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43 Cards in this Set
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abstract
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intangible
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abstract thinking
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includes voluntarily shifting one's mind set from a specific aspect of a situation to the general apsect
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affect
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feeling or tone expressed through voice facial expression and demeanor; emotional reaction associated with expereince
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agnosia
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inability to recognize or comprehend sights, sounds, words or other sensory information
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aphasia
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absence or impairment of the ability to communicate through speach, writing, or signs because of brain dysfunction
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aphonia
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loss of speech sounds, not caused by a brain lesion; may be functional problem from psychotic cases
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apraxia
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inability to perform purposive movements, despite intact sensory and motor funcion
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association
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the act of joining or uniting. in psych it refers to the relationship of conscious and unconscious ideas
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attention
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directing of consciousness to a person, thing, perception or thought
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blocking
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a sudden break in free association as a defense against unpleasant ideas
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circumstantiality
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speech characterized by indirection and delay in reaching the point because of unnecessary detail, although components of the description have a meaningful connection. Many people without mental disorders speak this way
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clanging
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speech in which a person chooses a word on the basis of sound rather than meaning, as in rhyming and punning speech. For example: look at my eyes and nose, wise eyes and rosy nose. Two to one the ayes have it!
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cognition
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thinking skills, including language use, calculation, perception, memory, awareness, reasoning, judgment, learning, intellect, social skills and imagination
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confabulation
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fabrication of facts or events in response to questions, to fill in the gaps in an impaired memory
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delusions
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false, fixed, personal beliefs that are not shared by other members of the person’s culture or subculture
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denial
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refusal to admit the reality or to acknowledge the presence or existence of something; keeping of anxiety-producing realities from conscious awareness
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dysarthria
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impairments or clumsiness in the uttering of words due to diseases that affect the oral, lingual, or pharyngeal muscles. The patient’s speech may be difficult to understand but there is no evidence of aphasia
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dysphasia
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impairment of speech resulting from a brain lesion or neurodevelopmental disorder. The speech impairment is less marked than the severe or global language found in aphasia
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dysphonia
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difficulty speaking, hoarseness
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dyspraxia
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a disturbance in the programming, control and execution of volition movements. It cannot be explained by absence of comprehension, inadequate attention, or lack of cooperation; usually associated with stroke, head injury or other condition affecting the cerebral hemispheres
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echolalia
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involuntary repetition of words spoken by others
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flight of ideas
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: an almost continuous flow of accelerated speech in which a person changes abruptly from topic to topic. Changes are usually based on understandable associations, plays on words, or distracting stimuli, but the ideas do not progress to sensible conversation
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gnosia
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perceptive faculty of recognizing persons, things and forms
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hallucinations
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a false perception having no relation to reality and not accounted for by any exterior stimulus; a dreamlike perception occurring while awake
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intoxication
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poisoning by a drug or toxic substance; impaired cognitive ability due to alcohol
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mood
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a more sustained emotion that may color a person's view of the world
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relationship between mood and affect
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mood is to affect as climate is to weather
so affect is what is currently going on, while mood is a longer duration of time |
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mutism
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inability or unwillingness to speak
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neologism
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nonsensical word or verbal tic
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obtundation
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level of consciousness: patient opens eyes and looks at you but responds slowly and is somewhat confused. alertness and interest in the environment is decreased
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orientation
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awareness of personal identity, place and time;requres both memory and attention
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perseveration
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abnormal, compulsive, and inappropriate repetition of words, behaviors
common in schizophrenia or frontal lobe disease |
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praxis
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the ability to plan and execute coordinated movement
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psychomotor retardation
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: a generalized slowing of physical and mental reactions; seen frequently in depression, intoxications, and other conditions
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psychosocial
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related to both psychological and social factors
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orientation
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awareness of personal identity, place and time;requres both memory and attention
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perseveration
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abnormal, compulsive, and inappropriate repetition of words, behaviors
common in schizophrenia or frontal lobe disease |
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praxis
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the ability to plan and execute coordinated movement
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psychomotor retardation
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: a generalized slowing of physical and mental reactions; seen frequently in depression, intoxications, and other conditions
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psychosocial
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related to both psychological and social factors
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thought disorder
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a disorder of the thought process these include circumstantiality, derailment, flight of ideas, neologisms, incoherence, blocking, confabulation, perseveration, echolalia, clanging,
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Echalalia
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whatever clinician last said- the pt repeats that word as their answer
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mental status exam content
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Determines level of consciousness
Determines orientation to name, place, time, and situation Assesses memory: 3 words to be repeated later Assesses attention: serial sevens or threes, spelling WORLD backwards Assesses comprehension: completing a 3-step task Assesses ability to read and write Assesses praxis Determines left-right discrimination |