psych definations

Question 1

acute dystonia

Answer 1

sustained muscle contractions

Question 2

akathisia

Answer 2

Unpleasant restlessness causing agitation

Question 3

parkinonism

Answer 3

Shuffling gait,
pin-rolling tremor,
slowed movements,
rigidity

Question 4

tardive dyskinesia

Answer 4

rhythmic involuntary movements of the face / limbs and trunk

grimacing / chewing / pouting of jaw / blinking

Question 5

tics

Answer 5

Purposeless, involuntary movements involving a group of muscles (e.g. blinking)

Question 6

pressure of speech

Answer 6

reflects pressure of thought

unrelenting, rapid, often loud talking without pauses

> mania

Question 7

poverty of speech

Answer 7

reflects poverty of thought > depression

Question 8

thought block

Answer 8

sudden halt of speech > schizo

Question 9

Tangential speech

Answer 9

Diversion from initial trail of thought, not returning to original destination

Question 10

flight of ideas mean?

Answer 10

jumping
has links however so maybe rhymes / puns

Question 11

knights move?

Answer 11

jumping thought with no links > sign of schizophrenia

Question 12

dysarthria

Answer 12

impaired articulation

Question 13

dysphasia

Answer 13

inability to generate speech

Question 14

neologisms?

Answer 14

making up wordw

Question 15

word salad

Answer 15

random words no order

Question 16

thoughts MSE
what is a partial delusion?

Answer 16

Belief not quite held as firmly e.g. beliefs that are nearly delusional on the way to a full psychotic episode or on the path to recovery

Question 17

how is a delusion defined?

Answer 17

fixed belief
cannot be explained by cultural /religious /educational background

Question 18

overvalued ideas

Answer 18

dysmorphophobia
anorexia nervosa
hypochondriasis

Question 19

Exaggerated beliefs about being special or important → MANIA

Answer 19

grandiose delusions

Question 20

persecutory delusions

Answer 20

belief that others are trying to cause harm

Question 21

cotard syndrome

Answer 21

one has lost organs, blood, or body parts to insisting that one has lost one’s soul or is dead

Question 22

de clerambault syndrome

Answer 22

Belief that someone is in love with them, with absence of other psychotic symptoms

Question 23

thought echo

Answer 23

running commentary of patients thoughts

Question 24

depersonalisation

Answer 24

person feels unreal
detached
numb
emotionally distant

Question 25

Charles de bonnet

Answer 25

hallucination in a visually impaired person

Question 26

thought intereference what types?

Answer 26

insertion
withdrawal
broadcast
interference