Videbeck: Psychiatric - Mental Health Nursing Chapter 16 - Schizophrenia Key Terms, Study Guide & Key Points 2021/2022

Videbeck: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Chapter 16: Schizophrenia Key Terms, Study Guide & Key Points 2022 / 2022 abnormal involuntary movement scale (AIMS) tool used to screen for symptoms of movement disorders (side effects of neuroleptic medications) akathisia intense need to move about; characterized by restless movement, pacing, inability to remain still, and the client's report of inner restlessness alogia a lack of any real meaning or substance in what the client says anhedonia having no pleasure or joy in life; losing any sense of pleasure from activities formerly enjoyed blunted affect showing little or a slow-to-respond facial expression; few observable facial expressions catatonia psychomotor disturbance, either motionless or excessive motor command hallucinations disturbed auditory sensory perceptions demanding that the client take action, often to harm self or others, and are considered dangerous; often referred to as "voices"