The A Words

Question 1

Anergia

Answer 1

Lack of energy
Ner * Gia = no energy

Question 2

Anhedonia

Answer 2

Inability to find pleasure in things they used to enjoy
He * don * I = he don’t INJOY

Question 3

Asociality

Answer 3

Social withdrawal

Question 4

Avolition

Answer 4

Lack of follow through/no motivation
A * VOLITION - no motivation

Question 5

Alogia

Answer 5

Poverty of speech (few words)
*Alogia is a short word

Question 6

Affective blunting

Answer 6

Minimal facial expressions

Question 7

Aphasia

Answer 7

Can’t find the right word

Question 8

Agnosia

Answer 8

Don’t recognize the familiar objects anymore
NO * SIA = no see

Question 9

Apraxia

Answer 9

Loss of purposeful movement — basic skills
*X looks like a body moving back and forth

Question 10

Anosognosia

Answer 10

No knowledge of illness — DENIAL
* looks like a Spanish word — don’t know Spanish
* NO,NO

Question 11

Apathy

Answer 11

Loss of initiative— withdrawal from activities
* withdrawal from path

Question 12

Alexithymia

Answer 12

Difficult expressing/identifying emotions
* Alex (Moonie) has a hard time expressing her feelings

Question 13

Akathisia

Answer 13

Type of restless EPS

Question 14

Amenorrhea

Answer 14

No menstrual cycle