PMH-BC exam
agnosia
disturbance in higher level of cognitive functioning; impaired ability to
recognize familiar objects and faces
alogia
disturbance in higher level of cognitive functioning; poverty of speech
apraxia
disturbance in higher level of cognitive functioning; especially in movement
circumstantial
excessive, unnecessary amount of detail in an attempt to explain themselves
or answer a question
clang association
person rhymes a word with made up words with no purpose
delusion
a belief that is false
,depersonalization
feeling detached as if an outside observer to the rest of the world
echolalia/echopraxia
patient repeats back exactly what is said to them or copies the moves of the
individual in front of them, incapable of responding
flight of ideas
speech pattern where person rapidly jumps from topic to topic, sometimes
within the same sentence
hallucinations
a sensation that is false
illusion
misperception of something real
ex. thinking blinds on a window are actually bars in a jail
neologiams
, made up words
exemplifies the private, usually delusional, world patient is living in
perseveration
involuntary, virtually unshakeable, singular preoccupation with a specific
thought or concern
tangential
train of thought of the person changes logically from topic to topic, but the
individual never returns to the initial topic of the conversation (lost on a
tangent)
thought blocking
delay or sudden stop in though processing and speech; not a lack of
concentration
word salad
gibberish; a string of words having no relation with one another
abnormal involuntary movement scale (AIMs)
agnosia
disturbance in higher level of cognitive functioning; impaired ability to
recognize familiar objects and faces
alogia
disturbance in higher level of cognitive functioning; poverty of speech
apraxia
disturbance in higher level of cognitive functioning; especially in movement
circumstantial
excessive, unnecessary amount of detail in an attempt to explain themselves
or answer a question
clang association
person rhymes a word with made up words with no purpose
delusion
a belief that is false
,depersonalization
feeling detached as if an outside observer to the rest of the world
echolalia/echopraxia
patient repeats back exactly what is said to them or copies the moves of the
individual in front of them, incapable of responding
flight of ideas
speech pattern where person rapidly jumps from topic to topic, sometimes
within the same sentence
hallucinations
a sensation that is false
illusion
misperception of something real
ex. thinking blinds on a window are actually bars in a jail
neologiams
, made up words
exemplifies the private, usually delusional, world patient is living in
perseveration
involuntary, virtually unshakeable, singular preoccupation with a specific
thought or concern
tangential
train of thought of the person changes logically from topic to topic, but the
individual never returns to the initial topic of the conversation (lost on a
tangent)
thought blocking
delay or sudden stop in though processing and speech; not a lack of
concentration
word salad
gibberish; a string of words having no relation with one another
abnormal involuntary movement scale (AIMs)
