MANIULIT, LOURCEBEL ALMARI B.

3PSY3

1) Neologism The person may make up words that mean something only to him or her. Such as, (1) words referring to new objects or phenomena, for example klimacertifikat (climate certificate); (2) new words replacing old ones, for example sort for neger (black replacing for negro); (3) semantic expansion of existing words, for example blaeksprutte (octopus) in the sense altumiligmand (odd job man); 2) Word Salad Speech A person with schizophrenia may answer questions with barely related or unrelated comments. For example, when asked why he is in the hospital, a schizophrenic might answer, Spaghetti looks like worms. I really think its worms. Gophers dig tunnels but rats build nests. 3) Circumstantiality It is very common in manic clients or even obsessive-compulsive clients. For example, the interviewer asks, When did your panic attacks begin? The client would say, Just thinking about them scares me. I remember my wife telling me a ong time ago I shouldnt be so afraid. When we first got married I remembered she called me fearless because I would try anything. I never was afraid. In fact, I remember going skydiving one year and I wasnt phased a bit. My friends kidded me that I was crazy for doing it. Panic I never felt panic. I did have a good friend who was pretty nervous. He and I would pal around together and I would reassure him about his stress. But me, never! That is until about 3 years ago when my father died. Thats when the attacks began. 4) Tangentiality It is common in anxious and obsessive-compulsive clients but is most indicative of manic disorders. For example, the interviewer would ask, What city are you from? The patient would say, Well, thats a hard question to answer because my parentsI was born in lowa, but I know that Im white instead of black so apparently I came from the North somewhere and I dont know where you know. I really dont know where my ancestors came from. So I dont know whether Im Irish or French or Scandinavian or I dont believe Im Polish but I think Im I think I can be German or Welsh. Im not but thats all speculation and that thats one thing that I would like to know and is my ancestors you know where did I originate? But I never took the time to find out the answer to that question.