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emotions as they are expressed by the pt and observed by others. It is an objective sign observable on MSE.
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affect
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absence of pleasure
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anhedonia
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assoc w/ schizophrenia and obsessional disorders; tangential thought process
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circumstantiality
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mental state clouded; not fully in contact w/ environment
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clouding of consc
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specific thinkin rather than abstract
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concrete thinking
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plausible fabricated experiences to cover gaps in memory
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confabulation
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disturbed orientation in regard to time, place, and person
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confusion
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a false belief or idea firmly held despite abundant contradictory evidence. Evidence of psychosis.
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delusion
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alteration in the perception of self; own reality lost
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depersonalization
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inability to stay aware of place in time, space, what's going on, who oneself is.
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disorientation
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sx of manic phase of bipolar depressive disorder; stream of ideas; increased vocalization
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flight of ideas
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false sensory perception of something that's not there; auditory, visual, olfactory, gustatory, or tactile
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hallucination
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perceptual distortion of something that is there (misperception)
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illusion
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loose; unconnected
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incoherence
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pervasive and sustained emotion; subjective experience of emotion as described by pt
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mood
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constant repitition of meaningless word/phrase
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perseveration
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restlessness
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psychomotor agitation
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slowed psychic or motor activity
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psychomotor retardation
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level of disordered thinking in which a person in unable to distinguish reality from fantasy because of impaired reality testing
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psychosis
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the objective evaluation and judgment of the world outside of the self.
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reality testing
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to readily digress; assoc w/ bipolar and schizophrenia
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tangentiality
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in describing signs of depression, refers to disturbance of sleep, disturbance in appetite, change in weight, constipation, loss of sexual interest, etc.
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vegetative signs
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disorders that incl mental retardation, learning d/o, motor skills d/o, comm d/o, ADD and disruptive behavior d/o, etc
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infant, child, and adolescent d/o
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disorder that incl delirium, dementia (Alzheimer's), vascular dementia, amnestic d/o
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cognitive d/o
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disorder related to taking of a drug of abuse (incl ETOH), SEs of meds, and toxic exposure
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substance-related d/o
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