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Thought insertion

Thought insertion A false belief that certain of one's thoughts are not one's own but rather inserted into one's mind.   Copyright Notice Adapted from Wikipedia. Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply.

Thought blocking

Thought blocking Thought blocking, also referred to as thought withdrawal , refers to an abrupt stop in the middle of a train of thought; the individual might or might not be unable to continue the idea. This is a type of formal thought disorder that can be seen in schizophrenia . Copyright Notice Adapted from Wikipedia. Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply.

Temper outburst

Temper outburst An emotional Outburst is usually associated with children or those in emotional distress and is characterized by stubbornness crying, screaming Defiance angry ranting a resistance to tries to pacification and in some cases hitting. Physical control may be lost the person may be unable to remain still and even if the goal of the person is met, he or she may not be calmed. Copyright Notice Adapted from Wikipedia. Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply.

Telegrammatic or telegraphic speech

Telegrammatic or telegraphic speech In telegraphic speech conjunctions and articles are missed out; meaning is retained, and few words are used. Copyright Notice Adapted from Wikipedia. Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply.

Taijin kyofusho

Taijin kyofusho Japanese for the interpersonal fear disorder. It is a cultural syndrome characterized by anxiety about avoidance of interpersonal situations do the thought, feeling, or conviction that one's appearance and actions and social interactions are inadequate or offensive to others. Copyright Notice Adapted from Wikipedia. Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply.

Tactile hallucinations

Tactile hallucinations Hallucinations involve the perception of being touched or having something under one's skin. The most common ones are the sensation of electric shocks and formication. Copyright Notice Adapted from Wikipedia. Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply.

Synesthesia

Synesthesia (also spelled synæsthesia, synaesthesia, or synesthesia—plural synesthesiae), from the Greek "syn-" meaning union and "aesthesis" meaning sensation, is a neurological phenomenon in which two or more bodily senses are coupled. For instance, a person may hear colours. The stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. Copyright Notice Adapted from Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply.

Susto

Susto A cultural explanation for distress and misfortune prevalent among some Latinos in the United States among people in Mexico and Central America and South America. It is not recognized as an illness category among Latinos in the Caribbean. It's an illness attributed to different events that cause a soul to leave the body and results in unhappiness and sickness as well as difficulties in function and key social roles. Symptoms may appear at any time from days to years after the frightening experience. In extreme cases, it may result in death. There is no specific information about his symptoms however symptoms that are often reported include appetite disturbances inadequate, excessive sleep troubled sleep or dreams feelings of sadness low self-worth interpersonal sensitivity and lack of motivation to do anything. Somatic symptoms accompanying it may include muscle aches and pains cold in the extremity headache stomachache and diarrhoea. Precipitating events are diverse includin

Subsyndromal

Subsyndromal Below a specified level or threshold required to qualify for a condition. Copyright Notice Adapted from Wikipedia. Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply.

Stupor Definition

Stupor Definition Stupor is defined as a lack of psychomotor activity that may range from not actively relating to the environment to complete immobility. Stupor represents a higher level of consciousness compared to coma, in which there is a complete lack of consciousness as the patients do not respond to painful stimuli. Causes In psychiatry, a stupor may occur in the context of depression, mania or dissociative disorder, respectively known as a depressive stupor, manic stupor or dissociative stupor. It may also be a part of catatonia. Depressive stupor Manic Stupor Dissociative stupor Stupor in catatonia A plethora of medical conditions can cause catatonia and stupor. (Reviewed by: Serra-Mestres et. al, 2018) Subarachnoid hemorrhages, Basal ganglia disorders Non‐convulsive status epilepticus Locked‐in and akinetic mutism states Endocrine and metabolic disorders, e.g. Wilson’s disease, hypoxia Down syndrome, Infections, Dementia Drug toxicity and withdrawal states, even clozapine

Stockholm syndrome

Stockholm syndrome The Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response is sometimes seen in a hostage, in which the hostage exhibits loyalty to the hostage-taker, despite the danger (or at least risk) in which the hostage has been placed. Stockholm syndrome is also sometimes discussed in reference to other situations with similar tensions, such as battered person syndrome , child abuse cases , and bride kidnapping . Copyright Notice Adapted from Wikipedia. Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply.

Somnolence

Somnolence Drowsiness A state of near-sleep a powerful desire for sleep or sleeping for unusually long periods. It has two distinct meanings, referring to both the usual state preceding falling asleep and the chronic condition that involves being in that state independent of a circadian rhythm. Copyright Notice Adapted from Wikipedia. Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply.

Somatic hallucinations

Somatic hallucinations Hallucinations involve the perception of physical experience localized within the body such as feelings of electricity. Copyright Notice Adapted from Wikipedia. Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply.

Sleep terrors

Sleep terrors Recurrent episodes of abrupt Terror arousal from sleep usually occur during the first third of a major sleep episode and begin with a panicky scream. There are intense fear and signs of autonomic arousal such as mydriasis tachycardia rapid breathing and sweating during each episode. Copyright Notice Adapted from Wikipedia. Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply.

Sleep onset REM

Sleep onset REM The occurrence of rapid eye movement phase asleep within minutes of falling asleep . Copyright Notice Adapted from Wikipedia. Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply.

Shenjing shuairuo

Shenjing shuairuo Mandarin for the weakness of the nervous system. It is a cultural syndrome that integrates conceptual categories of traditional Chinese medicine with the Western diagnosis of neurasthenia. It is defined as a syndrome composed of three out of five non-hierarchical symptom clusters. These are weak emotions excitement nervous pain and sleep. Copyright Notice Adapted from Wikipedia. Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply.

Schizophasia

  Schizophasia Schizophasia commonly referred to as word salad , is confused, and often repetitious, language that is symptomatic of various mental illnesses . Copyright Notice Adapted from Wikipedia. Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply.

Schnauzkrampf

Schnauzkrampf A schnauzkrampf is a grimace resembling pouting sometimes observed in catatonic individuals. Copyright Notice Adapted from Wikipedia. Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply.

Scanning speech

Scanning speech Scanning speech is ataxic dysarthria in which syllable durations are equalized. It is characteristic of the dysarthria of multiple sclerosis . Together with nystagmus and intention tremor, it forms Charcot's triad 1 . Copyright Notice Adapted from Wikipedia. Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply.

Sensitiver beziehungswahn

Sensitiver beziehungswahn Sensitiver beziehungswahn is an alternate term for ideas of reference. In this the person thinks as if people are talking about him or observing him or a talk is going on about him on television or radio. Seen in social phobia , depression , delusional disorder and in schizophrenia where they are often present up to a delusional extent. Copyright Notice Adapted from Wikipedia. Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply.