Psychiatric: Level 1 Flashcards
The emotional tone a person expresses.
Affect
A reaction to a feared situation or object; anxiety attack.
Anxiety Reaction
Hearing sounds or voices which are not real.
Auditory Hallucinations
Persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest.
Depressed
A severe reduction in emotional expressiveness; monotone; unemotional.
Flat Affect
Thoughts of harming or killing another person.
Homicidal Ideation
Sleep disorder characterized by difficulty falling or staying asleep.
Insomnia
Tendency to speak rapidly and frenziedly.
Pressured Speech
Thoughts of harming or killing oneself.
Suicidal Ideation
Train of thought of the speaker wanders with lack of focus or logical progressions.
Tangential Thoughts
Seeing people or things which do not actually exist.
Visual Hallucinations
Not interested or participatory.
Withdrawn
