Define the following terms/concepts related to the care of patient with mental health and psychiatric

problems/disorders. (Write this in your Lecture Notebook)

I. Alteration in Speech/Communication
a. Mutism
b. Neologism
c. Echolalia
d. Word salad
e. Clang Association/Rhyming
f. Perseveration
g. verbigeration
II. Alteration in Mood/Affect (predominant emotional state)
a. Apathy/flat affect
b. Inappropriate affect
c. Emotional blunting
d. Labile affect
e. Mania
f. Euphoria
g. Elation
h. Depression
i. Melancholy
III. Alteration in Movement/Motor Control
a. Psychomotor agitation
b. Psychomotor retardation
c. Catatonia
d. Echopraxia
IV. Alteration in Perception
a. Hallucination
b. Illusion
c. Déjà vu
V. Alteration in Cognition/Thinking
a. Ambivalence
b. Autism
c. Blocking
d. Circumstantiality
e. Confabulation
f. Delusion
Forms of delusions:
a. Delusion of grandeur/grandiosity
b. Delusion of persecution
c. Delusion of idea of reference
d. Delusion of Influence
e. Alien or Cosmic Control
f. Somatic Delusion
g. Nihilistic Delusion
h. Thought Broadcasting
i. Erotomania
g. Delirium
h. Depersonalization
i. Flight of Ideas
j. Loose Association
k.. Hypochondriasis
l. Mental Retardation
m. Obsession
n. Compulsion
o. Paranoia
p. Anhedonia
q. Fugue