MENTAL STATUS TERMS

Question 1

CONFLICT

Answer 1

FREQUENT ARGUMENTS AND CONFLICTS WITH ONE OR MORE PERSONS

Question 2

ENMESHMENT

Answer 2

NOT ALLOWING FOR SIGNIFICANT SENSE OF INDEPENDENCE, BOUNDARIES WITH ONE OR MORE PERSONS ARE DIFFUSE

Question 3

ISOLATION/AVOIDANCE

Answer 3

AVOIDS SOCIAL CONTACT TO MANAGE DIFFICULT FEELINGS, REPORTS ACTIVE ISOLATION AND FEW SOCIAL CONTACTS.

Question 4

EMOTIONAL DISENGAGEMENT

Answer 4

CL IN A RELATIONSHIP BUT LACK MEANINGFU EMOTIONAL CONNECTIONS

Question 5

MOOD VS AFFECT

Answer 5

MOOD IS HOW A PERSON FEELS INSIDE

AFFECT IS THE OUTER EXPRESSION OF EMOTION

Question 6

DEPRESSED

Answer 6

FEELINGS OF SADNESS AND UNHAPPINESS

Question 7

HOPELESS

Answer 7

FEELING AS THOUGH THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF A GOOD FUTURE

Question 8

FEARFUL

Answer 8

CONCERNS ABOUT A SPECIFIC NEGATIVE EVENT HAPPENING

Question 9

ANXIETY

Answer 9

GENERALIZED WORRY ABOUT UNSPECIFIED OR VAGUE NEGATIVE EVENTS HAPPENING

Question 10

ANGRY

Answer 10

FEELING INDIGNANT OR WRONGED ABOUT A SPECIFIC HAPPENING

Question 11

IRRITABILITY

Answer 11

GENERALIZED FEELINGS OF ANGER OR UPSET WITHOUT A SPECIFIC OBJECT OF ANGER, EASILY TRIGGERED

Question 12

MANIC

Answer 12

UNUSUALLY ENERGETIC FEELINGS OF ELATION, EUPHORIA, OR IRRITABILITY

Question 13

CONSTRICTED OR RESTRICTED

Answer 13

EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION IS RESTRAINED BUT EMOTIONS ARE PRESENT

Question 14

BLUNT OR BLUNTED

Answer 14

EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION IS SEVERELY RESTRAINED; LITTLE EMOTIONAL REACTIVITY

Question 15

FLAT

Answer 15

ASSOCIATED WITH PSYCHOSIS AND SEVERE PATHOLOGY; EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION IS VIRTUALLY NONEXISTENT

Question 16

LABILE

Answer 16

MOOD VACILLATES FREQUENTLY, RAPIDLY, AND ABRUPTLY

Question 17

DRAMATIC

Answer 17

EXPRESSIONS OF EMOTION IS GENERALLY OVERDRAMATIZED

Question 18

HYPERSOMNIA

Answer 18

SLEEPING MORE THAN USUAL

Question 19

INSOMNIA

Answer 19

UNABLE TO GET USUAL AMOUNTS OF SLEEP DUE TO DIFFICULTY FALLING OR STAYING ASLEEP

Question 20

DISRUPTED SLEEP

Answer 20

SLEEP DISTURBED BY NIGHTMARES, NIGHT TERRORS, OR OTHER ISSUES

Question 21

NIGHTMARES

Answer 21

DREAMS THAT FRIGHTEN THE DREAMER; OCCUR DURING REM SLEEP

Question 22

NIGHT TERRORS

Answer 22

A GENERAL SENSE OF PANIC OR TERROR IS EXPERIENCED WHILE SLEEPING WITHOUT DREAM CONTENT; UNABLE TO WAKE SLEEPER; OCCUR DURING SLOW-WAVE SLEEP

Question 23

ANORECTIC RESTRICTION

Answer 23

RESTRICTIVE EATING THAT CHARACTERIZES ANOREXIA

Question 24

BINGEING

Answer 24

EPISODES OF UNCONTROLLED OVEREATING

Question 25

PURGING

Answer 25

FOLLOWING A BINGE EPISODE, AN ATTEMPT TO RID THE BODY OF FOOD BY VOMITING, OVER EXERCISING, FASTING, OR ABUSING LAXATIVES

Question 26

BODY IMAGE DISTORTION

Answer 26

IMAGE OF BODY, PARTICULARLY RELATED TO WEIGHT, IS GROSSLY INCONSISTENT WITH OTHERS' PERCEPTION AND MEDICAL WEIGHT NORMS

Question 27

ANXIETY

Answer 27

ANTICIPATION OF DANGER, PROBLEMS, OR MISFORTUNE THAT CREATES UNEASINESS, TENSION AND/OR SOMATIC SYMPTOMS

Question 28

CHRONIC WORRY

Answer 28

SPECIFIC FORM OF ANXIETY THAT INVOLVES DWELLING ON ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS

Question 29

PANIC ATTACKS

Answer 29

DISCRETE PERIODS OF INTENSE ANXIETY OR TERROR THAT MAY BE CHARACTERIZED BY SHORTNESS OF BREATH, POUNDING HEART, SENSE OF LOSING CONTROL, OR SENSE OF DOOM; MAY BE UNEXPECTED OR SITUATIONALLY BOUND

