Define the Following Terms

question 10

Short Answer

Define the following terms:
-numbers game model

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Definitions:

Word Salad

A speech pattern that is incoherent and disjointed, associated with severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia, where words are scrambled, rendering the speech difficult to understand.

Blunted Affect

A reduction in the expression of emotions, often seen as a symptom of certain psychiatric conditions, where the emotional range is significantly diminished.

Dementia Praecox

An outdated term once used to describe what is now known as schizophrenia, characterized by early onset of disconnection from reality.

Psychotic Mania

A severe form of mania that includes symptoms of psychosis such as hallucinations or delusions, often observed in bipolar disorder.