Scope Of Practice Flashcards
States he hears things that aren’t there.
Auditory Hallucinations
States he sees things that aren’t there.
Visual hallucinations
States he smells things that are not there.
Olfactory hallucinations
States he can feel things that aren’t there.
Tactile hallucinations
States he wants to kill himself.
Suicidal ideation
States he wants to kill somebody.
Homicidal ideation
Does not make facial expressions.
Flat affect
States he is happy, but has a sad expression.
Incongruent affect
Extreme shifts between happy and sad state.
Labile
States he is in an extremely happy all the time.
Euphoria
States he is thinking of…
Thought content
States he has an irrational fear of…
Phobic
Reports he repeatedly thinks of…
Obsessions
Reports he is compelled to… repeatedly.
Compulsions
States he feels separate from his body.
Derealization
States an incredible belief that… despite evidence to the contrary.
Delusions
Talks about unrelated, unconnected things in the same conversation.
Loose associations
Accelerated speech with abrupt changes of topic to topic.
Flights of ideas
States that his thoughts/behaviors will/can defy nature.
Magical thinking
Not able to get to the point because of unnecessary details and commentary.
Circumstantial speech
Perceptions are not based on reality.
Psychosis
Client was jumping from one topic to another.
Tangential
Client speech was rapid and unstoppable.
Pressured speech
Client denies presence illness/symptoms; states awareness of problems but blames others and/or circumstances/physical factors; fights the system and does little or nothing to help self
Impaired insight
