Question 6

What are examples of thought interference?

Answer 6

Insertion, withdrawal and broadcasting

Question 7

What are examples of thought flow and what do they mean?

Answer 7

Tangential - Flight of ideas, there is loose relation to the initial idea
Derailment - Knight move thinking no association between ideas.
Linear - normal follows normal order