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Nervous System & Psychiatry - Q – Psychiatric Symptomatic Terms & A – Meaning
Question | Answer |
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affect | emotional feeling or mood |
flat affect | significantly dulled emotional tone or outward reaction |
apathy | a lack of interest or display of emotion |
catatonia | a state of unresponsiveness to one′s outside environment, usually including muscle rigidity, staring, and inability to communicate |
delusion | a persistent belief that has no basis in reality |
grandiose delusion | a person′s false belief that he or she possesses great wealth, intelligence, or power |
persecutory delusion | a person′s false belief that someone is plotting against him or her with the intent to harm |
dysphoria | a restless, dissatisfied mood |
euphoria | an exaggerated, unfounded feeling of well-being |
hallucination | a false perception of the senses for which there is no reality; most commonly hearing or seeing things (alucinor = to wander in mind) |
ideation | the formation of thoughts or ideas, such as suicidal ideation (thoughts of suicide) |
mania | state of abnormal elation and increased activity |
neurosis | a psychologic condition in which anxiety is prominent |
psychosis | a mental condition characterized by distortion of reality resulting in the inability to communicate or function within one′s environment |
thought disorder | thought that lacks clear processing or logical direction |