The assessment tool used to assess psychotropic drugs. - ANSWER AIMS
(abnormal involuntary movement scale)
What is a thought process? - ANSWER the flow of thought (coherent vs
incoherent).
Thought processes - ANSWER Delusions, Hallucinations, Disorganized
speech, looseness of association, circumstantiality, tangentiality, Looseness of
association cluster, word salad, mutism, poverty of thought, poverty of content,
racing thoughts, flight of ideas.
Delusions - ANSWER Belief about the world that most people would agree is
impossible.
Hallucinations - ANSWER Audio9, visual, or tactile.
Disorganized speech. - ANSWER Patients with a formal thought disorder do
not make sense, because their thinking is not linear nor logical.
Circumstantility - ANSWER There are many digressions in their speech and
adds extraneous details.
Loosening of association - ANSWER Departure from the point about which
the individual is speaking.
, Tangentiality - ANSWER Almost incomprehensible. Digressions are more
sudden and less apparent to be related to.
Loosening of Association: - ANSWER More severe form of tangentiality/
Patient makes statements that lead to other statements in a very loose way, so
that associative leaps are unclear.
Word Salad - ANSWER This is an extreme version of LOA, in which the
changes in topic are so extreme and the associations are so loose, that the
resulting speech is completely incoherent.
Mutism - ANSWER inability or refusal to speak.
Poverty of thought - ANSWER Minimal words if patient speaks
Poverty of content - ANSWER many word with content or meaning.
Racing thoughts- ANSWER Rapid thought patterns, hard to keep track of.
Flight of ideas- ANSWER symptom of mania that involves an abruptly
switching in conversation from one topic to another
Various types of speech- ANSWER Rate, volume, latency of response, general
quality
Volume- ANSWER loudly ( probably manic), low volume(probably depressed)
(abnormal involuntary movement scale)
What is a thought process? - ANSWER the flow of thought (coherent vs
incoherent).
Thought processes - ANSWER Delusions, Hallucinations, Disorganized
speech, looseness of association, circumstantiality, tangentiality, Looseness of
association cluster, word salad, mutism, poverty of thought, poverty of content,
racing thoughts, flight of ideas.
Delusions - ANSWER Belief about the world that most people would agree is
impossible.
Hallucinations - ANSWER Audio9, visual, or tactile.
Disorganized speech. - ANSWER Patients with a formal thought disorder do
not make sense, because their thinking is not linear nor logical.
Circumstantility - ANSWER There are many digressions in their speech and
adds extraneous details.
Loosening of association - ANSWER Departure from the point about which
the individual is speaking.
, Tangentiality - ANSWER Almost incomprehensible. Digressions are more
sudden and less apparent to be related to.
Loosening of Association: - ANSWER More severe form of tangentiality/
Patient makes statements that lead to other statements in a very loose way, so
that associative leaps are unclear.
Word Salad - ANSWER This is an extreme version of LOA, in which the
changes in topic are so extreme and the associations are so loose, that the
resulting speech is completely incoherent.
Mutism - ANSWER inability or refusal to speak.
Poverty of thought - ANSWER Minimal words if patient speaks
Poverty of content - ANSWER many word with content or meaning.
Racing thoughts- ANSWER Rapid thought patterns, hard to keep track of.
Flight of ideas- ANSWER symptom of mania that involves an abruptly
switching in conversation from one topic to another
Various types of speech- ANSWER Rate, volume, latency of response, general
quality
Volume- ANSWER loudly ( probably manic), low volume(probably depressed)
