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mood-incongruent psychotic feature

a DSM–IV–TR and DSM–5 specification for any delusion or hallucination that occurs in severe major depressive episodes, manic episodes, or mixed episodes but whose content does not include themes of sadness or mania.

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decomposition of movement

decomposition of movement

difficulty of movement in which gestures are broken up into individual segments instead of being executed smoothly. It is a symptom of cerebellar lesions.