MSE Terminology Flashcards
Persecutory Delusion
belief that one is going to be harmed (most common)
Referential delusion
belief that certain gestures, comments, environmental cues are directed at oneself.
Grandiose Delusion
belief that he/she has exceptional abilities, wealth, fame.
Erotomanic
false belief that others are in love with him/her.
Nihilistic
conviction that a major catastrophe is going to occur.
Somatic
preoccupation with physical health/organ function.
Bizarre delusion
clearly implausible/unbelievable by their culture (ie, aliens are harvesting their organs).
Thought withdrawal (delusion)
thoughts are being removed by an outside force.
Thought insertion (delusion)
thoughts are being inserted into their mind by an outside force.
Delusion of control
One’s body’s/actions are being acted on/manipulated by outside force (high risk).
5 types of hallucinations
Auditory (most common), visual, olfactory, tactile, taste.
3 types of formal thought disorder?
Derailment - switch from one topic to another.
Tangentiality - answers are obliquely related/completely unrelated.
Circumstantiality: digression into unnecessary details and inappropriate thoughts BEFORE getting to the point.
Incoherence/word salad - incomprehensible, resembling receptive aphasia.
Catatonia
Decreased reactivity to environment.
Negativism (abnormal motor behaviour)
resistance to instructions.
Mutism/stupor (abnormal motor behaviour).
rigid/inappropriate/bizarre posture, lack of verbal or motor responses.
Catatonic excitement
purposeless and excessive motor activity without obvious cause.
5 symptoms of ‘negative symptoms’ - including the 4A’s?
Diminished emotional expression.
Avolition - decrease in self-initiated purposeful activities.
Alogia - diminished speech output.
Anhedonia - decreased ability to experience pleasure from positive stimuli/degradation in recollection of pleasure.
Asociality: lack of interest in social interactions.
Belief that one is going to be harmed??
Persecutory delusion.
Belief that certain gestures, comments, environmental cues are directed at self??
Referential delusion.
Belief that he/she has exceptional abilities??
Grandiose delusion.
False belief that another person is in love with them??
Erotomanic delusion.
Conviction that a major catastrophe is going to occur??
Nihilistic delusion.
Preoccupation with health/organ function??
Somatic delusion.
Delusion which is clearly implausible/not understandable to that person’s culture??
Bizarre delusion.
Belief that thoughts have been removed by outside force??
Thought withdrawal (delusion)
Belief that thoughts have been inserted by outside force??
Thought insertion (delusion)
One’s body/actions are being acted on/manipulated by outside force.
Delusion of control.
Switching from one topic to another
Derailment (formal thought disorder)
Answers to questions are obliquely related/completely unrelated.
Tangentiality (formal thought disorder)
Digression into unnecessary details and inappropriate thoughts before getting to the point
Circumstantiality (formal thought disorder)
Incomprehensible thought, resembled receptive aphasia.
Incoherence/word salad (formal thought disorder).
Decrease in reactivity to environment
Catatonia
Resistance to instructions
Negativism
Rigid/inappropriate/bizarre posture, lack of verbal or motor responses.
Mutism/stupor (abnormal motor behaviour).
Purposeless and excessive motor activity without obvious cause.
Catatonic excitement.
Decrease in self-initiated purposeful activities.
Avolition.
Diminished speech output
Alogia.
Decreased ability to experience pleasure from positive experiences/degradation in recollection of pleasure.
Anhedonia.
Lack of interest in social interactions
Asociality.
Reduction in facial expression, eye contact, intonation of speech (prosody), movement of the hands/head/face.
Diminished emotional expression.
Diminished emotional expression.
Reduction in facial expression, eye contact, intonation of speech (prosody), movement of the hands/head/face.
