I see dead people
A perceptual; experience that is interpreted as reality
What is a Hallucination
The ability to focus in a sustained manner
What is Attention
Lack of engagement or interest
What is Apathy
Incomprehensible speech or thinking
What is Incoherence
Recurrent or persistent thoughts, urges or images that are intrusive and unwanted
What is Obsession
False belief based upon incorrect inference about an external reality
What is Delusion
Pathological, parrot like mimicking or repeating others words
What is Echolalia
Unable to initiate and persist in goal directed activities
What is Avolition
Absence or near absence of emotional expression
What is flat affect
Difficulty concentrating and focusing on tasks
What is Distractibility
Loss of ability to recognize objects, people, sounds, smells, and shapes due to speech or memory loss
What is Agnosia
Mimicking others movements
What is Echopraxia
Psychological / emotional barrier to thoughts or memories
What is blocking
Discordance between expression and speech
What is Inappropriate affect
Diminished ability to understand context
What is Concrete thinking
Person is unaware of their illness
What is Anosognosia
Nearly continuous flow of accelerated speech changing from topic to topic
What is Flight of ideas
Feeling detached from ones mental processes, body or actions
What is Depersonalization
Abnormal variability in expression with abrupt shifts
What is Labile
Lack of psychomotor activity
What is Stupor
Marked delay in response to stimulus
What is Catatonic
A belief that ones thoughts, words, or actions will cause or prevent an outcome (not based in logic)
What is Magical thinking
Observed speech and language that is brief and restricted (yes/no answers)
What is Alogia
Subjective com-plaints of restlessness/inability to be stationary (side affect of neuroleptic medication)
What is Akathisia
Belief that one is superior to others requiring special consideration
What is Grandiosity