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Mental status v
vocab
Question | Answer |
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Blue | feeling sad |
psych | (slang for) psychiatric |
committed | to be officially placed in a mental institution or hospital |
slumped | bowed, or bent position or posture |
sluggish | action lacking in energy |
affect (noun) | feeling or emotion |
blunt | flat (emotionless), or abrupt in address or manner, curt |
groom | to take care of ones's appearance |
delayed | occurring some time after the reaction in completed |
slurred | unclear or indistinct speech |
a stitch in time saves nine | early preparation saves time |
decipher | to make out the meaning of something |
judgement | decision |
elated | overjoyed, ecstatic |
pacing | to walk up and down nervously |
figure of speech | any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, etc in which words are not used in their literal sense |
apraxia | inability to perform purposeful movements |
confabulation | making up false answers that the person believes to be true |