In a Word - Perseveration

02/26/22 • 9 min

This episode is a quick take in a new intermittent series I am calling “In a Word,” and in this series I hope to dig down into some neuropsychiatric terms that we use every day, but maybe don’t really understand very well. The first word I am taking on is PERSEVERATION. The reason I chose PERSEVERATION is because I see it written in psych notes by med studs and residents frequently, but for you Princess Bride fans out there, “You keep using this word. I don’t not think it means what you think it means.”

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PsyDactic - In a Word - Perseveration

Transcript

Welcome to PsyDactic - Residency Edition. I am Dr. O, currently a second year Psychiatry Resident. This episode is a quick take in a new intermittent series I am calling “In a Word,” and in this series I hope to dig down into some neuropsychiatric terms that we use every day, but maybe don’t really understand very well. You can find my references at the end of the show transcript at psydactic.buzzsprout.com.

The first word I am taking on is PERSEVERATION. A