Rubric of Mind and their meaning part 1

1. Absent Minded

Cross reference: Unobserving, distraction, forgetful, obstruction of mind, concentration difficult, preoccupied.

Meaning: Headless of one's surrounding, chronically forgetful.


Here habitually the patient forgets his routine. the above symptoms has nothing to do with the I.Q of an individual or his scholastic background, because many time even highly educated peoples suffer from this. Occasionally this could be presenting symptom of certain CNS disease e.g. Alzheimer's disease, brain tumor etc.

2.Absorbed, buried in thought

Cross reference: Reveries, Brooding Fancies, Absorbed,
Meaning: Engrossed

Patient having the above symptom are typically seen in an insane home where one can see case catatonic schizophrenia.

3 Antic Plays:

Cross reference: Grimaces, foolish behaviors, gesture strange.
Meaning: A mischievous act or gesture

This is commonly observed amongst school children who are in the habit of making fun and gesticulating in front of school teacher the Above phenomena is quite within their control but it may happen involuntarily in a diseased condition.

4.Abstraction of mind

Cross reference: Unobserving, absent minded, concentration difficult
Meaning: Unable to apply the mind without interruption.

whenever a patient want to apply his mind there is a distraction of his thinking process process, as a result he suffers. This is especially true when the patient wants to talk, read or write.

5 Abrupt

Meaning: Unexpectedly sudden, touching on one subject to another with sudden transitions rudely curt.

Here one may interpret the above rubric either as when a patient had developed a habit of doing things unexpectedly or changing the decision suddenly, howsoever important it may be or when the patient talks n a harsh tone esp. when he is questioned repeatedly, or it may be his routine way of talking with other peoples