Terms Flashcards
automatic obedience
listens to command, despite being told NOT to do so EXCESSIVELY– ie. please raise one hand, ends up raising two hands
echopraxia
imitates movements of interviewer
forced grasping
shanks hands repeatedly, despite being told not to do so
forced grasping associated with
frontal lobe lesion
mitgehen
EXTREME form of mitmachem, XS movements when pushed by light pressure
mitmachen
despite instructions to resist all movements– MOVES ANY POSITION without resistance
negativism
resists movement or instructions to move
perseveration
senseless repeition of previously requested movement
perseveration associated with
catatonia
posturing
voluntary assumption and maintenance of inappropriate or bizarre behaviour
psychological pillow
holds head a few cm above the bed, without explanation
psychological pillow associated with
catatonia
schaukrampf
drawing in of nose and lips
stereotypes
repetitive involuntary non-goal oriented
stereotypes associated with
schizo
hyperkinetic
autism
clanging
putting together similarly sounding words
first syllable clanging
SCHIZO
last syllable clanging
mania
coprolalia
obscene words
coprolalia associated with
Tourette’s
echolalaia
mimics words
metonyms
approximations of words
example of metonym
pen= paper skater
neologisms
new words
neologisms associated with
autism and schizo
palilalia
increasing frequency of word repetition
logoclonia
last syllable of word perseveration
logoclonia associated with
AZD