Across
- 2. senseless repetition of another person’s speech
- 6. New invented words with idiosyncratic meanings for the patient
- 9. terrible, enduring fear of a specific disease, e.g. cancer
- 13. ability to analyse a situation and understand the true meaning of an experience
- 14. A cluster of signs and symptoms
- 16. patient fabricates information to fill in gaps in a story due to memory impairment
- 17. subjective manifestation of a pathological condition, reported by the patient
- 22. A perception in the absence of an external stimulus that has quality of a true perception
- 24. disturbances of sleep, weight loss, loss of appetite & sexual interest characteristic of depressive disorders
- 25. Persistent repetition of words, ideas or act
Down
- 1. belief that one's words, actions & thoughts can cause or prevent events
- 3. Enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to and thinking about the world and oneself
- 4. overwhelming need to repeat some action in a ritualistic manner over which the person feels no control
- 5. flow of thought moves rapidly from one topic to another
- 7. subjective experience of feelings and emotions as described by the individual
- 8. Persistent, recurrent, irresistible and distressing thoughts, images and impulse
- 10. A false belief or idea firmly held despite strong evidence to the contrary
- 11. Lack of feeling, concern, interest or emotion
- 12. An objective manifestation of a pathological condition
- 15. Imitation of another person’s movements
- 18. experience of one’s thoughts being abruptly stopped, observed as an interruption of speech
- 19. forceful goal-directed action that may be verbal or physical
- 20. persistent irrational fear of a specific object or situation resulting in a compelling desire to avoid it
- 21. inability to feel pleasure
- 23. The misperception or distortion of an external stimulus