Behavior and Mental Status Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• attention : the ability to focus or concentrate over time on a particular stimulus or activity
• affect : a fluctuating pattern of observable behaviors that expresses subjective feelings through tone of voice, facial expression, and demeanor.
• lethargic : drowsy, but open their eyes and look at you, respond to questions, and then fall asleep.
• fluency : reflects the rate, flow, and melody of speech and the content and use of words.
• echolalia : repetition of the words and phrases of others.
• confabulation : fabrication of facts or events in response to questions, to fill in the gaps from impaired memory.
• phobias : persistent irrational fears, accompanied by a compelling desire to avoid the provoking stimulus
• anxieties : apprehensive anticipation of future danger or misfortune accompanied by feelings of worry, distress, and/or somatic symptoms of tension
• delusions : false fixed personal beliefs that are not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence
• illusions : misinterpretations of real external stimuli, such as mistaking rustling leaves for the sound of voices
• neologisms : invented or distorted words, or words with new and highly idiosyncratic meanings.
• clanging : speech with choice of words based on sound, rather than meaning, as in rhyming and punning.
• obtunded : patients open their eyes and look at you, but respond slowly and are somewhat confused.
• suicide : ranks as the 10th leading cause of death in the united states
• dextera : your batch name