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echopraxia

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pathological imitation of movements of one person by another

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cataLEPSY

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general term for an immobile position that is constantly maintained

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cataPLEXY

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temporary loss of muscle tone and weakness precipitated by variety of emotional states

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catatonic stupor

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markedly slowed motor activity, often to a point of immobility and seeming unawareness of surroundings

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waxy flexibility

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condition of a person who can be molded into a position that is then maintained; when the examiner moves the person’s limb, the limb feels that it is made of wax

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stereotypy

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repetitive fixed pattern of physical action or speech

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psychomotor AGITATION

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EXCESSIVE motor and cognitive OVERACTIVITY, usually nonproductive and in response to internal tension

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psychomotor RETARDATION

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DECREASED motor and cognitive activity, visible SLOWING of thought, speech, and movement

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akathisia

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subjective feeling of muscular tension- side effect to antipsychotic or other medicaiton, which can cause restlesness, pacing, repeated sitting and standing; can be mistaken for agitation

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dyskinesia

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difficulty in performing voluntary movements, as in extrapyramidal disorders

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bradykinesia

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slowness of motor activity with a decrease in normal spontaneous movement

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chorea

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random and involuntary, quick, jerky, purposeless movements

CHOREANS LIKE TO POP AND LOCK

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dystonia

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slow, sustained contraction of the trunk or limbs; seen in medication induced dystonia

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mood

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a pervasive and sustained emotion, subjectively experienced and reported by the patient and observed by others; examples include depression, elation, anger

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labile mood

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(mood swings) oscillations between euphoria, depression, or anxiety

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depression

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pathological feeling of sadness

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alexithymia

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a person’s difficulty in describing or being aware of emotions or mood

ALEX IS A CONFUSED CHICK WHO CAN’T EXPLAIN HER EMOTIONS

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affect

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the observed expression of emotion, possibly inconsistent with the patient’s description of the emotion

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appropriate affect

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emotional tone is in harmony with the accompanying idea, thought, or speech

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inappropriate affect

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disharmony between emotional feeling and hte ideas accompanying it

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restricted/constricted affect

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reduction in the intensity of externalized feeling tone

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blunted affect

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disturbance in affect manifested by a severe reduction in the intensity/feeling tone

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flat affect

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absence/near absence of any signs of affect (voice monotonous, face immobile)

constricted > blunted > flat

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speech

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ideas, thoughts, feelings as expressed through language; communication through the use of words and language

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pressured speech

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rapid speech that’s increased in amount and difficult to interrupt (THINK X)

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perception

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process of transferring physical stimulation into psychological info; mental process by which sensory stimuli are brought into awareness

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hallucination

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false sensory perception NOT associated with REAL external stimuli; there may or may not be a delusional interpretation of the hallucinatory experience

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mood congruent hallucination

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where content is consistent with either a manic or depressed mood; (e.g the manic patient would hear voices saying the patient is of inflated worth, power, and knowledge)

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mood incongruent hallucination

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where content is inconsistent with either depressed/manic mood

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command hallucination

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false perception of orders that a person may feel obliged to obey or unable to resist (often DANGEROUS

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illusion

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misperception or misinterpretation of REAL external sensory stimuli

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dissociation

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defense mechanism; segregation of mental or behavioral processes form the rest of the person’s psychic activity

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thoughts

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the goal directed flow of ideas, symbols, and associations initiated by a problem oro task and leading toward a reality oriented conclusion

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circusmtantiality

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indirect speech that is delayed in reaching hte point but eventually gets form original point to the desired goal characterized by an over inclusion of details and parenthetical remarks

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tangentiality

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inability to have a goal directed associations of thought; speaker never gets fro desired point to desired goal

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perseveration

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persisting response to a previous stimulus after a new stimulus has been presented; often associated with cognitive disorders

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loosening of associations

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flow of thought in which ideas shift form one subject to another in a completely unrelated way; when sever, speech may be incoherent

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flight of ideas

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rapid, continuous verbalization or plays on words produce constant shifting from one idea to another; ideas tend to be connected but too fast for the listener to comprehend

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obsession

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pathological persistence of thought; can’t eliminate consciously; associated with anxiety

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compulsion

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pathological need to act on an imipulse that, if resisted, produces anxiety; repetitive behavior in response to an obsession or performed according to certain rules

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delusion

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a fixed false belief, based on incorrect inference about external reality, not consistent with the patient’s intelligence and cultural background, cannot be corrected by reasoning

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amnesia

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partial or total inability to recall past experiences; may be medical or emotional in origin

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anterograde

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can’t remember things AFTER a point in time

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retrograde

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can’t remember things BEFORE a point in time

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