Psychiatry Terms

Question 1

Define Hallucination

Answer 1

A sensory perception not accompanied by an external stimulus

Question 2

Define Illusion

Answer 2

A misperception of an actual stimulus

Question 3

Define Delusions

Answer 3

A fixed false personal belief based on faulty conclusions related to external reality, which is tenaciously maintained regardless of what others believe or compelling evidence suggests

Question 4

what is the difference between mood-congruent and mood-incongruent

Answer 4

Mood-congruent: The contents of the delusions/hallucinations etc. are within keeping with the patients mood. e.g. suicidal auditory hallucinations with a depressed mood
Mood-incongruent: The contents of the delusions/hallucinations etc. are NOT within keeping with the patients mood. e.g. suicidal auditory hallucinations with a manic mood

Question 5

Define Affect

Answer 5

A subjective feeling of emotional experience manifested by observable behaviors such as attitude, facial expression and tone of voice

Question 6

Define Mood

Answer 6

A pervasive and sustained emotion

Question 7

Define Thought Disorder

Answer 7

Disturbance in the formation of thoughts, characterized by loosened associations, incoherent speech, neologisms, perseveration, blocking, clang associations and echolalia

Question 8

Define Circumstantiality

Answer 8

Speech that is circuitous and delayed in reaching its logical conclusion because of the inclusion of unnecessary, long-winded details

Question 9

What is the difference between Echolalia and Palilalia

Answer 9

Echolalia: Repetition of words or expression of other people. it is typically repetitive like and echo
Palilalia: A meaningless repetition of a person’s own word/s

Question 10

Define Loose Associations

Answer 10

Thinking manifested by utterances of ideas that shift from one topic to another, the topics bearing little relevance to one another.

Question 11

Define Neoligism

Answer 11

New words invented by the patient, distortion of words with a new or highly idiosyncratic meaning for the patient

Question 12

Define Perseveration

Answer 12

Persistent repetition of words, ideas, or topics throughout a conversation

Question 13

Define Blocking

Answer 13

Interrupted speech before a thought or idea has been completed. i.e. and interruption in the train of thought

Question 14

Define Clang Associations

Answer 14

Speech in sounds, rather than logical conceptual relationships determine the choice of words. i.e. Rhyming and punning