Glossary Terms

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affect

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pattern of observable behavior that is an expression of emotions

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blunted (affect)

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reduction in intensity of emotional expression

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flat (affect)

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absence/near absence of affective expression

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inappropriate (affect)

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discordance between expression and content of speech

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labile (affect)

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abnormal variability in affect with shifts in emotional expression

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restricted (affect)

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mild reduction in intensity of emotional expression

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anxiety

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apprehensive anticipation of future danger/misfortune causing somatic symptoms like tension

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attention

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ability to focus in a sustained manner on a stimulus

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catatonic behavior

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motor abn such as motor immobility or excessive motor activity

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conversion symptoms

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loss of/alteration in vol motor or sensory function due to neuro comdition

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defense mechanism

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auto psych process that protects the individual from anxiety or danger/stressors

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delusion

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false belief in an incorrect inferrence of reality despite evidence to the contrary

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bizarre delusion

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delusion that is percieved by a person's culture as totally implausible

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delusional jealousy

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delusion that one's sexual partner is unfaithful

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erotomanic delusion

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delusion that someone of higher status is in love with them

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grandiose delusion

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delusion of an inflated self worth/power/knowledge

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delusion of being controlled

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delusion of feelings of being under control some external force and not under one's own control

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persecutory delusion

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delusion that one is being attacked, harrassed, cheated, conspired against

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somatic delusion

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delusion pertaining to function of ones body or the appearance

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thought broadcasting delusion

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delusion that one's thoughts are being broadcasted outside the mind for all to hear

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thought insertion delusion

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delusion that someone is inserting thoughts into one's mind and are not their own

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derailment

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pattern of speech in which the ideas slip off track to another unrelated subject

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dissociation

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disruption in the usually integrated functions of consciousness

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grandiosity

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inflated appraisal of ones self, worth,importance, or identity

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hallucination

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sensory perception that has a compelling sense of reality but occurs without stimuli from that sensory organ

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auditory hallucination

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hearing sounds mostly voices that are not really there

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visual hallucination

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images that are not really there

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illusions

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misperception of the visual stimuli

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ideas of reference

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feelings that casual accidents have a particular meaning

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incoherence

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speech or thinkiing that incomprehensible to others

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mood

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sustained emotion that colors the perception of the world

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dysphoric mood

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unpleasant feelings

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elevated mood

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exaggerated feelings of well-being or euphoria

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euthymic mood

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mood in normal range

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expansive mood

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lack of restaint in expressing feelings with overevaluation of the significance

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irritable mood

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easily annoyed or provoked to anger

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panic attacks

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periods of sudden onset of intense apprehension, fear, impending doom with symptoms of SOB, pounding heart, chest pain

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paranoid ideations

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ideation involving suspicion or belief one is being treated unfairly

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personality

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eduring patterns of percieving, relating to, and thinking about environment and one's self

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phobia

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irrational fear of a specific object, activity or situation

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prodrome

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early sign or symptom of a disorder

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psychotic

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impairment that grossly interferes with the capacity to meet ordinary demands of life. Can involve hallucinations, delusions, and symptoms of schizophrenia

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sign

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signs observed by medical examiner

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stressor

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life event that may be associated with onset of a mental d/o

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symptom

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feelings reported by patient to the examiner

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syndrome

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grouping of signs and symptoms with frequent occurrences and common underlying patho. cause with a treatment selection