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mood-congruent psychotic feature

a DSM–IV–TR and DSM–5 specification for any delusion or hallucination that is thematically consistent with either sadness or mania when it occurs in severe major depressive episodes, manic episodes, or mixed episodes.

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January 15th 2025

hit

hit

n. the accurate identification of a signal in a signal detection task. Compare miss.

HIT

acronym for Holtzman Inkblot Technique.