Mood:

Blunting: Loss of normal emotional sensitivity to experiences

Catastrophic reaction: An extreme emotional and behavioural overreaction to a trivial stimulus.

Flattening: Loss of the range of normal emotional responses

Incongruity: A mismatch between the emotional expression and the associated thought.

Lability: Superficial, rapidly changing and poorly controlled emotions.

Thought Content:

Hypochondriasis: Unjustified belief of suffering from a particular disease in spite of appropriate examination and reassurance.

Morbid thinking: Depressive ideas, e.g. themes of guilt, burden, unworthiness, failure, blame, death, suicide.

Phobia: A senseless avoidance of a situation, object or activity stemming from a belief that has caused an irrational fear.  

Preoccupation: Beliefs that are not inherently abnormal but which have come to dominate the patient’s thinking

Ruminations: Repetitive, intrusive, senseless thoughts or preoccupations.

Obsessions: Ruminations which persists despite resistance.

Abnormal beliefs:  

Delusion: An abnormal belief, held with total conviction, which is maintained in spite of proof or logical argument to the contrary and is not shared be others from the same culture.

Delusional perception: A delusion which arises fully formed from the false interpretation of a real perception. E.g. a traffic light turning green confirms that aliens have landed on the rooftop.  

Overvalued ideas: Beliefs that are held, valued, expressed and acted on beyond the norm for the culture to which the person belongs.

Thought broadcasting: The belief that thoughts are being placed in the patient’s head from outside.

Thought insertion: The belief that thoughts are being placed in the patient’s head from outside.

Thought withdrawal: The belief that thoughts are being removed from the patient’s head.

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