Signs And Symptoms In Psychiatry I

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Disorientation

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Confusion; impairment of awareness of time, place and person (the position of of the self in relation to other persons)

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Clouding of Consciousness

Back 2

Any disturbance of Consciousness in which the person is not fully awake, alert and oriented.

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Stupor

Back 3

Decreased reactivity to external stimuli; partial coma or semi-coma

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Delirium

Back 4

Acute reversible mental disorder characterized by confusion and some impairment in consciousness; generally associated with emotional lability, hallucinations or illusions, and inappropriate, impulsive, irrational, or violent behavior

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Coma

Back 5

Person cannot be roused, with minimal or no detectable responsiveness to stimuli

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Coma Vigil

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appears to be asleep but can be aroused

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Akinetic Mutism

Back 7

Absence of voluntary movement or speech in a patient who is apparently alert (as evidenced b eye movements)

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Vegetative Signs

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Sleep disturbance, decreased appetite, constipation, weight loss, and loss of sexual response

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Twilight State

Back 9

Disturbed consciousness with hallucinations.

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Dreamy State

Back 10

Lasts for a few minutes; accompanied by visual, auditory and olfactory hallucinations; commonly associated with temporal lobe lesions

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Somnolence

Back 11

Pathological sleepiness or drowsiness

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Confusion

Back 12

Disordered orientation in relation to time, place or person

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Drowsiness

Back 13

Impaired awareness associated with the desire or inclination to sleep

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Sundowning

Back 14

Syndrome seen in older people; drowsiness, confusion, ataxia and falling as the result of overly sedated medications

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Vertigo

Back 15

Sensation of spinning or revolving; hallmark of vestibular dysfunction

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Tinnitus

Back 16

Noises in one or both ears, such as ringing or buzzing; adverse effect of psychotropic drugs

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Scotoma

Back 17

Figurative blind spot in a person's psychological awareness

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Anaclitic

Back 18

Depending on others, especially as the infant on the mother.

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Le Belle Indifference

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Inappropriate attitude of calm or lack of concern about one's disability

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Distractibility

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Inability to focus one's attention

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Selective Inattention

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Blocking out only those things that generate anxiety

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Hypervigilance

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Excessive attention to, and focus on, all internal and external stimuli

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Trance

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Sleep-like state of reduced consciousness usually seen in hypnosis

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Folie a deux

Back 24

Communicated emotional illness

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Hypnosis

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Increased suggestibility and receptivity to direction