Psych terminology

Question 1

Ideas of reference

Answer 1

Think things are against you (TV, radio, people talking)

Question 2

Loss of ego boundaries

Answer 2

Loss track of who you are

Question 3

Alogia

Answer 3

Poor speech

Question 4

Echolalia

Answer 4

Repeating statements/associate words by their sound nor meaning

Question 5

Thought blocking

Answer 5

Abrupt halt in train of thought (stop talking in the middle of the sentence)

Question 6

Neologisms

Answer 6

Make up new words

Question 7

Circumstantiality

Answer 7

Answer a question verbosely

Question 8

Tangentiality

Answer 8

Getting a tangent when answering question

Question 9

Loss of association

Answer 9

All over the place

Question 10

Brief psychotic disorder

Answer 10

schizo symptoms under 1 month

Question 11

Schizophreniform disorder

Answer 11

1-6 months of schizo symptoms

Question 12

Schioaffective disorder

Answer 12

schizo + mania and/or depression

Question 13

Delusional disorder

Answer 13

only delusion, no schizo symptoms

Question 14

Shared psychotic disorder

Answer 14

One person is psychotic, another person joins in and become psychotic as well