Descriptive psychopathology Flashcards
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Descriptor for the quality of affect e.g. happy, anxious, angry
Valence
Descriptor for the responsiveness of affect to environmental stimuli
Reactivity
Descriptor for affectivity which shows a lessened response to environmental stimuli
Blunted affect
Descriptor for a lack of range of expression
Restricted or constricted range of expression
Descriptor for the maintenance of an affective state in the absence of any environmental stimuli that should change the affect
Stability
Descriptor for affect which changes quickly despite a lack of environmental cues
Labile affect
Conditions in which labile affect is commonly seen
Emotionally unstable personality disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
PTSD
Extreme form of labile affectivity seen in organic illnesses where the patient might laugh and cry within minutes despite lack of environmental cues
Emotional incontinence
Elements of mania
Disturbed emotion
Disturbed thought e.g. pressured speech, delusions
Disturbed will e.g. grandiose plans and ideas
Mixed state where there is high mood but low will and thought
Manic stupor
Mixed state where there is high mood and will but low thought
Mania with poverty of thought
Mixed state where there is high mood and thought but low will
Inhibited mania
Mixed state where there is low mood but high will and thought
Depressive mania
Mixed state where there is low mood and thought but high will
Excited depression
Mixed state where there is low mood and will but high thought
Depression with flight of ideas
Mixed state where there is predominantly mania with some depressive symptoms
Dysphoric mania
Mixed state where there is predominantly depression with some manic symptoms
Depressive mixed state
Features of organic pain
Confined to certain anatomical areas Remits and fluctuates Can often describe the quality Can wake from sleep Tenderness present Typical postural changes e.g. broken leg hurts on moving it
Features of non-organic pain
Diffuse Constant and unremitting Difficult to describe the quality Rarely wakes from sleep Tenderness rare No postural variation
Common areas for non-organic pain to be found
Head, neck and back
Most common symptoms in hypochondriasis
GI symptoms
The inability to derive pleasure and the decreased interest in activities
Anhedonia
The inability to label or describe one’s own emotions
Alexithymia
Definition of age disorientation
Misstating one’s age by 5 years or more