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Mr. D Theory
Schizophrenia Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Affect | emotional tone associated with behavior |
| Flat Affect | absence of emotional expression |
| Blunted Affect | weak or decreased emotional tone |
| Inappropriate Affect | emotional tone incongruent with circumstances |
| Apathy | indifference to or disinterest in the external environment |
| Loose Associations | ideas shifting quickly from one unrelated topic to another ("flight of ideas") |
| Autism | withdrawal from external environment, focused on internal fantasy world |
| Ambivalence | opposite emotions towards the same object, person or situation |
| Anergia | lack of energy |
| Anhedonia | inability to experience or imagine pleasure |
| Avolition | unable to initiate goal-directed activity, lack of motivation |
| Religiosity | excessive demonstration of, or obsession with, religious ideas and behavior |
| Paranoia | extreme suspiciousness of others and of their intentions |
| Regression | retreat to earlier level of development (defense mechanism - ↓ anxiety) |
| Catatonic Excitement | extreme psychomotor agitation (frenzied activity and incoherent verbalizations) |
| Catatonic Stupor | extreme psychomotor retardation (unresponsive, mute, lack of spontaneous movement) |
| Posturing | assuming inappropriate or bizarre positions and maintaining for long periods of time |
| Waxy Flexibility | passive yielding of all moveable body parts to be placed in any position |
| Echolalia | repeating words that are heard |
| Echopraxia | imitating physical movements made by others |
| Mutism | inability or refusal to speak |
| Word Salad | group of words that are put together randomly, without any logical connection |
| Neologisms | invention of new words that are meaningless to others |
| Perseveration | persistent repetition of the same word or ideas in response to different questions |
| Clang Associations | repetition of words or phrases similar in sound, often takes the form of rhyming |
| Circumstantiality | delay in reaching the point because of unnecessary, tedious details |
| Tangentiality | inability to reach the point because of the introduction of unrelated topics |
| Magical Thinking | belief that one's thoughts or behaviors influence or control events or other people |
| Illusion | misperception or misinterpretation of real external stimuli |
| Hallucination | false sensory perceptions in the absence of real external stimuli. May be auditory (hearing), visual (sight), tactile (touch), olfactory (smell), or gustatory (taste). |
| Delusion | false, fixed belief not supported by reality |
| Delusion of Reference | all events in the external environment refer to oneself (often seen as receiving messages through the TV or newspaper directed at the individual) |
| Delusion of Persecution | feels threatened and believes others are out to hurt him |
| Delusion of Grandeur | exaggerated feeling of importance, power, knowledge or identity |
| Somatic Delusion | false idea about the functioning of one's body |
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