Mental Health Nursing Terms

4. describes a patient with a normal display of emotion
10. a mental health condition with a combo of symptoms from schizophrenia and a mood disorder such as depression or bipolar "
13. an experience involving the apparent perception of something not present
16. well known mood stabilizer medication
18. a sudden feeling of intense fear
20. Nonsensical responses is a word _______
23. A belief that the person is someone of extreme importance
25. can mimic a mental disorder but is in fact a medical disorder often suffered by geriatric patients

1. patient has limited range of emotions
2. mental health condition characterized by a loss of touch with reality
3. a state of low mood
5. disorder characterized by a persistent and intense urge to use a drug
6. a mental state characterized by excessive excitement often exhibited by patients with bipolar disorder
7. a mental disorder with intense highs and lows
8. a person is hyper _____ when they have excessive focus on religious thoughts or behaviors
9. when speech is stopped it is known as _____ blocking
11. describes a patient with a lack of emotion, expression, or reactivity
12. Going away from a topic and not returning
14. a person may have this type of speech when they speak rapidly and urgently speak rapidly and urgently
15. describes a patient with rapidly shifting or unstable emotions
17. a mental disorder characterized by psychosis
19. the thought process of having ideas about the possibility of dying by suicide is a suicidal ___________
21. a feeling of worry or unease
22. describes thinking that is literal and focused on immediate details
24. a state of confusion or disorientation, alcoholics may suffer this with tremors