Non Verbal Flashcards
1
Q
Echopraxia
A
Patient involuntarily copies another’s movements
2
Q
Waxy flexibility
A
Having ones arm or body part placed in a certain position and them holding that same position for hours
3
Q
Posturing
A
Voluntary assumption of an inappropriate or bizarre posture
4
Q
Stereotype
A
Repetitive fixed patterns of physical action or speech
5
Q
Negativism
A
Motiveless resistance to all attempts to be moved or to all instructions
6
Q
Akathesia
A
Displaying motor restlessness, feeling of muscular quivering
At its worse patient is unable to sit still or lie quietly
7
Q
Dyskinesia
A
Having distortion of voluntary movements
8
Q
Parkinsonian like
A
Making mask like faces, drooling, having shuffling gait, tremors and muscular rigidly
Seen in people who are on typical antipsychotic medication
