PCAM 1 Final

(EPS) Abnormal movements~Disease related (e.g. Parkinson's)~Drug induced movement disorders (e.g. L-dopa, dopamine antagonist)

(receptive aphasia) Unable to understand what is said to them (poor comprehension), speech is fluent (articulation and inflection preserved) but devoid of meaning. Loss of repetition

(expressive aphasia)Comprehension is preserved but speech is non-fluent (mush mouth). Loss of repetition.

Disturbance of voice production that may be due to local vocal cord pathology, vagus nerve abnormality, or (occasionally) a psychological disturbance; weak voice

Disorder of speech resulting from neurological damage affecting muscular control of the speech apparatus (e.g. lips, tongue, palate, larynx)

Ask a question, get an answer; but many tangents to get to the answer

Ask a question, pt goes on tangents. and never get to the answer

Repeats what's said to them

Fixed false beliefs held with conviction

Irrational fears, persistent. Avoid fear

Recurrent and intrusive, persistent thought, image, or impulse that a person finds foreign or repulsive. Obsessions cause compulsions

Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that a person feels driven to perform in response to obsessions

Misinterpretation of a real stimulus (threw a pen, think you threw a knife)

Subjective sensory experience/perception in the absence of a relevant external stimulus

Alteration of perception/experience of self