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33 Cards in this Set
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hallucination
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the occurrence of a sight, sound, touch, smell or tast without any external stimulus to the sensory organs
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delusions
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fixed false beliefs that cannot be changed by logical reasoning
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loose associations
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disconnected thoughts, verbal ideas shift from one topic to another, there is no apparent relationship between thoughts and the person is unaware that topics are unconnected
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concrete thinking
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refers to thinking characterized by a focus on facts and details and inability to generalize or think abstractly
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tangential speech
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thoughts veer from main idea and never get back to it
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mood
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the subjective emotional/feeling state that the client describes
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word salad
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the use of words indiscriminately and haphazardly without logical structure or meaning
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affect
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the emotional expression of a person that others may observe
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insight
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in the mental health status assessment refers to the degree of awareness that one has about their own mental illness
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ideas of reference
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remarks or actions by someone else that in no way refer to the person but that are interpreted as related to her or him (ie pt believes that news anchor person is reporting on them)
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pressured
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refers to speech that is loud and emphatic, increased in amount, accelerated, and usually difficult or impossible to interrupt
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clanging
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refers to speech marked by words grouped by their sound or rhyme and not by their meaning
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circumstantial
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a disturbance of associative thought and speech processes in which a person digresses into unnecessary, tedious details before communicating the central idea
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confabulation
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unconsciously filing in memory gaps with imagined material
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ruminations
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recurring mood-congruent thoughts
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flight of ideas
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rapid, fragmented thoughts manifested in pressured speech
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thought blocking
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sudden interruption in train of thought, unable to complete sentence, seems related to strong emotion
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neologism
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coining a new word, invented word has no real meaning except for the person; may condense several words
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circumlocution
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round-about expression, substituting a phrase when cannot think of name of object
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perseveration
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persistent repeating of verbal or motor response, even with varied stimuli
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echolalia
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imitation, repeats others' words or phrases, often with a mumbling, mocking, or mechanical tone
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phobia
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strong, persistent, irrational fear of an object or situation; feels driven to avoid it
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hypochondriasis
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morbid worrying about his or her own health, feels sick with no actual basis for that assumption
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obsession
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unwanted, persistent thoughts or impulses; logic will not purge them from consciousness; experienced as intrusive and senseless
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compulsion
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unwanted repetitive, purposeful act; driven to do it; behavior thought to neutralize or prevent discomfort or some dreaded event
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illusion
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misconception of an actual existing stimulus, by any sense
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labile
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rapid shift of emotions
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ambivalence
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the existence of opposing emotions toward an idea, object, person
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depersonalization
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loss of identity, feels estranged, perplexed about own identity and meaning of existence
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anhedonia
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inability to experience pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, e.g. exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions
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euthymic
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a normal non-depressed, reasonably positive mood
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ingratiating
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intended to gain someone's favor or approval
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malodorous
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smelly
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