Chapter 16 - Schizophrenia

abnormal involuntary movement scale (AIMS)

tool used to screen for symptoms of movement disorders; side effects of neuroleptic medications

alogia

a lack of any real meaning or substance in what the client says

anhedonia

having no pleasure or joy in life; losing any sense of pleasure from activities formerly enjoyed

avolition

absence of will, ambition, or drive to take action or accomplish tasks

catatonia

psychomotor disturbances, either motionless or excessive motor

cultural concepts of distress

ways in which people experience distress in the context of their lives and surroundings

delusions

a fixed, false belief not based in reality

echolalia

a repetition or imitation of what someone else says; echoing what is heard

echopraxia

imitation of the movements and gestures of someone an individual is observing

idioms of distress

how people communicate distress to one another

polydipsia

excessive water intake

psychosis

cluster of symptoms including delusions, hallucinations, and grossly disordered thinking and behaviors