Psych memory

Question 1

Types of delusions?

Answer 1

Persecutory
Nihilistic
Reference
Grandiose
Jealousy

Question 2

Confusion assessment method for Delirium?

Answer 2

Acute change in mental status + Fluctuating course
Inattention
Disorganized thinking
Altered level of consciousness
1+2 AND either 3 or 4

Question 3

What is an obsession?

Answer 3

Persistent, intrusive thoughts, recognized to be the patient’s own, which cause patient signficant distress

Question 4

Types of obsessions?

Answer 4

Doubts
Impulses
Ruminations
Thoughts

Question 5

What is displacement?

Answer 5

Transferral of emotions towards a person, event or situation to another where it does not belong but carries less emotional risk

Question 6

What is rationalization?

Answer 6

Justifying a behaviour or feeling with a plausible explanation after the event, rather than accepting unacceptable explanations

Question 7

What is sublimation?

Answer 7

External expression of unacceptable internal impulses in a socially accepable manner

seen as healthy mechanism.

Question 8

What is transference?

Answer 8

Projecting the pt’s own experience to the therapist.

E.g. pt unconsciously relates the
therapist to someone from his past (his abusive father).