Mood disorders & Suicide (Depression) terms

Anergia

Lack of Energy

Anhedonia

inability to feel pleasure in activities that are usually considered to be pleasurable.

Euthymia

normal or level mood

Flight of ideas

Speech rapidly shifts between loosely connected or superficial ideas, making it hard to follow

Hypomania

a period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood lasting 4 days: does not impair the ability to function and does not involve psychotic features

Labile Emotions

Rapid, often exaggerated changes in mood, where strong emotions or feelings occur.

Latency of Response

The time interval between the presentation of a stimulus and the intiation of the corresponding response

Mania

A distinct period during which mood is abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable

Pressured Speech

unrelenting, rapid, often loud talking without pause

psychomotor Agitation

increased body movements like pacing and thoughts

Psychomotor Retardation

a noticeable slowing of physical movements, speech, and thought processes

Rumination

the habit of continuously and passively dwelling on negative feelings, past mistakes, or personal problems without reaching a resolution.