| A | B |
|---|
| alogia | decrease in amount or speed of speech where person may not answer questions or stop talking in the middle of a thought |
| avolition | lack of motivation to make decisions or initiate self-care such as hygiene & grooming |
| catatonic behaviors | decreased reaction to environmental surroundings |
| delusion | fixed, false belief without appropriate external stimuli that is inconsistent with reality & that cannot be changed by reasoning |
| delusion of reference | false belief that the behaviors of others in the environment refers to oneself |
| derailment | vague, unfocused, illogical, gradual or sudden change in thought process without thought blocking |
| hallucinations | false sensory perceptions unrelated to actual external stimuli |
| illusions | mental misperception of actual sensory stimuli |
| loose associations | vague, unfocused, illogical collection of thoughts seen in psychosis |
| poverty of speech | decrease in amount or speed of speech that may include stopping in middle of thought or not answering question asked (alogia) |
| prodromal phase | beginning of schizophrenia with insidious onset of symptoms of increasing anxiety, inability to concentrate, or complete goal-oriented tasks |
| psychosis | mental state in which there is mental disorganization and loss of control with reality |
| schizoaffective disorder | form of schizophrenia, person demonstrates symptoms of major depression or mania in addition to the primary symptoms of delusions, hallucinations & disorganized behaviors of schizophrenia |
| schizophrenia | form of psychosis characterized by disorganized thought, perceptual alterations, inappropriate affect, & decreased emotional response to reality |
| thought broadcasting | false belief that one's thoughts can be heard by others |
| thought insertion | false belief that thoughts of others can be inserted in one's mind |
| thought withdrawal | false belief that others can remove thoughts from one's mind |
| water intoxication | excessive amount of water is consumed resulting in a psychosis induced metabolic state of fluid overload, leading to cerebral edema with abd cramps, dizziness, lethargy, N/V, convulsions & possible come & death |
| waxy felxibility | posturing in which a person's body part can be moved & it will remain in that position until moved by another person |
| word salad | meaningless & incoherent mixture of words or phrases |
