psych definations Flashcards
acute dystonia
sustained muscle contractions
akathisia
Unpleasant restlessness causing agitation
parkinonism
Shuffling gait,
pin-rolling tremor,
slowed movements,
rigidity
tardive dyskinesia
rhythmic involuntary movements of the face / limbs and trunk
grimacing / chewing / pouting of jaw / blinking
tics
Purposeless, involuntary movements involving a group of muscles (e.g. blinking)
pressure of speech
reflects pressure of thought
unrelenting, rapid, often loud talking without pauses
> mania
poverty of speech
reflects poverty of thought > depression
thought block
sudden halt of speech > schizo
Tangential speech
Diversion from initial trail of thought, not returning to original destination
flight of ideas mean?
jumping
has links however so maybe rhymes / puns
knights move?
jumping thought with no links > sign of schizophrenia
dysarthria
impaired articulation
dysphasia
inability to generate speech
neologisms?
making up wordw
word salad
random words no order
thoughts MSE
what is a partial delusion?
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
how is a delusion defined?
fixed belief
cannot be explained by cultural /religious /educational background
overvalued ideas
dysmorphophobia
anorexia nervosa
hypochondriasis
Exaggerated beliefs about being special or important → MANIA
grandiose delusions
persecutory delusions
belief that others are trying to cause harm
cotard syndrome
one has lost organs, blood, or body parts to insisting that one has lost one’s soul or is dead
de clerambault syndrome
Belief that someone is in love with them, with absence of other psychotic symptoms
thought echo
running commentary of patients thoughts
depersonalisation
person feels unreal
detached
numb
emotionally distant
Charles de bonnet
hallucination in a visually impaired person
thought intereference what types?
insertion
withdrawal
broadcast
interference
