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ch. 22 psychiatry vocabulary

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amnesia   loss of memory  
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anxiety   varying of uneasiness, apprehension, palpitations, tightness in chest, breathless, choking sensation  
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apathy   absence of emotions; lack of interst or emotional involvement  
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autism   severe lack of responsiveness to others, preoccupation with inner thoughts  
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compulsion   uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly  
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conversion   anxiety becomes a bodily symptom,such as blindness,deafness,or paralysis, that does not have an organic basis  
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delusion   a fixed false belief that cannot be changed by logical reasoning or evidence  
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dissociation   uncomfortable feelings are separated from their real object  
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dysphoria   sadness,hopelessness;depressive mood  
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euphoria   exaggerated feeling of well-being  
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hallucination   false or unreal sensory perception  
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labile   unstable;undergoing rapid emotional change  
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mania   state of excessive excitability; hyperactivity and agitation  
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mutism   nonreactive state; stupor  
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obsession   an involuntary;persistent idea or emotion  
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paranoia   delusions or persecution or grandeur or combinations of the two  
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antisocial   no loyalty to or concern for others, and without moral standards; acts only in response to desires or impulses,cannot tolerate frustration and blames others when she or he is at fault  
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borderline   instability in interpersonal relationship and sense of self;characterized by alternating involvement with and rejection or people  
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histrionic   emotional,attention-seeking,immature and dependent;irrational outburst and tantrums;flamboyant and theatrica;having general dissatisfaction w/ones seld & angry feelings about the worls  
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narcissistic   grandiose sense of self importance or uniqueness and preoccupation with fantasies of success and power  
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paranoid   continually suspicious and mistrustful of other people but not to a psychotic or delusional degree;jealou and overly concerned w/hidden motives or others;quick to take offense  
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schizoid   emotionally cold & aloof; indifferent to praise or critism or to the feelings of ohers;few friendship and rarely appearsto experience strong emotions,such as anger or joy  
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exibitionism   compulsive need to expose one's body,particularly the genitals,to an unsuspecting stranger  
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fetishism   the use of nonliving objects(articles of clothing) as substitutes for a human sexual love object  
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pedophilia   sexual urges and fantasies involving sexual activity w/prepubescent child  
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sexual masochism   sexual gratification is gained by being humiliated,beaten,bound,or othewrwise mafe to suffer by another person  
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sexual sadism   sexual gratification is gained by inflicting physical or psychological pain or humiliation on others  
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transvestic fetishism   cross-dressing;  
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voyeurism   sexual excitement is achieved by observing unsuspecting people who are naked undressing or engaging in sexual activity  
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affect   the external expression of emotion,or emotional response  
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anorexia nervosa   an eating disorder of excessive dieting and refusal to maintain a normal body weight  
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anxiety disorders   chracterized by unpleasant tension,distress,and avoidance behaviour,ie/phobias,ocd,post-traumatic stress disorder  
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bipolar disorder   alternating periods of mania and depression  
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bulimia nervosa   eating disorder of binge eating followed by vomiting,purging,and depression  
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conversion disorder   physical symptom w/no organic basis,appearing as a result of anxiety and conflict  
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defense mechanism   unconscious technique a person uses to resolve or conceal conflicts and anxiety  
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delirium   confusion in thinking:faulty perceptions and irrational behaviour  
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dementia   loss of intellectual abilities w/impairement of memory,judgment,and reasoning as well as changes in personality  
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depression   major mood disoirder w/chronic sadness,loss of energy,hopelessness,worry,and discouragment,commony suicial impulses and thoughts  
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dissociative disorder   chronic or sudden distrurbance of memory,identity,or consciousness dissociative identity disorder amnesia & fugue  
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ego   control coordinating branch of the personality  
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fugue   amnesia w/flight from customary surroundings  
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gender identity disorder   stong and persistent cross-gender indentification w/ the opposite sex  
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id   major unconscious part of the personality;energy from instinctual drives and desires  
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intelligence (IQ ) test   a standardized test designed to determine mental age of an individial by measuring capacity to absrob information and solve problems  
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mood disorders   prolonged emotion dominates a persons life; examples are biploar and depressive disorders  
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Obsessive compulsive disorder   anxiety disorder in which recurrent thoughts and repetitive acts dominate behaviour  
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paraphilia   recurrent intese sexual urge,fantasy or behaviour that involves unusual objects,activities,or situations  
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personality disorders   lifelong personality patterns marked by inflexibility and impairement of social functioninh  
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phobia   irrational or disabling fear of an object or situation  
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post-traumatic stress disorder   anxiety-related symptoms appear following exposure to personal experience of traumatic event  
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projective (personality) test   diagnostic,personality test that uses unstructered stimuli to evoke responses that reflect aspects of an individuals personality  
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psychiatrist   physician w/medical training in the diagnosis,prevention and treatment of mental disorders  
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psychologist   individuak specializing in mental processes and how the brain functions in health and disease  
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psychosis   impairement of mental capacity to recognize reality,communicate,and relate to others  
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reality testing   ability to perceive fact from fantasy; severly impaired in psychoses  
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repression   defense mechanism by which unacceptable thoughts,feelings,and impulses are automatically pushed into the unconscious  
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schizophrenia   withdrawal from reality into an inner world of disorganized thinking and conflict  
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sexual disorders   disorders or paraphilias and sexual dysfunctions  
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somatoform disorders   having physical symptoms that cannot be explained by any actual physical disorder or other well-described mental disorder such as depression  
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substance related disorders   regular overuse of psychoactive substances that affect the central nervous system  
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superego   internalized conscience and moral part of the personality  
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amphetamines   central nervous system stimulants that may be used to treat depression and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder  
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benzodiazepines   drugs that lessen anxiety, tension, agitation and panic attacks  
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cognitive beaviour therapy   conditioning is used to relieve anxiety and improve symptoms of illness  
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electroconvulsive thereapy   electric current is used to produce convulsions in the treatment of depression  
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family therapy   treatment of an entire family to resolve and understand conflicts  
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free association   psychoanalytic technique in which the patient verbalizes, without censorship, the passing contents of his or her mind  
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group therapy   group of patients with similar problesm gain insight into their personlities through discussion and interaction with eachother  
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hypnosis   trance is used to increase the pace of psychotherapy  
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insight-oriented therapy   face to face discussion of life problems and associated feelings  
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lithium   medication used to treat the manic stage of manic-depression illness  
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neuroleptic drug   any drug that favourably modifies psychotic symptoms  
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phenothiazines   tranquilizers used to treat psychoses  
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play therapy   treatment in which a child through use of toys in a playroom setting expresses conflict and feelings unable to be communicated in a direct manner  
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psychoanalysis   treatment that allows the patient to explore inner emotions and conflicts so as to understand and change current behaviour  
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psychodrama   Group therapy in which a patient expresses feelings by acting out roles with other patients  
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psychopharmacology   Treatment of psychiatric disorders with drugs  
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sedatives   drugs that lessen anxiety  
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supportive pschotherapy   offering encouragement, support, and hope to patients facing difficult life transitions and events  
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transference   psychoanalytic process in which the patient relates to the therapist as he or she did to a prominent childhood figure  
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tricyclic antidepressants   drugs used to treat severe depression; thee-ringed fused structure  
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