Glossary

Behaviour and activity refers to the level and quality of the person's physical movement. Noting the activity level and the type of movement the individual displays are useful indicators of concurrent mood states or of physical problems.

Some individuals cannot sit still, whereas others barely move, and others move in abnormal ways. Abnormal activity and movements can be indicative of a neurologic problem, as well as, mood states. Some individuals, for example, may also be behaving in unusual ways because they are responding to hallucinations and delusions.

Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual.

A state in which externally expressed emotion is present but much diminished in intensity. Differentiated from flat affect in which there is no emotional expression.