psych eval Flashcards
patient’s motor behavior, mannerisms, tics, stereotyped behaviors
overt behavior
attitude toward examiner
attitude
physical characteristics NOT content of patients speech
speech
patient talking loud, rapid, stuttering - ex of?
description of speech
subjective emotional experience of the patient
mood
relationship of affect to mood
affect is objective assessment of patient’s emotional responsiveness
can be logical vs. illogical; goal-directed vs. not
thinking
thinking that includes too many irrelevant details
circumstantial thinkgin
thinking that includes responding to something similar to the question, but not actually the question
tangential thinking
losing track of the convo and taking a different direction without ever returning to the main point
tangential thinking
loss of logical connection b/w ideas or sentences that are beign spoken
derailment/loose associations
linking words together b/c they sound similar
clang associations
when speaker jumps rapidly b/c loosely associated topics
flight of ideas
when there is an abrupt stop of break in teh flow of ideas
thought blocking
repetition of the same words/ideas over and over despite convo moving on
perseveration
ideas that outside forces are influencing a patient’s mind or behvario
ideas of influence
hallucination, derealization, depersonalization
perception
consciousness, orientation, concentration, memory, abstract reasoning, reading/writing, visuospatial ability
sensorium
does patient undersand that they have an illness
insight
is the patient able to understand the likely conseuqnces of behavior and make decisions accordingly
judgment
