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Affect mood or tone
Akathisia Regular restless movements or pacing
Anhedonia Inability to experience pleasure
Apraxia Loss of purposeful movement
Associative looseness disturbance of thinking in which ideas shift from one subject to another in unrelated themes
binging ingestion of large quantities of food in a short period of time
blackouts a person that drinks heavily appears to function normally but l ater is unable to recall events
Catatonia state of psychological immobilization that can revert to extreme agitation
Clang association meaningless rhyming of words
Co-morbidity Presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary disease or disorder
compulsion repetitive purposeless ritualistic behavior performed in accordance with specific rules or routine
concrete thinking thinking characterized by immediate experience rather than abstract thought
confabulation a compensatory mechanism for memory loss. Fillin in memory gaps with imaginary stories
counter transferrence experience where therapist transfers his or her feelings for significant others onto the patient
crisis a conflict that cannot be readily resolved
defense mechanisms mental strategies used to help cope with areas of conflict
deinstitutionalization discharge of a large number of psychiatric clients from inpatient treatment centers
delusion a fixed false belief held to be true even with evidence to the contrary
denial unconscious attempt to escape unpleasant realities by denying their existance
desensitization gradual systematic exposure of the client to feared situations
dissociation disturbance in the integrated organization of memory identity percevption or consciousness
echolalia repitive by one person of what another is saying
echopraxia meaningless imitation of movement
tardive diskenesia involuntary irreversable tonic muscular spasms of the tongue fingers toes neck and pelvis that results from long term use of antipsychotic meds
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