18 Questions
What is the main difference between derealization and depersonalization?
Derealization involves feeling detached from surroundings, while depersonalization involves feeling detached from oneself.
What is a key characteristic of delusions?
Delusions are beliefs held despite evidence against them and with no logical backing.
How do overvalued ideas differ from delusions?
Overvalued ideas are maintained with less intensity than delusions.
Which type of theme can delusions have?
Jealous
How is a thought content assessed in a patient?
By looking at the totality of the conversation with the patient, including what is not said.
What does a patient experience during derealization?
A perception that one's surrounding and events are detached or unreal.
In a psychiatric interview, what aspect of appearance should the interviewer pay attention to regarding grooming?
Cleanliness
Which behaviour should be noted during a psychiatric interview that indicates possible self-harm?
Cuts on wrists/legs
What does observing psychomotor agitation or retardation in a psychiatric interview primarily indicate?
Depersonalization
During a psychiatric interview, what does a patient being cooperative, hostile, or evasive primarily reflect?
Attitude
If a patient in a psychiatric interview is fluctuating in consciousness, what further testing might be required?
Cognitive testing
What should an interviewer assess to understand the level of rapport with a patient in a psychiatric interview?
"Is the rapport good, fair, or bad?"
Which term refers to misperceptions of actual stimuli?
Illusions
What distinguishes illusions from hallucinations?
Illusions involve sensory stimuli, while hallucinations do not.
Which of the following is an example of an illusion?
Seeing figures moving in the dark when leaves on a tree are blowing
In psychiatry, what is a common question asked about auditory hallucinations?
Do the voices engage in a conversation with the patient?
Which term refers to perceptions in the absence of sensory stimuli?
Hallucinations
What distinguishes depersonalization from hallucinations?
Depersonalization involves altered sense of reality, while hallucinations involve sensory perceptions.
Learn about the symptoms of depersonalization and derealization, which can include feeling detached from one's body or surroundings. Explore how patients may experience a perception of being outside of themselves or that their surroundings are unreal.
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