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Psych Nsg Term List

Psychiatric Nursing Term List

QuestionAnswer
Hypervigilant Increased alertness or being watchful.
Hallucination False sensory perception without a stimuli.
Concrete Type of thinking in which a person uses the literal meaning of words.
Flight of Ideas Quickly going from one thought to another.
Confabulates Makes up stories due to a memory loss.
Aloof Distancing and reserved.
Intrusive Invades physical or personal space of another.
Labile Unpredictable mood swings.
Grandiosity Belief of an exaggerated self-importance.
Ruminates Inability to dismiss a thought.
Echolalia Repeats what others say.
Psychomotor Retardation Slow motor movements.
Depressed Feeling of sadness that causes dysfunction.
Paranoia Mistrustful and suspicious of others.
Word Salad Individual words that have no connection together.
Delusion False belief that can not be corrected by logic.
Hypomania A milder form of mania.
Compulsion Repetitive behavior.
Ideas of Reference Belief that an event in the environment has a special meaning.
Perservation Repeats a word or phrase.
Clanging Rhyming words.
Echopraxia Repeats movements of others.
Blackout No memory of functioning due to alcohol intake.
Abstract Hypothetical thinking.
Obsession Repetetive thoughts.
Catatonic Immobile and non-responsive.
Superficial Does not talk about anything significant.
Blocking Pauses or hesitates in speech and thought.
Psychomotor Agitation Fast motor movements.
Poverty of Content Answers questions with limited information.
Circumstantiality Detailed story that eventually reaches a goal.
Flat Blank facial expression.
Visible Seen in the milieu.
Anhedonia No Pleasure.
Loose Association Thinking characterized by speech in which ideas change from one subject to an unrelated topic.
Guarded Cautious and defensive.
Religiosity Preoccupied belief in religious ideas.
Tangentiality No point to the conversation.
Manic Extreme excitement or euphoria that causes increased activity.
Amnesia Inability to recall events.
Dysthymic Milder form of depression.
Hypersomnia Increased sleeping.
Neologism Making up new words.
Flashback Reliving a traumatic event.
Pressured Speech that is rapid and has force behind the words.
Illusion False sensory perception with a stimuli present.
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