Assessment Terminology Quiz

Question 1

General Observations

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a. Appearance: dress, hygiene, odors, pupil size, obvious identifying characteristics
b. Psychomotor behavior: posture, gait, facial expression, coordination, mannerisms
c. Attitude toward interviewer: accommodating, cooperative, guarded, suspicious, etc

Question 2

Mood

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pervasive and sustained emotion. What person reports as prevailing emotional state. Stable over time and reflects person’s worldview.

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Euthymic

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Normal mood

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Euphoric

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Elated mood

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Dysphoric

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Depressed mood

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Affect

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immediately expressed or observed that is inferred by the examiner from facial expressions, vocalizations, and behaviors.

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Blunted affect

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limited emotional expression

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Flat affect

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near absence

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Stability of affect

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mobile (normal) or labile (wide range of strong emotions)

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Characteristics of Speech

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quantity, rate, fluency & quality:

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Quantity of speech

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talkative, verbose, garrulous, subdued, ‘reticent or taciturn’ i.e., aloof, cold, distant

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Rate of speech

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slow, hesitant, fast, or pressured

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Fluency of speech

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ease of speech

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Pressured speech

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rapid, increasing in amount, difficult to understand, associated with mania

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Speech quality

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monotone, whispered, slurred, loud

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Perception

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is the complex series of mental events involved with taking in of sensory information from the environment and the processing of that information into mental representations.

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Hallucinations

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Perceptual disturbance

false sensory perceptions not associated with external stimuli and are not shared by others. Auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory, or gustatory. Auditory is most common

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Illusion

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Perceptual disturbance

misperception/ misrepresentation of real sensory stimuli - (wind – calling their name; label on clothes – insect)

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Thought Content

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the actual thoughts described

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Thought process/form

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how the person’s thoughts are expressed in their speech

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Delusion

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a false, fixed belief, based on an incorrect inference about reality. It is not shared by others and is inconsistent with the individual’s intelligence or cultural background and cannot be corrected by reasoning

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Delusion of control

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the belief that one’s thoughts, feelings, or will are being controlled by outside forces. The following are some specific examples of delusions of control

3 Types:
1. Thought insertion
2. Thought broadcasting
3. Ideas of reference

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Thought insertion

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the beliefs that one’s thoughts or beliefs are inserted into ones mind by someone or something external to ones self

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Thought broadcasting

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belief that one’s thoughts are obvious to others or are being broadcast to the world

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Ideas of reference

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belief that other people, objects or events have a special significance for ones self (e.g., person on TV has a special message for him/her)

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Paranoid delusions

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an irrational distrust of others and/or the belief that others are harassing, cheating, threatening, or intend one harm

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Bizarre delusion

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an absurd or totally implausible belief (lights waves from space communicating a message to a person)

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Somatic delusion

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a false belief involving the body or bodily functions

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Delusions of Grandeur

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an exaggerated belief of one’s importance or power

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Religious Delusion

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belief that one is an agent or specially favoured by a greater being

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Depersonalization

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the belief that one’s self is or one’s body is strange or unreal

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Magical Thinking

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belief that ones thoughts, words, actions can prevent events happening

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Erotomania

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belief that public figure is in love with them

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Nihilism

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belief that one is dead, non existent/life is insignificant

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Obsession

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unwanted, intrusive and persistent thoughts, impulses or images that are incongruent with the pts usual thought patterns

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Phobia

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persistent, unrealistic fear of situations, objects or activities that often leads to avoidance behaviors

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Loosening of association

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the lack of a logical relationship between thoughts and ideas; conversation shifts from one topic to another in a completely unrelated manner, making it confusing and difficult to follow

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Circumstantiality

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the individual takes a long time to make a point because his or her conversation is indirect and contains excessive and unnecessary detail

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Tangentiality

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similar to circumstantiality, except that the speaker does not return to a central point or answer the question posed

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Thought blocking

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an abrupt pause or interruption in one’s train of thoughts, after which the individual cannot recall what he or she was saying

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Neologisms

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the creation of new words

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Flight of words

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rapid, continuous verbalization, with frequent shifting from one topic to another

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Word salad

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an incoherent mixture of words and phrases

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Perseveration

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a persisting response to a stimulus even after a new stimulus has been presented

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Clang association

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the use of words or phrases that have similar sounds but are not associated in meaning; may include rhyming or puns

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Echolalia

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the persistent echoing or repetition of words or phrases said by others

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Verbigeration

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the meaningless repetition of incoherent words or sentences; typically associated with psychotic states and cognitive impairment

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Pressured Speech

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: speech that is increased in rate and volume and is often emphatic and difficult to interrupt; typically associated with mania or hypomania

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Sensorium

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LOC, orientation, memory, attention and concentration, comprehension and abstract reasoning

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Insight

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understanding the reality of a set of circumstances. Reflects awareness of his or her own thoughts and feelings and ability to compare them with the thoughts and feelings of others.

Question 51

Judgment

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ability to reach a logical decision about a situation and to choose a course of action after examining and analyzing various possibilities from a set of circumstances.