Psych - phenomenology Flashcards
Illusion
Misperception of real stimulus
Hallucination
Perception in the absence of external stimulus
Over-valued idea
Belief sustained beyond logic or reason but held with less rigidity than a delusion
Delusion
False belief that is firmly maintained in spite of incontrovertible evidence to the contrary
Delusional perception
Delusional belief resulting from real perception
Thought insertion
Thought inserted by an external agency
Thought withdrawal
Thoughts stolen by an external agency
Thought broadcast
Thoughts being broadcast so they can be heard by others
Thought echo
Form of auditory hallucination - patient hears their thoughts being spoken aloud
Thought block
Sudden interruption in the train of thought, leaving a blank
Concrete thinking
Lack of abstract thinking (ASD - take literal interpretation of what you are saying / can be psychosis)
Loosening of association
Lack of logical association between thoughts - incoherent speech
Circumstantiality
Talking at great length around the subject but returns to topic
Perseveration
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
Tangential speaking
Goes off topic and doesn’t return to the topic
Confabulation
Giving a false account to fill a memory gap (not deliberate or lie) - Korsakoff’s
Somatic passivity
Delusional belief that the bodily sensations are from an external agency
Made acts, feelings and drives
Experience being carried out by the patient is considered alien / imposed
Catatonia
Significantly excited or inhibited motor activity - with waxy flexibility or posturing
Stupor
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)
Psychomotor retardation
Slowing of thoughts and movements
associated with depression
Flight of ideas
Rapid skipping from one thought to distantly related ideas
Neologisms -
Use of novel or new words
Pressure of speech
Rapid rate of delivery - may be associated with use of rhymes and puns
Poverty of speech
Reduced amount, range and content of speech
Flattening of affect
Reduced range of emotional expression
Incongruity of affect
Mismatch between emotional expression and content
Obsession
Unwanted recurrent thought (experienced as intrusive)
THOUGHT
Compulsion
Irresistible urge to behave in a certain way
ACTION
Belle indifference
Reduced range of emotional expression
Depersonalisation
Thoughts and feelings do not seem to belong to oneself
Derealisation
Feeling as if you are looking at yourself from the outside
Stereotypy
Persistent repetition of a behaviour without cause
Mannerism
Habitual gesture of language or behaviour
