Psych - phenomenology

Question 1

Illusion

Answer 1

Misperception of real stimulus

Question 2

Hallucination

Answer 2

Perception in the absence of external stimulus

Question 3

Over-valued idea

Answer 3

Belief sustained beyond logic or reason but held with less rigidity than a delusion

Question 4

Delusion

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False belief that is firmly maintained in spite of incontrovertible evidence to the contrary

Question 5

Delusional perception

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Delusional belief resulting from real perception

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Thought insertion

Answer 6

Thought inserted by an external agency

Question 7

Thought withdrawal

Answer 7

Thoughts stolen by an external agency

Question 8

Thought broadcast

Answer 8

Thoughts being broadcast so they can be heard by others

Question 9

Thought echo

Answer 9

Form of auditory hallucination - patient hears their thoughts being spoken aloud

Question 10

Thought block

Answer 10

Sudden interruption in the train of thought, leaving a blank

Question 11

Concrete thinking

Answer 11

Lack of abstract thinking (ASD - take literal interpretation of what you are saying / can be psychosis)

Question 12

Loosening of association

Answer 12

Lack of logical association between thoughts - incoherent speech

Question 13

Circumstantiality

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Talking at great length around the subject but returns to topic

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Perseveration

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Repetition of a word (usually associated with organic / frontal disorder)

Driven by stimuli - if keep putting glasses in front of them they’ll put each pair on top of each other

Question 15

Tangential speaking

Answer 15

Goes off topic and doesn’t return to the topic

Question 16

Confabulation

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Giving a false account to fill a memory gap (not deliberate or lie) - Korsakoff’s

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Somatic passivity

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Delusional belief that the bodily sensations are from an external agency

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Made acts, feelings and drives

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Experience being carried out by the patient is considered alien / imposed

Question 19

Catatonia

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Significantly excited or inhibited motor activity - with waxy flexibility or posturing

Question 20

Stupor

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Loss of activity with no response to stimuli may mark a progression of motor retardation

(reduced level of response - can be related to reduced consciousness)

Question 21

Psychomotor retardation

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Slowing of thoughts and movements

associated with depression

Question 22

Flight of ideas

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Rapid skipping from one thought to distantly related ideas

Question 23

Neologisms -

Answer 23

Use of novel or new words

Question 24

Pressure of speech

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Rapid rate of delivery - may be associated with use of rhymes and puns

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Poverty of speech

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Reduced amount, range and content of speech

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Flattening of affect

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Reduced range of emotional expression

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Incongruity of affect

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Mismatch between emotional expression and content

Question 28

Obsession

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Unwanted recurrent thought (experienced as intrusive)

THOUGHT

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Compulsion

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Irresistible urge to behave in a certain way

ACTION

Question 30

Belle indifference

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Reduced range of emotional expression

Question 31

Depersonalisation

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Thoughts and feelings do not seem to belong to oneself

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Derealisation

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Feeling as if you are looking at yourself from the outside

Question 33

Stereotypy

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Persistent repetition of a behaviour without cause

Question 34

Mannerism

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Habitual gesture of language or behaviour