Flashcards in psych eval Deck (20)
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patient's motor behavior, mannerisms, tics, stereotyped behaviors
overt behavior
2
attitude toward examiner
attitude
3
physical characteristics NOT content of patients speech
speech
4
patient talking loud, rapid, stuttering - ex of?
description of speech
5
subjective emotional experience of the patient
mood
6
relationship of affect to mood
affect is objective assessment of patient's emotional responsiveness
7
can be logical vs. illogical; goal-directed vs. not
thinking
8
thinking that includes too many irrelevant details
circumstantial thinkgin
9
thinking that includes responding to something similar to the question, but not actually the question
tangential thinking
10
losing track of the convo and taking a different direction without ever returning to the main point
tangential thinking
11
loss of logical connection b/w ideas or sentences that are beign spoken
derailment/loose associations
12
linking words together b/c they sound similar
clang associations
13
when speaker jumps rapidly b/c loosely associated topics
flight of ideas
14
when there is an abrupt stop of break in teh flow of ideas
thought blocking
15
repetition of the same words/ideas over and over despite convo moving on
perseveration
16
ideas that outside forces are influencing a patient's mind or behvario
ideas of influence
17
hallucination, derealization, depersonalization
perception
18
consciousness, orientation, concentration, memory, abstract reasoning, reading/writing, visuospatial ability
sensorium
19
does patient undersand that they have an illness
insight
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