Vocab

Question 1

Affect

Answer 1

patients immediate expression of emotion. way carry self and come across

Question 2

mania

Answer 2

extremely elevated mood, high energy, impulsiveness, delusions

Question 3

blunting

Answer 3

flat affect, mono tone speech

Question 4

euthymia

Answer 4

a normal, tranquil mental state or mood

Question 5

anhedonia

Answer 5

lack of interest, enjoyment, or please from life experiences

Question 6

anergia

Answer 6

lack energy

Question 7

vegetative signs

Answer 7

sleep, eat, elimination, sexual activity?

Question 8

dyskinesia

Answer 8

involuntary, erratic, writhing movements of the face, arms, legs or trunk

Question 9

rhabdomyolysis

Answer 9

a serious medical condition that can be fatal or result in permanent disability. Rhabdo occurs when damaged muscle tissue releases its proteins and electrolytes into the blood. These substances can damage the heart and kidneys and cause permanent disability or even death.

Question 10

hypersomnia

Answer 10

excessive sleepiness

Question 11

comorbidities

Answer 11

the simultaneous presence of two or more diseases or medical conditions in a patient.

Question 12

neuroplasticity

Answer 12

brains ability to change and adapt due to experience

Question 13

mood

Answer 13

the way a person feels

Question 14

affective instability

Answer 14

abrupt shifts in mood, unstable state, crying followed by rage

Question 15

functional status

Answer 15

ability to perform ADLs

Question 16

meloncholy

Answer 16

sadness or gloominess

Question 17

positive symptoms

Answer 17

excess of normal function, addition of things (hallucination, catatonia, delusion, agitation, disorganized thoughts

Question 18

negative symptoms

Answer 18

hypo, deficit in normal behavior: alogia, anhedonia, avolition, blunted affect

Question 19

hallucination

Answer 19

an experience involving the apparent perception of something not present.

Question 20

delusion

Answer 20

a false belief or judgment about external reality, held despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary, occurring especially in mental conditions.

Question 21

disorganized thinking

Answer 21

disrupted structure or form of thought, word salad

Question 22

disorganized behaviors

Answer 22

unpredictable, odd, bizarre behavior such as smiling, laughing, or talking to oneself or being preoccupied/responding to internal stimuli. It can include purposeless, ambivalent behavior or movements.