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MH Unit 6
Terms
Question | Answer |
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Facies | facial expressions |
Posture | The way a person holds the body, which indicates feelings |
Dress | Refers to the way a person clothes and cares for the self |
Apraxia | Impaired ability to perform purposeful acts, absence of loss motor power, sensation, coordination |
Motor Activity | The way in which a person moves the body |
Lability | Rapidly shifting and changing emotions; state of being unstable/unchangeable |
Parkinsonism | neurological disorder- tremor, muscle rigidity, hypokinesia, shuffling gait, and difficulty chewing, swallowing, and speaking due to changes in EPS associated with antipsychotic drugs |
Avolition | Lack of motivation |
Tardive Dyskinesia | Slow rhythmical, automatic stereotyped movements, either generalized or specific, tongue protrusion, lip smaking |
Akinesia | Complete or partial loss of muscle movement |
Akathisia | Extreme motor restlessness and may complain of muscle quivering |
Word Salad | speech marked by a group of disconnected words |
Level of awareness | client's wakefulness or consciousness |
Ambivalence | Alternating and opposite feelings occurring in the same person about the same situation |
Delusions of Grandeur | Exaggerated false beliefs about one's abilities or importance |
Deja Vu | Feeling of having experienced a new situation previously |
Flight Ideas | A continuous stream of words in which the client switches rapidly from one topic to another |
Perseveration | Repetition of the same word in response to different question |
Preoccupation of thought | Connecting all the occurrences and experiences to a central thought, usually one with strong emotional overtones |
Delusion of persecution | False belief that others are seeking to hurt/ damage the person, either physically or by insinuation |
Confabulation | Filling in the gaps in memory with statements that are untrue |
Blunted or flat affect | normal range of emotions is missing |
Loose associations | poorly connected or poorly organized thoughts |
Constricted | Personalities are tightly controlled |
Circumstantiality | Frequent digressions on the way to an eventual conclusion |
Tangentiality | Frequent digression until initial reason for beginning a discussion is forgotten |
Delusion of Reference | False belief that the person is center of others' attention and discussion |
Blocking | Cessation of thought production for no apparent reason |
Paranoia | Unwarranted suspiciousness and distrust in others |
Acting out | Active expression of emotion through inappropriate behavior |
Depersonalization | Feeling detached from one's surroundings . Estranged, unreal, or automated |