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3/1, Psych pg 955

Psych terms pg 955

TermDefinition
DEFENSE MECHANISM Unconscious technique used to resolve or conceal conflicts and anxiety. eg. acting out, denial repression
DELIRIUM Confused thinking, disorientation, changes in alertness. This is reversible impairment and can get better
DELIRIUM TREMENS Is brought on by stopping alcohol consumption suddenly, after years of heavy alcohol ingestion
DELUSION Fixed, false belief that cannot be changed by logical reasoning or evidence
DEMENTIA Loss of intellectual abilities with impairment of memory, judgment and reasoning as well as changes in personality
DEPRESSION Major mood change with chronic sadness, loss of energy, hopelessness, worry, and discouragement.
DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER Chronic or sudden disturbance in memory, identity, or consciousness, eg. personality disorder, amnesia, fugue
DYSPHORIA A bad or unpleasant feeling or mood
DYSTHYMIA A depressive disorder, sad period or down in the dumps that persists over a 2 years, but not as severe as major depression and no psychotic features (delusions and hallucinations)
EGO Central coordinating branch of the personality or mind.
ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY Electric current is used to produce convulsions and loss of consciousness. tx for depression. Anesthesia now use so convulsion is not observable
EUPHORIA A good feeing, or a good mood
EUTHYMIC Feeling well
EXHIBITIONISM Compulsive need to expose one's body, particularly the genitals or breast to an unsuspecting stranger
FAMILY THERAPY Treatment of an entire family to resolve and shed light on conflicts
FETISHISM The use of nonliving objects as substitutes for a human sexual love object
FREE ASSOCIATION Psychoanalytic technique in which the patient verbalizes, without censorship, the passing contents of his or her mind
FUGUE Flight from customary surroundings; dissociative disorder
GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER Strong and persistent cross-gender identification with the opposite sex
GROUP THERAPY Group of patients with similar problems gain insight into their personalities through discussion and interaction with each other
HALLUCINATION False sensory perception (hearing voices and seeing through)
HALLUCINOGEN a substance that produces hallucinations.
HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY Emotional, attention seeking, immature, and dependent; irrational outbursts and tantrums. flamboyant and theatrical
HYPNOSIS Induced trance (state of altered consciousness)
HYPOCHONDRIASIS A mental disorder characterized by excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness, despite medical testing states there is no problem
HYPOMANIA A condition similar to mania but less severe. A mild form of mania
ID Major unconscious part of the personality; energy from instinctual drives and desires
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