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1
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Circumstantiality

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Trivial or irrelevant details

2
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Clang association

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Sound of words, rhyming or assonance

3
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Derailment

A

No logical connection or goal-directness

4
Q

Flight of Ideas

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Rapid speech

5
Q

Neologisms

A

Invention of new words/phrases

6
Q

Perseveration

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Repetition of words/ideas out of context

7
Q

Tangentiality

A

Answer is appropriate to topic but doesn’t answer question

8
Q

Thought blocking

A

Sudden break in ideas/disruption of thoughts

9
Q

Akathisia

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Pacing/fidgeting due to antipsychotics

10
Q

Involuntary movement/Picking at clothing

A

Delirium

11
Q

Fixed stare

A

Senile/Psychosis

12
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6 Parts of MSE

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  1. General appearance (LOC, Dress)
  2. Motor activity (Akathisia, shifting, posturing)
  3. Mood & Affect (Labile, Blunt, appropriate)
  4. Speech (prosody vs dull, pressure)
  5. Thinking/Perception (psychotic sx here)
    Thought form & Thought content
  6. Cognitive function (Memory, abstract thinking)
13
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Retrograde vs Anterograde

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Memory loss
R: events prior to disease
A: can’t form new memories

14
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Delusions/Hallucinations

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Delusions: fixed, false belief (not due to culture)
Hallucinations: false sensory perception (w/o ext stimuli)
Formication: itching/bugs under skin (from temporal lobe dysfxn or psychoses, schizo, delerium)

15
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DIGFAST (mania)

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Distractibility
Insomnia
Grandiosity
Flight of idea
Agitation
Activities
Sexual exploits
Talkative
16
Q

SIGECAPS (Depression)

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Sleep
Interest
Guilt
Energy
Concentration
Appetite/Wt
Psychomotor
Suicide
17
Q

WARTS (GAD)

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Wound up/worn out
Absent minded
Restless
Touchy
Sleepless
18
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WATCHERS (GAD)

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Worry
Anxiety
Tense
Concentration
Hyperarousal
Energy loss
Restless
Sleepless
19
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Vegetative symptoms

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Bodily functions for health & energy

Sleep, appetite, energy, daily mood, sexual interest.