| A | B |
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| Dystonic reaction | A state of abnormal tension or muscle tone, similar to dystonia, produced as a side effect of certain antipsychotic medication; a severe form, in which the eyes appear to roll up into the head, is called oculogyric crisis. |
| Delusions | False beliefs |
| Flight of ideas | Racing thoughts, often unconnected. |
| Illusion | A misinterpretation of reality. |
| Pseudoparkinsonism | A syndrome similar to parkinsonism appearing as a side effect of certain antipsychotic drugscharacterized by rhythmic muscular tremors, rigidity of movement, droopy posture, and masklike facies. |
| Tardive Dyskinesia | Irreversible involuntary movements of the facial muscles and tongue that develop as a late complication of some neuroleptic therapy, more likely with typical antipsychotics. |
| Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome | Hyperthermia with extrapyramidal and autonomic disturbances which may result in death, following the use of neuroleptic agents. |
| Religiosity | Kneels to pray in front of water fountain; prays during group the day and during other group activities. |
| Hallucinations | A false or mistaken idea/perception of visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, or gustatory experiences without an external stimulus and with a undeniable sense of their reality |
| Inappropriate affect | Laughs when told that a parent has just died. |
| Loose Associations | “I’m going to the circus. Jesus is God. The police are playing for keeps.” |
| Paranoia | Refuses to eat food that comes on tray, stating, “They are trying to poison me!” |
| Neologism | “When I get out of the hospital I’m going to buy me a Sprongle. |
| Waxy Flexibility | Keeps arm in position nurse left it in, after taking blood pressure. Assumes this position for hours. |
| Regression | In response to stressful situation, begins to suck thumb and soils clothing. |
| Affect | Outward expression of the client’s emotional state. |
| Blunted | Showing little or slow to respond facial expression. |
| Agranulocytosis | An acute condition characterized by pronounced leukopenia with great reduction in the number of polymorphonuclear leukocytes, infected ulcers are likely to develop in the throat, intestinal tract, and other mucous membranes, as well as in the skin. |
| Akathisia | A syndrome characterized by an inability to remain in a sitting posture, with motor restlessness and a feeling of muscular quivering; may appear as a side effect of antipsychotic and neuroleptic medication. |
| Extrapyramidal symptoms | Reversible movement disorders induced by neuroleptic medications. They include dystonic reactions, parkinsonism, and akathisia. |
