Definitions

Question 1

Disorientation

Answer 1

The disturbance of awareness of time, place and person

Question 2

Clouding of Consciousness

Answer 2

disturbance in mental clarity as a result of altered perception

Question 3

Stupor

Answer 3

lack of reaction to and un-awareness of surroundings

Question 4

Delirium

Answer 4

syndrome characterised by disturbance in consciousness and orientation as well as impaired cognition and attention

Question 5

Attention

Answer 5

the ability to focus in a sustained manner on one activity

Question 6

distractibility

Answer 6

inability to concentrate, where attention is drawn to unimportant or irrelevant stimuli

Question 7

hypervigilance

Answer 7

excessive attention with focus on all internal and external stimuli

Question 8

suggestibility

Answer 8

patient is inappropriately eager to please and responds in affirmative patern to most questions in an unreliable pattern

Question 9

psychosis

Answer 9

the inability to distinguish reality from fantasy

Question 10

circumstantiality

Answer 10

speech is indirect and delayed in reaching the point because of unnecessary and tedious details

Question 11

loosening of associations

Answer 11

thinking that shifts from one topic to another without the speaker showing awareness that the subjects are not connected

Question 12

tangentiality

Answer 12

inability to have a goal directed flow of thought

Question 13

neologisms

Answer 13

new words invented by the patient, distorted words or standard words given a new, highly idiosyncratic meaning

Question 14

clanging

Answer 14

the association of words similar in sound but not in meaning

Question 15

perseveration

Answer 15

the persistent repition of words, ideas or subjects so that it continuously recurs in the conversations

Question 16

thought blocking

Answer 16

the interruption of the flow of ideas before the idea is completed

Question 17

echolalia

Answer 17

the repittion of the words of the interviedwer

Question 18

flight of ideas

Answer 18

a nearly continous flow of accelerated speech with abrupt changes from topic to topic, the associations are usually understandable.

Question 19

incoherence

Answer 19

speech that is not understandable because of lack of logical connections

Question 20

illogical thinking

Answer 20

obvious contradictions in thought

Question 21

irrelevance

Answer 21

question is not attended to and answer given is not in harmony with what is asked

Question 22

word salad

Answer 22

an incoherent mixture of words and phrases

Question 23

derailment

Answer 23

a gradual or sudden deviation in the patients train of thought

Question 24

magical thinking

Answer 24

patient beliveds that their thoughts, words or actions may have some direct effect on the outside world in a way that defies the normal laws of cause and effect

Question 25

poverty of thought content

Answer 25

speech is adequate in amount but conveys little information

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overvalued idea

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an unreasonable but sustained belief that is not firmly held

Question 27

fantasy

Answer 27

the mental representation of a scene or event that is recognised as unreal but expected or hoped for

Question 28

pseudologia fantastica

Answer 28

pathological lying, the patient believes in the reality of their fantasies long enough to act on them.

Question 29

phobia

Answer 29

persistent, irrational fear of a specific object or situation that results in a compelling desire to avoid the dreaded object. the person recognises that the fear is unrational and unwarranted by the actual danger of the object

Question 30

obsession

Answer 30

a recurrent, persistent idea, thought, impulse or image that is experienced as intrusive and senseless.

Question 31

ideas of reference

Answer 31

objects or people in the patients environment have a particular meaning specifically for them

Question 32

delusions

Answer 32

false personal beliefs based on incorrect inferences about the external reality. the belief is firmly held despite incontrovertible proof of the contrary.

Question 33

delusion of control

Answer 33

feelings, thoughts or actions are experienced as being imposed by some external force

Question 34

bizarre delusion

Answer 34

a fixed, false belief involving a phenomenon that the persons culture would regard as totally implausable.

Question 35

grandiose delusion

Answer 35

exaggerated sense of ones own importance, power, knowledge or identity.

Question 36

nihilistic delusion

Answer 36

the theme is non-existence of the self, part of the self or the world.

Question 37

persecutory delusions

Answer 37

patient believes they are being harassed, cheated, attacked, poisoned or conspired against in some way

Question 38

delusion of poverty

Answer 38

patient believes they are or will be bereft of all possesions

Question 39

somatic delusion

Answer 39

mistaken belief centres around the patients own body or the functioning of the body

Question 40

systematised delusion

Answer 40

single delusion with multiple elaborations, or a group of delusion that are all realted to a single event or theme.

Question 41

delusional jealousy

Answer 41

delusion that one’s sexual partner is unfaithful.