MSE Terminology

Question 1

Persecutory Delusion

Answer 1

belief that one is going to be harmed (most common)

Question 2

Referential delusion

Answer 2

belief that certain gestures, comments, environmental cues are directed at oneself.

Question 3

Grandiose Delusion

Answer 3

belief that he/she has exceptional abilities, wealth, fame.

Question 4

Erotomanic

Answer 4

false belief that others are in love with him/her.

Question 5

Nihilistic

Answer 5

conviction that a major catastrophe is going to occur.

Question 6

Somatic

Answer 6

preoccupation with physical health/organ function.

Question 7

Bizarre delusion

Answer 7

clearly implausible/unbelievable by their culture (ie, aliens are harvesting their organs).

Question 8

Thought withdrawal (delusion)

Answer 8

thoughts are being removed by an outside force.

Question 9

Thought insertion (delusion)

Answer 9

thoughts are being inserted into their mind by an outside force.

Question 10

Delusion of control

Answer 10

One’s body’s/actions are being acted on/manipulated by outside force (high risk).

Question 11

5 types of hallucinations

Answer 11

Auditory (most common), visual, olfactory, tactile, taste.

Question 12

3 types of formal thought disorder?

Answer 12

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.

Question 13

Catatonia

Answer 13

Decreased reactivity to environment.

Question 14

Negativism (abnormal motor behaviour)

Answer 14

resistance to instructions.

Question 15

Mutism/stupor (abnormal motor behaviour).

Answer 15

rigid/inappropriate/bizarre posture, lack of verbal or motor responses.

Question 16

Catatonic excitement

Answer 16

purposeless and excessive motor activity without obvious cause.

Question 17

5 symptoms of ‘negative symptoms’ - including the 4A’s?

Answer 17

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.

Question 18

Belief that one is going to be harmed??

Answer 18

Persecutory delusion.

Question 19

Belief that certain gestures, comments, environmental cues are directed at self??

Answer 19

Referential delusion.

Question 20

Belief that he/she has exceptional abilities??

Answer 20

Grandiose delusion.

Question 21

False belief that another person is in love with them??

Answer 21

Erotomanic delusion.

Question 22

Conviction that a major catastrophe is going to occur??

Answer 22

Nihilistic delusion.

Question 23

Preoccupation with health/organ function??

Answer 23

Somatic delusion.

Question 24

Delusion which is clearly implausible/not understandable to that person’s culture??

Answer 24

Bizarre delusion.

Question 25

Belief that thoughts have been removed by outside force??

Answer 25

Thought withdrawal (delusion)

Question 26

Belief that thoughts have been inserted by outside force??

Answer 26

Thought insertion (delusion)

Question 27

One’s body/actions are being acted on/manipulated by outside force.

Answer 27

Delusion of control.

Question 28

Switching from one topic to another

Answer 28

Derailment (formal thought disorder)

Question 29

Answers to questions are obliquely related/completely unrelated.

Answer 29

Tangentiality (formal thought disorder)

Question 30

Digression into unnecessary details and inappropriate thoughts before getting to the point

Answer 30

Circumstantiality (formal thought disorder)

Question 31

Incomprehensible thought, resembled receptive aphasia.

Answer 31

Incoherence/word salad (formal thought disorder).

Question 32

Decrease in reactivity to environment

Answer 32

Catatonia

Question 33

Resistance to instructions

Answer 33

Negativism

Question 34

Rigid/inappropriate/bizarre posture, lack of verbal or motor responses.

Answer 34

Mutism/stupor (abnormal motor behaviour).

Question 35

Purposeless and excessive motor activity without obvious cause.

Answer 35

Catatonic excitement.

Question 36

Decrease in self-initiated purposeful activities.

Answer 36

Avolition.

Question 37

Diminished speech output

Answer 37

Alogia.

Question 38

Decreased ability to experience pleasure from positive experiences/degradation in recollection of pleasure.

Answer 38

Anhedonia.

Question 39

Lack of interest in social interactions

Answer 39

Asociality.

Question 40

Reduction in facial expression, eye contact, intonation of speech (prosody), movement of the hands/head/face.

Answer 40

Diminished emotional expression.

Question 41

Diminished emotional expression.

Answer 41

Reduction in facial expression, eye contact, intonation of speech (prosody), movement of the hands/head/face.