Psychiatry Assessment: Appearance, Behavior, and Affect

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Which of the following refers to the person's capacity to vary outward emotional expression?

  • Automatism
  • General Appearance
  • Affect (correct)
  • Degree of Eye Contact

What does 'inappropriate affect' refer to?

  • Feeling of strangeness towards one's self
  • Disharmony between the stimuli and the emotional reaction (correct)
  • Severe reduction in emotional reaction
  • Ability to interact with the interviewer

What does 'apathy' refer to in the context of mood?

  • Feeling of strangeness towards the environment
  • Dulled emotional tone (correct)
  • Absence or near absence of emotional reaction
  • Presence of two opposing feelings

What is the meaning of 'depersonalization'?

<p>Feeling of strangeness towards one's self (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is 'automatism' in the context of behavior?

<p>Automatic and apparently undirected non-purposeful behavior (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to the pathological coining of new words?

<p>Verbigeration (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the false sensory perception in the absence of external stimuli called?

<p>Hallucination (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of delusion involves the belief that the patient is being conspired against, cheated, spied on, followed, poisoned, drugged, or harassed?

<p>Persecutory delusions (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of delusion focuses on the unfaithfulness of a spouse or lover?

<p>Jealous delusions (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to the incoherent mixture of words and phrases?

<p>Word salad (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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