Descriptive Psychopathology: The Signs and Symptoms of ...

Index5-factor model, personality 337, 391abnormal bereavement 379–380Abrams, R. 207activity, disturbances in 154–157acute anxiety 216–217acute mania 206–209“addictive” personality 361–362adhesive personality 358adventitious motor overflow 157–158affect, definition of 198age, influence on diagnostic issues 135–136agitation 155–156agoraphobia 219–220Ahern, G.L. 143akathesia 156akinetic mutism 161alcohol abuseassessment of 127–128personality changes associated with 362traits of early and late onset alcoholics 361Alexander, J. 335alexithymia 204Alice in Wonderland syndrome 267alien hand syndrome 187–188alienation experiences 57, 260, 278–279allodynia 264Alzheimer’s diseaseassessing for early 324behavioral warning signs of 324eliminating in diagnosis 312–313ambitendency, catatonic patients 164American Psychiatric Association (APA)origins of 39re-formulation of DSM 44–46amnesiaamnestic disordersassessment of 325–328patterns of onset 326dissociative/psychogenic 141–142following head trauma 126Amok, catatonia cultural variant 165–166amygdala, function of 72–73analgesia 265Anatomy of Melancholy, The (Burton) 29Andreasen, N.C. 92angerbody language 149, 205pathological 204animal naming test 316, 317, 323anorexia nervosa 301–302anosagnosia 57, 199, 259, 298, 324anterior cingulate circuit, effects of dysfunctionin 62–63, 73anterograde amnesia, assessment of 327antidepressants, effective for melancholia 377antisocial personality disorder 357appearance 145, 264example of false negative diagnosis 353observable behaviors 356anxietybody language 205classic syndromes and featuresacute anxiety 216–217chronic anxiety 218–219generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) 218–219,219–220neurasthenia and chronic fatigue 219panic attack 217phobic-anxiety-depersonalization syndrome(PAD) 220specific phobia 217–218and dysfunction in serotonin system 62medication for 29apathetic/avolitional syndrome 11, 58, 60, 388apathy 201aphasia 225–229FTD as a form of 239–243speech patterns 227, 240aphemia (mutism) 161, 232aphonia 231appearance see general appearanceapraxic agraphia 187Aretaeus of Cappadocia 23arousalassessment of 318disorders of 171effects of decreased 138–139472