DSM-5 Glossary of Technical Terms questions with complete solutions 2023

DSM-5 Glossary of Technical Terms questions with complete solutions 2023affect pattern of observable behaviors that is the expression of a subjectively experienced feeling state (emotion) blunted affect significant reduction in the intensity of emotional expression flat affect (near) absence of any sign of affective expression inappropriate affect discordance between affective expression and the content of speech/ideation labile affect abnormal variability in affect with repeated, rapid, and abrupt shifts in affective expression restricted or constricted affect mild reduction in the range and intensity of emotional expression agnosia loss of ability to recognize objects/persons/sounds/shapes/smells that occurs in the absence of either impairment of the specific sense or significant memory loss alogia impoverishment in thinking that is inferred from observing speech and language behavior; may be brief and concrete replies to questions and restriction in the amount of spontaneous speech (poverty of speech); sometimes the speech is adequate in amount but conveys little information because it is overconcrete, overabstract, repetitive, or stereotyped (poverty of content) amnesia inability to recall important autobiographical information that is inconsistent with ordinary forgetting anhedonia lack of enjoyment from, engagement in, or energy for life's experiences; deficits in the capacity to feel pleasure and take interest in things; facet of the broad personality trait domain DETACHMENT anosognosia a person with an illness seems unaware of the existence of his/her illness antagonism behaviors that put an individual at odds with other people, such as an exaggerated sense of self-importance with a concomitant expectation of special treatment, as well as a callous antipathy toward others, encompassing both unawareness of others' needs and feelings, and a readiness to use others in the service of self-enhancement; one of the five broad PERSONALITY TRAIT DOMAINS antidepressant discontinuation syndrome set of symptoms that can occur after abrupt cessation, or marked reduction in dose, of an antidepressant medication that had been taken continuously for at least 1 month anxiety apprehensive anticipation of future danger or misfortune accompanied by a feeling of worry, distress, and/or somatic symptoms of tension; focus of anticipated danger may be internal/external anxiousness feelings of nervousness/tenseness in reaction to diverse situations; frequent worry about the negative effects of past unpleasant experiences and future negative possibilities; feeling fearful and apprehensive about uncertainty; expecting the worst to happen; facet of the broad personality trait domain NEGATIVE AFFECTIVITY arousal physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli asociality reduced initiative for interacting with other people attention ability to focus in a sustained manner on a particular stimulus or activity; disturbance in may be manifested by easy DISTRACTIBILITY or difficulty in finishing tasks or in concentrating on work attention seeking engaging in behavior designed to attract notice and to make oneself the focus of others' attention and admiration; facet of the broad personality trait domain ANTAGONISM autogynephilia sexual arousal of a natal male associated with the idea or image of being a woman avoidance act of keeping away from stress-related circumstances; a tendency to circumvent cues/activities/situations that remind the individual of a stressful event experienced avolition inability to initiate and persist in goal-directed activities bereavement state of having lost through death someone with whom one has had a close relationship; range of grief and mourning responses callousness lack of concern for the feelings or problems of others; lack of guilt or remorse about the negative or harmful effects of one's actions on others; facet of the broad personality trait domain ANTAGONISM catalepsy passive induction of a posture held against gravity