Exam 18: Basic Concepts of Mental Health (Key Terms)
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| Adaptation | ability to adjust to changing life situations using various strategies.
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| Affect | Outward manifestation of a person's feeling or emotions.
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| Anxiety | Vague feeling of apprehension that results from a perceived threat to the self.
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| Behavior | Manner of conducting oneself; one's actions.
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| Blocking | Cessation of thought production for no apparent reason; may stop and stare in the middle of a conversation; can be few of long duration or many of shorter duration (or any combination thereof).
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| Compulsion | Distressing recurring behavior that must be performed to reduce anxiety.
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| Coping Response | Used to reduce anxiety brought on by stress. i.e.; over-eating, drinking, smoking, withdrawal, seeking out someone to talk with, yelling and exercise.
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| Crisis | Time of change or turning point in life when patterns of living must be modified to prevent disorganization of the person or family.
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| Defense mechanism | Behavior patterns that protect the individual against a real or perceived threat.
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| De-institutionalization | Release of institutionalized psychiatric patients to be treated into the Community setting
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| Delirium | Change in consciousness that occurs over a short period of time; acute cognitive disorder that produces a marked change in mental status; reversible
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| Delusion | False beliefs; resistant to reasoning or change
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| Dementia | A loss of multiple abilities, including long and short-term memory loss, language and the ability to understand (conceptualize); changes in mental status is caused by physical changes in the brain; chronic, progresses slowly; irreversible
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| Dissociation | Disconnection from full awareness of self, time, or external circumstances
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| Exhibitionism | Exposure of one's genitals to an unsuspecting person followed by sexual arousal
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| Fetishism | Use of objects (e.g., panties, leather, rubber sheeting) for the purpose of sexual arousal
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| Flight of Ideas | Abrupt change of topic in a rapid flow of speech
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| Grandiosity or Delusions of Grandeur | A false belief in which one's own importance is greatly exaggerated
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| Hallucination | False sensory input with no external stimulus, usually in the form of smells, sounds, tastes, sight, or touch
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| Illness | State of homeostatic imbalance
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| Labile | Dramatic changes in mood that can often be rapid in occurrence
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| Loose Association | Thought disturbances in which the speaker rapidly shifts topics from one unrelated area to another
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| Mania | Extreme emotional state characterized by excitement, great elation, overly talkative, increased motor activity, fleeting grandiose ideas and agitated behaviors
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| Mental Health | Ability to cope and adjust to recurrent stressors of everyday life
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| Mental Illness | A pattern of behavior that is noticeable, threatening and disruptive to relationships or deviates significantly from behavior that is considered socially and culturally acceptable
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| Obsession | Persistent, recurring, inappropriate and distressing thoughts
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| Orientation (reality) | awareness of who you are, who others are around you, your surroundings and awareness of time
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| Personality | Consistent sort of attitudes and behaviors particular to an individual
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| Phobia | Unnatural fear of people, animals, objects, situations, or occurrences; strong fear of something in particular
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| Psychotherapy | Any large number of related methods of treating mental-emotional disorders by psychological techniques rather than by physical means
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| Psychosis | State of being psychotic; an alteration in mental status caused by loss of contact with reality
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| Separation Anxiety | anxiety produced when separated from source of security
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| Self-Concept | Frame of reference individuals’ use for all they know and experience
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| Stress | Nonspecific response of the body to any demand made on it
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| Stressor | Situation, activity or event that produces stress
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| Somatic Therapy | Treatment of an emotionally ill or incapacitated client by physiological
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