Question 30

DISSOCIATION

Answer 30

DISRUPTION IN INTEGRATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS, MEMORY, IDENTITY, AND/OR PERCEPTION; MAY COME ON SUDDENLY OR GRADUALLY

Question 31

PHOBIAS

Answer 31

PERSISTENT, IRRATIONAL FEARS OF SPECIFIC OBJECTS OR SITUATIONS

Question 32

OBSESSIONS

Answer 32

INTRUSIVE AND RECURRENT THOUGHTS, IMPULSES, OR IMAGES THAT CAUSE MARKED DISTRESS.

Question 33

COMPULSIONS

Answer 33

REPETITIVE BEHAVIOR OR MENTAL ACTS THAT ONE IS DRIVEN TO PERFORM TO REDUCE SOME FORM OF DISTRESS; GENERALLY THE ACT IS NOT REALISTICALLY RELATED TO THE DISTRESS

Question 34

HALLUCINATIONS

Answer 34

SENSORY PERCEPTIONS THAT HAVE NO EXTERNAL STIMULI; PERCEPTIONS ARE EXPERIENCED AS REAL

Question 35

DELUSIONS

Answer 35

FALSE BELIEFS BASED ON AN INCORRECT INFERENCE ABOUT EXTERNAL REALITY THAT IS RIGIDLY MAINTAINED DESPITE SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY. MAY BE BIZARRE OR NONBIZARRE.

Question 36

PARANOIA

Answer 36

SUSPICION THAT ONE IS BEING HARASSED OR PERSECUTED WITH LITTLE CORROBORATING EVIDENCE, LESS SEVERE THAN DELUSION

Question 37

LOOS ASSOCIATIONS

Answer 37

THOUGHT DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY FREQUENT DERAILMENT FROM TOPIC OF CONVERSATION. JUMPING FROM THOUGHT TO THOUGHT OFTEN TRIGGERED BY A "LOOSE" CONNECTION TO A WORD OR PHRASE.

Question 38

LOW ENERGY

Answer 38

LITTLE MOVEMENT OR ENERGY BEHIND MOVEMENT

Question 39

RESTLESS

Answer 39

EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL DISCOMFORT

Question 40

AGITATED

Answer 40

EXCESSIVE ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH INNER TENSION OR FRUSTRATION

Question 41

HYPERACTIVE

Answer 41

EXCESSIVE MOTOR ACTIVITY, SUCH AS FIDGETING OR MOVING ABOUT; NOT NECESSARILY ASSOCIATED WITH TENSION OR DISCOMFORT

Question 42

POOR CONCENTRATION OR ATTENTION

Answer 42

UNABLE TO SUSTAIN THE ATTENTION EXPECTED FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL LEVEL

Question 43

DENIAL

Answer 43

UNABLE OR REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE CLEARLY EVIDENT PROBLEMS THAT MOST OTHERS IN THE SITUATION IDENTIFY AS THE PROBLEM

Question 44

SELF-BLAME

Answer 44

TENDENCY TO BLAME SELF FOR THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF PERSONAL CONTROL AND/OR THAT OTHERS HOLD GREATER RESPONSIBILITY FOR.

Question 45

OTHER-BLAME

Answer 45

TENDENCY TO BLAME OTHERS FOR THINGS THAT ARE PRIMARILY A PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

Question 46

INSIGHTFUL

Answer 46

ABLE TO ARTICULATE INSIGHT INTO PERSONAL BEHAVIORS AND EMOTIONS EVEN IF UNABLE TO BEHAVE CONSISTENTLY WITH INSIGHT.

Question 47

POOR INSIGHT

Answer 47

UNUSUALLY GREAT DIFFICULTY IDENTIFYING ONE'S OWN THOUGHTS, FEELING, AND MOTIVATIONS.

Question 48

IMPAIRED DECISION MAKING

Answer 48

PATTERN OF MAKING DECISION THAT RESULT IN NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR SELF AND OTHERS.

Question 49

TANGENTIAL

Answer 49

TENDENCY TO MAKE COMMENTS THAT MOVE CONVERSATION AWAY FROM ORIGINAL TOPIC TO A TANGENTIALLY OR LOOSELY RELATED TOPIC; TYPICALLY DONE WHEN DISCUSSING A DIFFICULT SUBJECT