Schizophrenia Vocabulary

Question 1

affective flattening or blunting

Answer 1

restriction or flattening in the range and intensity of emotion

Question 2

affective liability

Answer 2

abrupt, dramatic, unprovoked changes in the types of emotions expressed

Question 3

aggression

Answer 3

overt behavior meant to hurt, belittle, take revenge, or achieve domination and control

Question 4

agitation

Answer 4

cant sit still or attend to others accompanied by heightened emotions and tension

Question 5

agranulocytosis

Answer 5

dangerously low level of circulating neutrophils

Question 6

akathisia

Answer 6

extrapyramidal side effect inability to sit still or restlessness

Question 7

alogia

Answer 7

brief, empty verbal responses

aka poverty of speech

Question 8

ambivalence

Answer 8

presence and expression of two opposing feelings, leading to inaction
aka indecisive

Question 9

anhedonia

Answer 9

cant experience pleasure

Question 10

apathy

Answer 10

decreased rxn to stimuli with a diminished interest and desire

Question 11

autistic thinking

Answer 11

thinking restricted to literal and immediate, individual has private rules of logic and reasoning that makes no sense to others

Question 12

avolition

Answer 12

withdrawal and inability to initiate and persist in goal-directed activity

Question 13

catatonic excitement

Answer 13

hyperactivity characterized by purposeless activity and abnormal movements like grimacing and posturing

Question 14

circumstantiality

Answer 14

extremely detailed and lengthy discourse about a topic

Question 15

extrapyramidal side effect

Answer 15

acute abnormal movements developing early in the course of treatment with antipsychotic meds.

dystonia, pseudoparkinsonism and akathisia

Question 16

flight of ideas

Answer 16

rapid and repeated changes during conversation, usually after just one sentence or phrase

Question 17

hallucinations

Answer 17

alterations in receptions (auditory or visual)

Question 18

hypervigilance

Answer 18

sustained attention to external stimuli expecting something important or frightening to happen

Question 19

hypofrontality

Answer 19

reduced cerebral blood flow and glucose metabolism in the prefrontal cortex

Question 20

illusion

Answer 20

disorganized perceptions

Question 21

loose associations

Answer 21

sudden shifts in subjects with no connection to the preceding topic

Question 22

metonymic speech

Answer 22

use of words with similar meaning interchangeably

Question 23

neologisms

Answer 23

words that are made up that have no common meaning and are not recognized

Question 24

neuroleptic malignant syndrome and symptoms

Answer 24

life-threatening condition that can develop in rxn to antipsychotic meds

severe muscle rigidity
high vitals
diaphoresis
incontinence

Question 25

oculogyrics crisis

Answer 25

med side effect that happens when there's an imbalance of dopamine and acetylcholine. eyeball muscles tense and eyeballs move towards ceiling

Question 26

paranoia

Answer 26

suspiciousness and guardedness that are unrealistic and often accompanied by grandiosity

Question 27

polyuria

Answer 27

excessive need to urination

Question 28

pressured speech

Answer 28

speaking as if words are being forced out

Question 29

prodromal

Answer 29

early symptom indicating the development of a disease or syndrome

Question 30

psychosis

Answer 30

state where a person is experiencing hallucinations, delusions, or disorganized thoughts, speech, or behavior

Question 31

referential thinking

Answer 31

belief that neutral stimuli have special meaning to the individual . ex: tv commentator talking to them through tv

Question 32

regressed behavior

Answer 32

acting like a child

Question 33

retrocollis

Answer 33

neck muscles pull back the head

Question 34

stereotypy

Answer 34

repetitive, purposeless movements that idiosyncratic to the individual and to some degree outside of the individual's control

Question 35

stilted language

Answer 35

overly and inappropriately artificial formal language

Question 36

tangentiality

Answer 36

topic of conversation changes to an entirely different topic that's within logical progression but causes permanent detour from original focus

Question 37

tardive dyskenesia

Answer 37

late-appearing extrapyramidal side effect of antipsychotic med that involves irregular, repetitive involuntary movements of the mouth, face, and tongue. and other abnormal movements

Question 38

torticollis

Answer 38

neck muscles pulls head side to side

Question 39

verbigeration

Answer 39

purposeless repetition of words or phrases

Question 40

waxy flexibility

Answer 40

posture held in an odd or unusual fixed position for extended periods of time

Question 41

word salad

Answer 41

string of words that are not connected in any way