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Psych Vocab
Psych Words to Know
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ambivalence | Simultaneously holding two opposing views (schizophrenia) |
| Autism | Thinking not bound to reality (private perceptions of pts own world)(schizophrenia) |
| Associative Looseness | Jumbled, illogical speech;disorganized thinking;impaired reasoning (schizophrenia) |
| Delusion | incorrect view of reality |
| Anergia | Lack of energy |
| Anhedonia | Lack of motivation |
| Perseveration | Repetition of phrases/behaviors |
| Confabulation | creation of stories/answers to fill voids (unconscious attempt; person NOT trying to be deceitful) |
| Hallucinations | Hearing/seeing something that does not exist |
| Illusion | Error in perception (TV cord on bed=snake) |
| Agnosia | Failure to identify objects |
| Apraxia | Impaired ability to carry out motor activities; no impairment |
| Aphasia | Difficulty speaking |
| Tardive Dyskinsia | Twisting, writhing movements of face/tongue; difficulty eating/swallowing--irreversible, no tx; late EPS |
| Akathisia | Pacing, squirming, uncontrollable need to move, tx:beta-blockers&benzos; early EPS |
| Parkinsonism | Slow movement, drooling, tremors, shuffling gait. Tx: antiparkinson drugs; early EPS |
| Acute Dystonia | Severe spasms of tongue/face/cheeks/deviation of eyes. Tx: Benadryl IM or IV. Early EPS |
| Avolition | Decrease in movement |
| Alogia | Absence of speech |
| Derealization | False perception that environment has changed |
| Depersonalization | Feel they have lost body part or it has changed |
| Word Salad | Jumble of words that is meaningless |
| Clang Association | Rhyming/Similar sounds |
| Echopraxia | Miming another's movements |
| Echolalia | Repeating another's words |
| Neologism | Made up words or different meaning for a word |