Preparation for Child Psych PRITE and Boards
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Introduction
| Term | Description |
| Tics | Sudden rapid, recurrent, nonrhythmic movement. Tics can be motor or vocal tics |
| Dystonia | Involuntary muscle contractions that cause twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal postures |
| Chorea | Involuntary, random, quick, jerking movements, usually in the proximal extremities. Can progress from from joint to joint. Movements are abrupt, nonrepetitive, and arrhythmic (variable frequency and intensity) |
| Stereotypies | Rhythmic, repetitive movements or patterns of speech that aree stereotyped (lack variation over time) |
| Compulsions | Repetitive, excessive, meaningless activity including mental activity such as counting, performed to avoid distress |
| Myoclonus | Shock-like involuntary muscle jerks; these may be repetetive. examples include hiccups, hypnic jerks, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy |
| Akathisia | Dysphoric sensation of restlessness which may be alleviated by movement |