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Mental Health Terminology

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Senile   loss of mental, physical, or emotional control in elderly  
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Disorientation   Loss of recognition of time, place or person  
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Paranoid   delusions of persecution  
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Depression   deep sadness  
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Psychosis   *major mental disorder *out of touch with reality  
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Alcoholism   *dependent on alcohol *creates problems in personal life  
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Amnesia   loss of memory  
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Neurotic (Neurosis)   *emotional disorder *less serious than psychosis *very defensive *in touch with reality  
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Anxiety   feeling of uneasiness or apprehension  
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Psychosomatic   Showing physical symptoms with no physical illness  
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Dementia   Difficulty functioning in daily life to losses in thinking process such as memory and word finding  
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Schizophrenia   A condition which usually occurs in young adults that presents w/ halluciations and paranoid thinking  
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Alzheimer's Disease   A chronic progressive memory loss and loss in functioning caused by changes in the brain. *Most common over age 65, but changes can occur in individuals as young 40  
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