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| fruity smell to the breath, often associated with ketoacidosis, a complication of diabetes type I. Can be confused with alcohol intoxication. |
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| To begin a movement such as shaking a hand, and then withdraw from completing the movement. (Demonstrated in class) |
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| An exaggerated physical and mental state, manifesting as an overwhelming sense of contentment and happiness. |
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| A fixed belief that is pathological despite evidence to the contrary |
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| Misinterpretation of a true sensation. Examples: A dog howl that sounds like a child crying. |
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| The making of "new words" |
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Belief or perception that irrelevant or unrealted information in the world is directly related to the individual
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A feeling that people on television or radio are talking about or talking directly to them.
Believing that headlines or stories in newspapers are written especially for them. |
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| A clinical manifestation of certain psychotic disorders in which the patients may believe that their thoughts are read, that their limbs move without their consent, or that they are under the control of someone else or some external force or influence. |
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| Verbal skipping from one idea to another in which the ideas bear only a superficial relation to one another and are fragmentary and often associated by chance. |
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| The belief that an external force is blocking information from the brain. |
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| The belief that an external source is inserting thoughts into the brain. |
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| The belief that an external source is withdrawing previous known information from the brain |
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| The immediate and involuntary repetition of words or phrases just spoken by other, often a symptom of schizophrenia and autism. |
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| Generally disorganized speech |
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| Thought disorder wherein words are chosen or repeated based on similar sounds, instead of semantic meaning. "The train rain brained me. He ate the skate, inflated yesterdays gate toward the cheese grater." |
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| Mimicry or imitation of the movements of another person. |
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| A clinically signifiant behavioral or psychological syndrome experienced by a person and marked by distress, disability, or the risk of suffering disability or loss of freedom. |
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| The quantitative study of the distribution of mental disorders in human populations. |
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| The proportion of a population with a mental disorder at a given time. |
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| Rapid, unthinking response based on these schemas |
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| Those functions that maintain a clear distinction among individuals within a family or group and between family members and the outside world. Boundaries may be clear, diffuse, rigid, or inconsistent. |
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| The tendency of the nurse (therapist, social worker) to displace onto the patient feelings that are a response to people in the nurse's past. Strong positive or stron negative reactions to a patient may indicate countertransference. |
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