Erotomaniac Delusions
When the believe that someone else is in love with them or they are in a relationship with someone they are not
Grandiose Delusion
Belief that you are someone of high power status, Ie I am the president of the united states
Persecutory Delusion
Belief that someone is after them, like the CIA or FBI
Somatic Delusion
Belief that there are bugs or something else crawling under there skin
Reference Delusion
Belief that external events are directed at oneself
Control Delusion
Belief that external forces are controlling ones thoughts
Loose Association
Shift of ideas from one unrelated topic to another
Neologisms
Made-up words or phrases that have meaning only to the person speaking
Echolalia
Repeating words or phrases spoken by someone else
Clang Association
Choice of words governed by sound often rhyming
Word Salad
Grouping words together in a random fashion
Circumstantiality
Delay in reaching the point because of so many added details
Tangentiality
Inability to get to the point due to introduction of many new topics
Perserveration
Persistent repetition of the same word or idea in response to different quesions
Echopraxia
Repeating movements that are observed
Avolition
Impairment in the ability to initiate goal-directed activity, no motivation
Apathy
No interest in the environment around them
Anhedonia
Lack of pleasure
Anergia
Lack on energy
Associative features
Waxy flexibility, pacing, rocking, regression and eye movement abnormalities
Affect
Usually blunted or flat
Aphonia
Poverty of speech
Anosmia
Poverty of Smell
Akinesia
Freezing (Parkinsonism)
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Depression17
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Medication43
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Key Terms25
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Anxiety18
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Schizophrenia & Other Psychotic Disorders19
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Bipolar Disorder17
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Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders27
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Chapter 21 Eating Disorders25
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Chapter 22 Personality Disorders28
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Chapter 25 Survivors of Abuse or Neglect29
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Chapter 9 Crisis Intervention29
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Chapter 14 Neurocognitive Disorder24
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Chapter 23 Children & Adolescents36
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Chapter 14 Substance Abuse30
