Most Common Symptoms Of Psychiatric Disorders

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Sleep Disturbances
-Insomnia

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Lack of or diminished ability to sleep

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Sleep Disturbances
-Hypersomnia

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Excessive sleeping

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Sleep Disturbances
-Parasomnia

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disruptive sleep-related disorders that can occur during arousals from REM sleep or partial arousals from Non-REM sleep

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Appetite and Weight Loss Disturbances
-Anorexia

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loss of or decrease in appetite

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Appetite and Weight Loss Disturbances
-Hyperphagia

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increase in food intake

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Disturbances of Thinking
-Autistic Thinking

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preoccupation with inner, private world; term used somewhat synonymously with dereism (one of the 4A's of schizophrenias)

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Disturbances of Thinking
-Formal Thought Disorder

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Thinking characterized by loosened associations, neologisms, and illogical constructs; though process is disordered and the person is defined as psychotic

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Disturbances of Thinking
-Magical Thinking

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A form of dereistic thought in which thoughts, words or actions assume power (for example, they can cause or prevent events)

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Disturbances of Thinking
-Normal Thinking

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Thinking refers to the ideational components of mental activity, processes used to imagine, appraise, evaluate, forecast, plan, create and will

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Disturbances of Thinking
-Psychosis

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Inability to distinguish reality from fantasy; impaired reality testing with the creation of a new reality

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Specific Disturbances of Thought
-Blocking

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Abrupt interruption in train of thought before a thought or idea is finished

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Specific Disturbances of Thought
-circumstantiality

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indirect speech that is delayed in reaching the point but eventually gets from original point to desired goal

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Specific Disturbances of Thought
-clang associations

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association of words similar iin sound but not in meaning; words have no logical conection; ay includerhyming and punning

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Specific Disturbances of Thought
-echolalia

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psychopathological repeating of words of phrases of one person by another

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Specific Disturbances of Thought
-flight of ideas

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rapid, continuous verbalization or plays on words produce constant shifting from one idea ot another

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Specific Disturbances of Thought
-glossolalia

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neologisms that stimulate coherent speech; the expression of a revelatory message through unintelligible words (also known as speaking in tongues); not considered a disturbance in thought if associated with practices of specific religions

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Specific Disturbances of Thought
-incoherence

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thought that is generally not understandable; running together of thoughts orwords with no logical or grammatical connection, resulting in disorganization

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Specific Disturbances of Thought
-irrevelvant answer

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answer that is not in harmony with questions asked (patient appears to ignore or not attend to question)

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Specific Disturbances of Thought
-loosening of association

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Flow of thought in which ideas shift from one subject to another in a completely unrelated way; when severe, speech may be incoherent

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Specific Disturbances of Thought
-perserveration

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Persistin response to a previous stimulus after a new stimulus has been presented

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Specific Disturbances of Thought
-Pressure of Speech

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Rapid speech that is increased in amount and difficult to interrupt

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Specific Disturbances of Thought
-Tangentiality

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Inability to have goal-directed associations of thought; speaker never gets from point to desired goal

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Specific Disturbances of Thought
-Verbigeration

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Meaningless repetition of specific words of phrases

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Specific Disturbances of Thought
-Volubility (logorrhea)

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copious, coherent, logical speech

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Specific Disturbances of Thought
-word salad

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incoherent mixture of words and phrases

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Other Disturbances of Form of Thought
-Coprolalia

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Compulsive utterances of obscene words

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Other Disturbances of Form of Thought
-Dysarthria

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Difficulty in articulation, not in word finding or in grammar

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Other Disturbances of Form of Thought
-Dysprosody

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Loss of normal speech melody (called prosody); should be called aprosody

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Other Disturbances of Form of Thought
-Neologism

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new word created by a patient, often by combining syllables of other words, for idiosyncratic psychological reasons

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-Bizarre delusion

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an absurd, totally implausible, strange false belief

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-delusion of thought broadcasting

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delusions that a person's thoughts can be heard by others, as though being broadcast over the air

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-delusion of poverty

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a person's false belief that he or she is bereft or will be deprived of all material posessions

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-delusion of self-accusation

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false feelings of remorse or guilt

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-delusion of perception (delusion of reference

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a Person's false belief that the behavior of others refers to himself or herself

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-Delusion

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false belief, based in incorrect interference about external reality, not consistent with patient's intelligence and cultural background; cannot be corrected by reasoning

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-delusion of control

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false feeling that a person's will, thoughts or feelings are being controlled by external forces

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-delusion of doubles (capgras syndrome)

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delusion that parent, spouse, friend or other close family member has been replaced by an identical looking imposter

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-delusion of infidelity or delusion of jealousy

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false belief derived from pathological jealousy about a persons lover beingunfaithful

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-delusion of thought insertion

