NUR 2459 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 2

NUR 2459 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 2
1. Anhedonia
Answer
inability to experience pleasure
2. Anosognosia
Answer
a person is unaware of their own mental illness
3. Catatonia
Answer
a state of unresponsiveness to one's outside environment, usually including muscle rigidity,
staring, and inability to communicate
4. Circumstantiality
Answer
delay in reaching the point of a communication because of unnecessary and tedious details
5. Clang association
Answer
meaningless rhyming of words
6. Confabulation
Answer
the act of filling in memory gaps
7. Delusions
Answer
a belief or altered reality that is persistently held despite evidence