Glossary of Descriptive Psychopathology and Neuropsychiatry
Alastair Macdonald, Owen Box, Frances Klemperer.   Martin Dunitz, London 2000

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Mental State Examination categories





Appearance & Behaviour

Agitation
Akathisia
Ambitendency
Ambivalent handshake
Atasia-abasia
Ataxia
Athetosis
Automatic obedience
Belle Indifference (‘La belle indifference’)
Catalepsy
Cataplexy
Catatonia
Catatonic symptom
Chorea
Echopraxia
Festinant
Flexibilitas Cerea:
Forced grasping
Gegenhalten
Impulsive action
Intention tremor
Mannerism
Mitgehen
Mitmachen
Myoclonus
Negativism
Omega sign
Perseveration
Pill-rolling
Primitive reflex
Psychological pillow
Rabbit syndrome
Restlessness
Retardation
Schnauzkrampf
Smiling Depression
Sperrung
Stereotypy
Stupor
Tic
Waxy flexibility
Wool-gathering