random not so impt psych conditions Flashcards
Capgras syndrome
(illusion of doubles).
Fregoli syndrome
The delusional belief that one or more familiar persons, usually persecutors following the patient, repeatedly change their appearance and are actually a single person in disguise.
Intermetamorphosis
The belief that people in the environment swap identities with each other while maintaining
the same appearance.
Syndrome of subjective doubles
A person believes there is a doppelganger or double of themself carrying out independent
actions.
Lycanthropy
belief of transformation into a wolf, dog, cat, horse, hyena, tiger, bird,
frog or a bee, and behave accordingly
Cotard’s syndrome
a man believes that his skin is rotting and that he is dead.
Folie a deux
(induced psychosis)
A delusional belief is transmitted from one individual to another.
Most commonly diagnosed when the two or more individuals concerned live in close proximity and may be socially or physically isolated and have little interaction with other people.
Ekbom’s syndrome
delusional parasitosis, delusion of infestation
De Clerambault’s syndrome
Erotomania
Othello syndrome
Morbid jealousy
Couvade syndrome
Experiencing symptoms resembling pregnancy (e.g. minor weight gain, morning nausea, abdominal swelling and/or spasms, food cravings, hormonal changes, disturbed sleep patterns), in a man whose female partner is pregnant.
Charles Bonnet syndrome
a man with deteriorating vision described the emergence of vivid hallucinations of dancing children.
Note: visual hallucinations can occur in blind or partially sighted people.
Note: auditory hallucinations can occur in deaf or hearing impaired individuals.
Ganser’s syndrome (syndrome of approximate answers)
the police arrested a man for breach of the peace. When asked how many legs a table has, he answered “five”.
Diogenes syndrome (senile squalor syndrome)
Extreme self-neglect, domestic squalor, social withdrawal, excessive hoarding
(syllogomania) and lack of concern about one’s living conditions.
Munchausen syndrome
Factitious disorder, in which a person intentionally fakes, simulates, worsens or self-induces an injury or illness for the main purpose of being treated like a medical patient.
Munchausen syndrome by proxy
A type of factitious disorder characterised by a pattern of behaviour in which someone, usually a
mother, induces physical ailments upon another person, usually her child.
Perseveration
repeating the same words/answers.
Echolalia
repeating exactly what someone has said.
Neologism
making up new words.
Word salad
disorganised speech, sentences that do not make sense.
Expressive dysphasia
difficulty putting together words. Often develops following a stroke.
differentiate schizotypal and schizoid
schizotypal:
magical thinking that focuses on paranormal phenomena, evidenced by the patient’s discussion of a ‘spirit guide’.
odd speech, such as that high-pitched voice the patient uses during the consultation.
Schizoid:
social isolation, a lack of interest in sexual relationships, emotional coldness, and a preference for solitary activities.
