Mental Health Quiz 1

Front 1

Automatisms

Back 1

repeated purposeless behaviors often indicative of anxiety, such as drumming fingers, twisting locks of hair, or tapping the foot

Front 2

Psychomotor retardation

Back 2

overall slowed movements

Front 3

waxy flexibility

Back 3

maintenance of posture or position over time even when it is awkward or uncomfortable.

Front 4

neologisms

Back 4

invented words that have meaning only for the client

Front 5

mood

Back 5

refers to the clients pervasive and enduring emotional state

Front 6

affect

Back 6

is the outward expression of the clients emotional state

Front 7

Blunted affect

Back 7

showing little or a slow to respond facial expression

Front 8

Broad affect

Back 8

displaying a full range of emotional expresssions

Front 9

Flat affect

Back 9

showing no facial expression

Front 10

Inappropriate affect

Back 10

displaying a facial expression that is incongruent with mood or situation; often silly or giddy regardless of circumstances

Front 11

restricted affect

Back 11

displaying one type of expression, usually serious or somber

Front 12

labile

Back 12

a mood exhibiting unpredictable and rapid mood swings from depressed and crying to euphoria with no apparent stimuli

Front 13

thought process

Back 13

refers to how the client thinks

Front 14

thought content

Back 14

is that the client actually says

Front 15

circumstantial thinking

Back 15

a client eventually answers a question but only after giving excessive unnecessary detail

Front 16

Delusion

Back 16

a fixed false belief not based in reallity

Front 17

flight of ideas

Back 17

excessive amount and rate of speech composed of fragmented or unrelated ideas

Front 18

ideas of reference

Back 18

clients inaccurate interpretation that general events are personally directed to him or her, such as hearing a speech on the news and believeing the message had personal meaning

Front 19

Loose associations

Back 19

disorganized thinking that jumps from one idea to another with little or now evident relation betweent he thoughts

Front 20

Tangential thinking

Back 20

wandering off the topic and never providing the information requested

Front 21

thought blocking

Back 21

stopping abruptly in the middle of a sentence or train of thought; sometimes unable to continue the idea

Front 22

thought broadcasting

Back 22

a delusional belief that others can hear or know what the client is thinking

Front 23

thought insertion

Back 23

a delusional belief that others are putting ideas or thoughts into the clients head----that is, the ideas are not those of the client

Front 24

thought withdrawal

Back 24

a delusional belief that others are taking the clients thoughts away and the client is powerless to stop it

Front 25

word salad

Back 25

flow of the unconnected words that convey no meaning to the listener

Front 26

duty to warn

Back 26

legally obligated to warn a person that someone has made threats or harm to them

Front 27

orientation

Back 27

clients recognition of person, place and time

Front 28

disorientation

Back 28

confusion

Front 29

abstract thinking

Back 29

to make associations or interpretations about a situation or comment

Front 30

concrete thinking

Back 30

client continually gives literal translations

Front 31

hallucinations

Back 31

false sensory perceptions or perceptual experience that do not really exist

Front 32

judgment

Back 32

refers to the ability to interpret ones environment and situation correctly and to adapt ones behavior and decisions accordingly

Front 33

Insight

Back 33

the ability to understand the true nature of ones situation and accept some personal responsibility for that situation

Front 34

self concept

Back 34

the way one views oneself in terms of personal worth and dignity