Schizophrenia Vocabulary Flashcards
affective flattening or blunting
restriction or flattening in the range and intensity of emotion
affective liability
abrupt, dramatic, unprovoked changes in the types of emotions expressed
aggression
overt behavior meant to hurt, belittle, take revenge, or achieve domination and control
agitation
cant sit still or attend to others accompanied by heightened emotions and tension
agranulocytosis
dangerously low level of circulating neutrophils
akathisia
extrapyramidal side effect inability to sit still or restlessness
alogia
brief, empty verbal responses
aka poverty of speech
ambivalence
presence and expression of two opposing feelings, leading to inaction
aka indecisive
anhedonia
cant experience pleasure
apathy
decreased rxn to stimuli with a diminished interest and desire
autistic thinking
thinking restricted to literal and immediate, individual has private rules of logic and reasoning that makes no sense to others
avolition
withdrawal and inability to initiate and persist in goal-directed activity
catatonic excitement
hyperactivity characterized by purposeless activity and abnormal movements like grimacing and posturing
circumstantiality
extremely detailed and lengthy discourse about a topic
extrapyramidal side effect
acute abnormal movements developing early in the course of treatment with antipsychotic meds.
dystonia, pseudoparkinsonism and akathisia
flight of ideas
rapid and repeated changes during conversation, usually after just one sentence or phrase
hallucinations
alterations in receptions (auditory or visual)
hypervigilance
sustained attention to external stimuli expecting something important or frightening to happen
hypofrontality
reduced cerebral blood flow and glucose metabolism in the prefrontal cortex
illusion
disorganized perceptions
loose associations
sudden shifts in subjects with no connection to the preceding topic
metonymic speech
use of words with similar meaning interchangeably
neologisms
words that are made up that have no common meaning and are not recognized
neuroleptic malignant syndrome and symptoms
life-threatening condition that can develop in rxn to antipsychotic meds
severe muscle rigidity
high vitals
diaphoresis
incontinence
oculogyrics crisis
med side effect that happens when there’s an imbalance of dopamine and acetylcholine. eyeball muscles tense and eyeballs move towards ceiling
paranoia
suspiciousness and guardedness that are unrealistic and often accompanied by grandiosity
polyuria
excessive need to urination
pressured speech
speaking as if words are being forced out
prodromal
early symptom indicating the development of a disease or syndrome
psychosis
state where a person is experiencing hallucinations, delusions, or disorganized thoughts, speech, or behavior
referential thinking
belief that neutral stimuli have special meaning to the individual .
ex: tv commentator talking to them through tv
regressed behavior
acting like a child
retrocollis
neck muscles pull back the head
stereotypy
repetitive, purposeless movements that idiosyncratic to the individual and to some degree outside of the individual’s control
stilted language
overly and inappropriately artificial formal language
tangentiality
topic of conversation changes to an entirely different topic that’s within logical progression but causes permanent detour from original focus
tardive dyskenesia
late-appearing extrapyramidal side effect of antipsychotic med that involves irregular, repetitive involuntary movements of the mouth, face, and tongue. and other abnormal movements
torticollis
neck muscles pulls head side to side
verbigeration
purposeless repetition of words or phrases
waxy flexibility
posture held in an odd or unusual fixed position for extended periods of time
word salad
string of words that are not connected in any way
