NUR 2459 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 2
- Anhedonia
Answer
inability to experience pleasure
- Anosognosia
Answer
a person is unaware of their own mental illness
- Catatonia
Answer
a state of unresponsiveness to one's outside environment, usually including muscle rigidity, staring, and inability to communicate
- Circumstantiality
Answer
delay in reaching the point of a communication because of unnecessary and tedious details
- Clang association
Answer
meaningless rhyming of words 1 / 3
- Confabulation
Answer
the act of filling in memory gaps
- Delusions
Answer
a belief or altered reality that is persistently held despite evidence
- Echolalia
Answer
automatic and immediate repetition of what others say
- Echopraxia
Answer
involuntary imitation of another's actions
- Extrapyramidal Symptoms
Answer
side effects of antipsychotic medications that af- fect a person's gait, movement, or posture
11. EPS
Answer Tardive Kinesis 2 / 3
Answer
jerky movements in face, neck, and tongue
12. EPS
Answer
Acute Dystonia
involuntary muscle movement
13. EPS
Akathisia Answer inability to sit still; pacing, agitation, restlessness
14. EPS
Answer Parkinsonism tremors, slow movements, shuffling gait, and impaired speech
- Gynecomastia
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