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A disoriented reaction with restlessness and confusion, along with often times fear and hallucinations is known as...
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Delirium
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Excessive attention and alertness that guards against potential danger is known as...
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Hypervigilence
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The meaningless imitation of another person's movement is called what?
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Echopraxia
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What is catatonia characterized by?
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immobility or rigidity
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Excessive motor and cognitive activity that is nonproductive and in response to inner tension is known as...
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Psychomotor agitation
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What is Akathisia?
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a state of resltessness, with a need for movement; usually is a side effect of medication
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The irregulariety or failure of muscle coordination upon movement is known as?
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Ataxia
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Speech that is delayed in getting to the point and is irrelevant is knonw as...
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Circumstantiality
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The quick changing of focus to a loosely associated topic is known as...
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Tangentiality
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False beliefs about external reality are known as...
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Delusions
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________ aphasia (Broca's) is a disturbance in which the person knows what he wants to say but cannot say it.
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Expressive
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_____ aphasia (Wernicke's) is an organic loss of the ability to comprehend what has been said.
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Receptive
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The inability to name objects is known as _______ aphasia
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Nominal
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If a person has expressive, receptive, and nominal aphasia he is said to have _____ aphasia.
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Global
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False sensory perceptions that are not in response to external stimuli are known as...
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Hallucinations
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Misperceptions or misinterpretations of real sensory events are knonw as...
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illusions
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The inability to understand and interpret the significance of sensory input is known as...
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Agnosia
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The inability to identify objects via touch is known as...
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Astereognosis
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The inability to perform rapidly alternating movements is called..
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adiadochokinesia
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A person is having difficulty remembering events that occured in the distant past. She is having difficulty with what type of memory?
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Remote memory
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The inability to recall past experiences or personal identity is known as...
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amnesia
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Axis I of the DSM IV identifies what?
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Clinical disorders and other conditions that involve clinical conditions
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Personality disorder and MR would be found under which Axis in the DSM IV?
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Axis II
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General medical conditions would be listed under which Axis of the DSM IV?
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Axis III
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What what type of conditions are listed under Axis IV of the DSM IV?
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Psychosocial and environmental problems
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Axis V of the DSM IV contains what?
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The Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF)
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