Terminologies 3 - Abnormal Psychology

Random and involuntary quick, jerky, purposeless movements.

• Twirling

• Chorea

• Astasia abasia

• Dyskinesia

Pathological imitation of movements of one person by another.

• Echolalia

• Echopraxia

• Coprolalia

• Perseveration

An attack or sudden onset of certain symptoms, such as convulsion, loss of consciousness and psychic or sensory of disturbances; seen in epilepsy and can be substance induced.

• Clonic convulsion

• Chorea

• Seizure

• Tonic convulsion

Motor anomalies in nonorganic disorders. Seen in catatonic schizophrenia and some patients with brain diseases, such as encephalitis.

• Catatonia and Postural Abnormalities

• Cataplexy

• Catalepsy

• Overactivity

General term for an immobile position that is constantly maintained.

• Cataplexy

• Tension

• Catalepsy

• Mutism

Agitated, purposeless motor activity, uninfluenced by external stimuli.

• Catatonic Excitement

• Catatonic Stupor

• Catatonic Rigidity

• Catatonic posturing

Eating of filth or feces.

• Bulimia

• Aggression

• Anorexia

• Coprophagia

Markedly slowed motor activity, often to the point of immobility and seeming unawareness of surroundings

• Catatonic Rigidity

• Catatonic stupor

• Catatonic Excitement

• Catatonic Posturing

Voluntary assumption of a rigid posture held against all efforts to be moved (general stiffness-longlasting symptom)

• Catatonic Excitement

• Catatonic Stupor

• Catatonic Posturing

• Catatonic Rigidity

Voluntary assumption of an inappropriate or bizarre posture, generally maintained for long periods.

• Catatonic Excitement

• Catatonic Stupor

• Catatonic Posturing

• Catatonic Rigidity