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Mental status v
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Blue | feeling sad |
| psych | (slang for) psychiatric |
| committed | to be officially placed in a mental institution or hospital |
| slumped | bowed, or bent position or posture |
| sluggish | action lacking in energy |
| affect (noun) | feeling or emotion |
| blunt | flat (emotionless), or abrupt in address or manner, curt |
| groom | to take care of ones's appearance |
| delayed | occurring some time after the reaction in completed |
| slurred | unclear or indistinct speech |
| a stitch in time saves nine | early preparation saves time |
| decipher | to make out the meaning of something |
| judgement | decision |
| elated | overjoyed, ecstatic |
| pacing | to walk up and down nervously |
| figure of speech | any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, etc in which words are not used in their literal sense |
| apraxia | inability to perform purposeful movements |
| confabulation | making up false answers that the person believes to be true |