Across
- 5. medications that increase the acetylcholinesterase in the synaptic cleft which increased reuptake of the drug
- 6. meaningless repetition of another's words, child-like mimicking
- 9. negative symptom lack of motivation
- 13. a false belief either bizarre or non-bizarre which may include persecutory, grandiose, or paranoid
- 15. acute onset of confusion often associated with a known cause such as infection
- 18. negative symptom lack of pleasure or joy in things that used to be enjoyable
- 19. condition caused by chronic ethanol intake that causes lesions in the brain
Down
- 1. repeatedly going over the same thoughts
- 2. major neurotransmitter thought to cause to anxiety
- 3. cognitive distortions used unconsciously to make a person feel in control, also known as maladaptive coping mechanisms (denial, suppression, anger, eating)
- 4. clients with cognitive deficits make up information when they cannot remember details
- 7. rhyming repetition of words or phrases
- 8. negative symptoms feelings of indifference towards people, activities, or events
- 10. positive symptoms of hearing or seeing things that are not real
- 11. these medications limit the effects of glutamate
- 12. severe autonomic hyperactivity such as trembling, shaking, sweating, tachycardia, nausea, and vomiting.
- 14. negative symptom tendency to speak little (poverty of speech) or to convey little substance of meaning (poverty of content)
- 16. state of confusion that occurs in dementia clients begins in the late afternoon and typically continues through the night and leads to agitation, confusion, anxiety, and aggression.
- 17. negative symptom involuntary imitation of movements of others