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delusion that thoughts are being implanted in a person's mind by other persons or forces

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-delusion of thought withdrawal

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delusion that thoughts are being removed from a person's mind by other persons or forces

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-Erotomania

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Delusional belief, more common in women than men, that someone is deeply in love with them

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-Hallucination

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fake sensory perception not associated with real external stimuli

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-Hypochondria

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exaggerated concern about health that is based not on real organic pathology, but rather on unrealistic interpretations of physical signs or sensations as abnormal

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-Hypnagogic hallucination

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false sensory perception occuring while falling asleep

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-Hypnopompic hallucination

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false perception occuring while awakening from sleep

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-Mood congruent delusion

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delusion with mood appropriate content

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-Nihilistic delusion

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false feeling that self, others or the world is nonexistent or coming to an end

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-Obsession

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pathological persistence of an irresistible thought or feeling that cannot be eliminated from consciousness by logical effort

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-Overvalued idea

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Unreasonable , sustained false belief maintained less firmly than a delusion

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-Paranoid delusion

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delusions of persecution, delusions of grandeur, delusions of reference

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-Phobia

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persistent, irrational, exaggerated and invariably pathological dread of a specific stimulus or situation

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-pseudologia phantastica

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a type of lying in which a person appears to believe in the reality of his or her fantasies and acts on them

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-somatic delusion

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false belief involving functioning of the body

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Disturbance of Thought Content
-systematized delusion

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false belief or beliefs untied by a single event or theme

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Disturbance of Perception
-Auditory hallucination

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false perception of sound, usually voices but also others noises, such as music; most common hallucination in psychiatric disorders

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Disturbance of Perception
-Gustatory hallucination

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false perception of taste

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Disturbance of Perception
-Lilliputian hallucination

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false perception in which objects are seen as reduced in size

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Disturbance of Perception
-olfactory hallucination

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false perception of smell

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Disturbance of Perception
-somatic hallucination

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false sensation of things occurring in or to the body

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Disturbance of Perception
-synesthesia

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sensation of hallucination caused by another sensation (auditory -- visual)

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Disturbance of Perception
-Tactile (haptic

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false perception of touch or surface sensation, as from an amputated limb

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Disturbance of Perception
-Trailing phenomenon

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perceptual abnormality associated with hallucinogenic drugs in which moving objects are seen as a series of discrete and discontinuous images

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Disturbance of Perception
-Visual hallucination

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false perception involving sight consisting of both formed images and unformed images

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Illusions
-definition

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misinterpretation of real external sensory stimuli

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Illusions
-Depersonalization

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a persons subjective sense of beingunreal, strange or unfamiliar

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Illusions
-derealization

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a subjective sense that the environment is strange or unreal

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Illusions
-macropsia

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state in which objects seem larger than they are

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Illusions
-micropsia

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state in which objects seem smaller than they are

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Disturbance of Consciousness
-clouding of consciousness

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incomplete clear-mindedness with disturbances in perception and attitudes

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Disturbance of Consciousness
-Coma

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profound unconsciousness

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Disturbance of Consciousness
-coma vigil

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coma in which a patient appears to be awake with eyes open but cannot be aroused

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Disturbance of Consciousness
-delirium

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bewildered, restless, confused, disoriented reaction associated with fear and hallucinations

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Disturbance of Consciousness
-disorientation

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disturbances of orientation in time, place or person

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Disturbance of Consciousness
-dream state

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often used as a synonym for complex partial seizure or psychomotor epilepsy

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Disturbance of Conciousness
-Drowsiness

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A state of impaired awareness associated with a desire to inclination to sleep

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Disturbance of Conciousness
-Stupor

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lack of reaction to, and unawareness of, surrounds

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Disturbance of Conciousness
-Sundowning

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syndrome in older persons that usually occurs at night and is characterized by drowsiness, confusion, ataxia and falling as a result of being overly sedated with medications

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Disturbance of Conciousness
-Twilight state

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disturbed consciousness with hallucinations

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Emotion
-definition

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complex feeling state with psychic, somatic and behavioral components that is related to affect and mood?

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Emotion
-Affect

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observed expression of emotion, possibly inconsistent with patient's description of emotion

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Emotion
-mood

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pervasive and sustained emotion subjectively experienced and reported by a patient and observed by others

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Affect
-Appropriate affect

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condition in which the emotional tone is in harmony with the accompanying idea, thought or speech

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Affect
-blunted affect

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disturbance in affect manifested by a severe reduction in the intensity of externalized feeling tone

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Affect
-constricted or restricted affect

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reduction in intensity of feeling tone, less severe than blunted affect but clearly reduced

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Affect
-Flat affect

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absence or near absence of any signs of affective expression; voice monotonous, face immobile

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Affect
-Inappropriate affect

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disharmony between the emotional feeling tone and idea, thought or speech accompanying it

