General appearance, mood & affect
Trimmed beard, combed hair, neat appearance
kempt appearance
Slowness of initiation and execution of physical activity
retardation
Production of sound using breath
whispering
State of awareness of oneself and surroundings
orientation
Formation of new words
neologism
Dressing not in conformity with the situation
inappropriate dressing
Purposeless movement of extremities, eg fiddling, stretching, shifting, cannot sit still
restlessness
Pathological repetition of same response
perseveration
Recall of facts/events that occurred few years ago
remote memory
Belief that there's no existence of one's body, mind, loved ones and the world around
What is Cotard syndrome?
A state of poor control over aggressive impulses directed towards others especially close ones.
irritable affect
Voluntary assumption of bizzare or inappropriate posture
odd posturing
Grammatically correct speech that is unrelated to the question asked
irrelevant speech
Excessive manifestation of a concept beyond relevance. eg similarity between table and chair is the number of atoms and electrons.
over-abstraction
Sudden arrest of train of thought leaving a blank
What is thought blocking?
Lack of depth of emotion
shallow affect
Sudden, involuntary twitching of small groups of muscles
tics
Association of words with sound and not meaning
clang association
hallucinations primarily involving smell or odour.
Olfactory hallucination
The patient may describe his thoughts being taken away from himself against his will.
Thought withdrawal
Neglect or decreased care for dress with neglect of other aspects of appearance could be seen in which disorders?
substance use, depression, psychosis etc
Maintaining the body posture into which one is place
waxy flexibility
Loud, emphatic speech that is difficult to interrupt
pressured speech
Unconscious filling of gaps in memory by imagining experiences
confabulation
Rapid succession of thoughts with no general direction to thinking and may be due to chance factors.
flight of ideas