Synopsis of Psychiatry Exam Questions Answered Correctly Latest update 2024 (Already Passed)
claustrophobia - Answers An abnormal fear of narrow, enclosed spaces
Abreaction - Answers the process by which repressed material, particularly
a painful experience or a conflict is brought back to consciousness.
it is accompanied by the appropriate affective response
abstract thinking - Answers thinking characterized by the ability to
grasp the essentials of a whole.
to think symbolically.
Abulia - Answers Reduced impulse to act and to think, associated with indifference about consequences
of action. Occurs as a result of neurological deficit, depression, and schizophrenia.
Acalculia - Answers Loss of ability to do calculations; NOT caused by anxiety or impairment in
concentration.
Acataphasia - Answers DISORDERED SPEECH in which statements are incorrectly formulated.
acathexis - Answers lack of feeling associated with an ordinarily emotionally charged subject.
in psychoanalysis; it denotes the patients detaching or transferring of emotion from thoughts and ideas.
also called as DECATHEXIS
Acanesthesia - Answers Loss of sensation of physical existence
acrophobia - Answers dread (fear) of high places
Acting out - Answers Behavioral response to a unconscious drive or
impulse that brings about temporary partial relief of inner tension.
relief is attained by reacting to a present situation as if it were the situation that originally gave rise to
the drive or impulse.
,Aculalia - Answers Nonsense speech associated with marked impairment of comprehension. Occurs in
mania, schizophrenia, and neurological deficit.
Adiadochokinesia - Answers inability to perform rapidly alternating movements
adynamia - Answers Weakness and fatigability, characteristic of neurasthenia and depression.
aerophagia - Answers Excessive swallowing of air. Seen in anxiety disorder.
affect - Answers subjective and immediate experience of emotion attached to ideas or mental
representations of objects.
Has outward manifestations that may be classified as restricted, blunted, flattened, broad, labile,
appropriate or inappropriate.
Aguesia - Answers (lack or impairment) loss of sense of taste
aggression - Answers any physical or verbal behavior intended to harm someone physically or
emotionally.
motor counterpart of the affect of rage, anger, or hostility.
agitation - Answers Severe anxiety associated with motor restlessness
Agnosia - Answers inability to understand the import or significance of sensory stimuli.
the term has also been used to
refer to the selective loss or disuse of knowledge of specific objects because of emotional circumstances,
agoraphobia - Answers a morbid fear of open spaces.
May be present with or without panic attacks.
Agrammatism - Answers Speech in which the patient forms words into a sentence without regard for
grammatical rules. Seen in Alzheimer's and Pick's disease.
Agraphia - Answers Loss or impairment of a previously possessed ability to write.
, (inability to express thoughts through writing)
ailurophobia - Answers dread (fear) of cats
akataphasia - Answers A form of disordered speech in which thoughts CANNOT BE EXPRESSED DIRECTY
BUT ARE EXPRESSED INDIRECTLY such as
by making a similar sound (displacement paralogia) or
by being derailed into another thought (derailment paralogia).
Akathisia - Answers Subjective feeling of motor restlessness manifested by a compelling need to be in
constant movement; may be seen as an extrapyramidal adverse effect of antipsychotic medication.
May be mistaken for psychotic agitation.
Akinesia - Answers Lack of physical movement.
can also occur as an extrapyramidal effect of antipsychotic medication.
akinetic mutism - Answers Absence of voluntary motor movement or speech in a patient who is
apparently alert (as evidenced by eye movements).
Seen in psychotic depression and catatonic states.
Alexia - Answers (loss of ability to read. )
loss of a previously possessed reading facility; not explained by defective visual acuity
Alexithymia - Answers A person's inability to, or difficulty in, describing or being aware of emotions or
mood
algophobia - Answers Dread (fear) of pain
Alogia - Answers Inability to speak because of a mental deficiency or an episode of dementia.
claustrophobia - Answers An abnormal fear of narrow, enclosed spaces
Abreaction - Answers the process by which repressed material, particularly
a painful experience or a conflict is brought back to consciousness.
it is accompanied by the appropriate affective response
abstract thinking - Answers thinking characterized by the ability to
grasp the essentials of a whole.
to think symbolically.
Abulia - Answers Reduced impulse to act and to think, associated with indifference about consequences
of action. Occurs as a result of neurological deficit, depression, and schizophrenia.
Acalculia - Answers Loss of ability to do calculations; NOT caused by anxiety or impairment in
concentration.
Acataphasia - Answers DISORDERED SPEECH in which statements are incorrectly formulated.
acathexis - Answers lack of feeling associated with an ordinarily emotionally charged subject.
in psychoanalysis; it denotes the patients detaching or transferring of emotion from thoughts and ideas.
also called as DECATHEXIS
Acanesthesia - Answers Loss of sensation of physical existence
acrophobia - Answers dread (fear) of high places
Acting out - Answers Behavioral response to a unconscious drive or
impulse that brings about temporary partial relief of inner tension.
relief is attained by reacting to a present situation as if it were the situation that originally gave rise to
the drive or impulse.
,Aculalia - Answers Nonsense speech associated with marked impairment of comprehension. Occurs in
mania, schizophrenia, and neurological deficit.
Adiadochokinesia - Answers inability to perform rapidly alternating movements
adynamia - Answers Weakness and fatigability, characteristic of neurasthenia and depression.
aerophagia - Answers Excessive swallowing of air. Seen in anxiety disorder.
affect - Answers subjective and immediate experience of emotion attached to ideas or mental
representations of objects.
Has outward manifestations that may be classified as restricted, blunted, flattened, broad, labile,
appropriate or inappropriate.
Aguesia - Answers (lack or impairment) loss of sense of taste
aggression - Answers any physical or verbal behavior intended to harm someone physically or
emotionally.
motor counterpart of the affect of rage, anger, or hostility.
agitation - Answers Severe anxiety associated with motor restlessness
Agnosia - Answers inability to understand the import or significance of sensory stimuli.
the term has also been used to
refer to the selective loss or disuse of knowledge of specific objects because of emotional circumstances,
agoraphobia - Answers a morbid fear of open spaces.
May be present with or without panic attacks.
Agrammatism - Answers Speech in which the patient forms words into a sentence without regard for
grammatical rules. Seen in Alzheimer's and Pick's disease.
Agraphia - Answers Loss or impairment of a previously possessed ability to write.
, (inability to express thoughts through writing)
ailurophobia - Answers dread (fear) of cats
akataphasia - Answers A form of disordered speech in which thoughts CANNOT BE EXPRESSED DIRECTY
BUT ARE EXPRESSED INDIRECTLY such as
by making a similar sound (displacement paralogia) or
by being derailed into another thought (derailment paralogia).
Akathisia - Answers Subjective feeling of motor restlessness manifested by a compelling need to be in
constant movement; may be seen as an extrapyramidal adverse effect of antipsychotic medication.
May be mistaken for psychotic agitation.
Akinesia - Answers Lack of physical movement.
can also occur as an extrapyramidal effect of antipsychotic medication.
akinetic mutism - Answers Absence of voluntary motor movement or speech in a patient who is
apparently alert (as evidenced by eye movements).
Seen in psychotic depression and catatonic states.
Alexia - Answers (loss of ability to read. )
loss of a previously possessed reading facility; not explained by defective visual acuity
Alexithymia - Answers A person's inability to, or difficulty in, describing or being aware of emotions or
mood
algophobia - Answers Dread (fear) of pain
Alogia - Answers Inability to speak because of a mental deficiency or an episode of dementia.