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Affect
-labile affect

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rapid and abrupt changes in emotional feeling tone, unrelated to external stimuli

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Mood
-anhedonia

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loss of interest in, and withdrawal from, all regular and pleasurable activities

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Mood
-alexithymia

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a person's inability to, or difficulty in, describing or being aware of emotions or mood

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Mood
-depression

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psychopathological feelings of sadness

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Mood
-dysphoric mood

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an unpleasant mood

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Mood
-ecstasy

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feeling of intense rapture

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Mood
-elation

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feelings of joy, euphoria, triumph, intense self-satisfaction of optimism, and exaggerated motor activity

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histrionic

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adj. theatrical arts or performance

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Mood
-Euphoria

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intense elation with feelings of grandeur

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Mood
-Euthymic mood

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normal range of mood

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Mood
-expansive mood

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a person's expression of feelings without restraint, frequently with overestimation of their significance or importance

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Mood
-exultation

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combination of euphoria, elation and an attitude of grandeur

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Mood
-grief or mourning

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sadness appropriate to real loss

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Mood
-mood swings

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oscillations between euphoria and depression or anxiety

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Other Emotions
-agitation

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severe anxiety associated with motor restlessness

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Other Emotions
-ambivalence

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coexistence of two opposing impulses toward the same thing in the same person at the same time

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Other Emotions
-anxiety

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feeling of apprehension caused by anticipation of danger, which may be internal or external

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Other Emotions
-fear

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anxiety caused by consciously recognized and realistic danger

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other emotions
-panic

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acute, episodic, intense attack of anxiety associated with overwhelming feelings of dread and autonomic discharge

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
-akathisia

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subjective feeling of muscular tension secondary to antipsychotic or other medications

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
-akinesia

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lack of physical movement

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
-astatsia abasia

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inability to stand or walk in a normal manner

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
automatisim

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automatic performance of an act or acts generally representing unconscious symbolic activity

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
catalepsy

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general term for an immobile position that is ocnstantly maintined

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
-catatonia

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seen in catatonic schizophrenia and some patients with brain diseases

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
-catatonic excitement

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agitated, purposeless motor activity, uninfluenced by external stimuli

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
-catatonic posturing

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Voluntary assumption of an inappropriate or bizarre posture

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
-catatonic rigidity

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voluntary assumption of a rigid posture

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
-catatonic stupor

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markedly slowed motor activity

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
-cerea flexibilitas (waxy flexibility)

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condition in which a person can be molded into a position that is then maintained

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
-compulsion

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pathological need to act on an impulse that , if resisted, produces anxiety

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
-coprophagia

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eating of filth or feces

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
-hyperactivity or hyperkinesis

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restless, aggressive, destructive activity

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
-Hypoactivity or hypokinesis

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decreased motor and cognitive activity

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
-Mannerism

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ingrained, habitual involuntary movements

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
-Mutism

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voicelessness without structural abnormalities

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
negativism

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motiveless resistance to all attempts to be moved or to all instructions

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
Polyphagia

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pathological overeating

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
-Psychomotor agitation

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excessive motor and cognitive activyt

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
-sleepwalking

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motor activity during sleep

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Motor Behavioral Disturbances
-stereotype

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repetitive fixed pattern of physical action or speech

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Disturbances of Memory
-Amnesia

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partial or total inability to recall past experiences

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Disturbances of Memory
-anterograde amnesia

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for events occuring after a point in time

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Disturbances of Memory
-blackout

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amnesia experienced by alcoholics about behavior during drinking

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Disturbances of Memory
-circumscribe amnesia

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for events occuring in a certain period of time

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Disturbances of Memory
-confabulation

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unconscious filling of gaps in memory by imagined or untrue experiences that a person believes but that have no basis in fact

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Disturbances of Memory
-deja vu

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illusion of visual recognition in which a new situation is incorrectly regarded as a reptition of a previous memory

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Disturbances of Memory
-eidetic image

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visual memory of almost hallucinatory vividness

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Disturbances of Memory
-Fausse reconnaissance

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false recognition

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Disturbances of Memory
-lethologica

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temporary inability to remember a name or proper noun

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Disturbances of Memory
-hypermnesia

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exaggerated degree of retention and recall

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Disturbances of Memory
-Jamais vu

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false feelings of unfamiliarity with a real situation that a person has experienced

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Disturbances of Memory
-Paramnesia

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falsification of memory by distortion of recall

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Disturbances of Memory
-retrograde amnesia

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for events occuring before a point in time

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Disturbances of Memory
-retrospective falsification

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memory becomes unintentionally (unconsciously) distorted by being filtered through a person's present emotional, cognitive and experiential state

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Disturbances of Memory
-selective amnesia

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for certain details of an event

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Disturbances of Memory
Total Amnesia

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generalized