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Medical term c23
Haney Medterm c23
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Loss of memory caused bya severe emotional trauma, brain injury, substance abuse, or reaction to medications or toxins. | Amnesia |
| State of frenzied excitement of wild enthusiasm. | Delirium |
| Lack of appetite, resulting in inability to eat. | Anorexia |
| Apathy | Absence or suppression of obserable emotion, feeling, concern, or passion. |
| Effort to overcome, or make up for, real or imagined inadequacies. | Compensation |
| Delirium Tremends | An acute and sometimes fatal psychotic reaction caused by a cessation of excessive intake of alcoholic beverages over a long period of time. |
| A mind-alterin drug derives from the flowering tomp of hemp plans; also called marijuana. | Cannabis |
| Refusal to admit or acknowledge the reality of something, thus avoiding emotional conflict or anxiety. | Denial |
| A disorder of affect characterized by depression and anguish. | Dysphoria |
| Drug that is particularly useful in treating the manic phase of bipolar disorders. | Lithium |
| Exhibitionism | A sexual disorder involving the exposure of one's genitals to a stranger. |
| A sense of well-being or elation | Euphoria |
| Inability to speak because of a physical defect or emotional problem. | Mutism |
| A persistant thought or idea with which the mind is continually and involuntarily preoccupied. | Obsession |
| Branch of medicine that deals with the causes , treatment, and prevention of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. | Psychiatry |
| Act of transferring one's own unacceptable thought or feelings on to someone else. | Projection |
| Any major mental disorder of organic or emotional origin characterized by a loss of contact with reality. | Psychosis |
| An agent that decreases functional activity and has a calming effect of the body. | Sedative |
| Voluntary blocking of unpleasant feelings and experiences from one's mind | Supression |
| Attempting to make excuses or invent logical reasons to justify unacceptable feelings or behaviors. | Rationalization |
| A physician who specializes in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. | Psychiatrist |
| A disorder characterized by recurrent panic attacks that come on unexpectedly. | Panis Disorder. |
| A form of psychotherapy in which a child plays in a protected and structured environment with games and toys provided by a therapist. | Play Therapy |
| A drug that is particularly useful in treating the manic phase of bipolar disorders. | Lithium |
| Malingering | A willful and deliberate faking of symptoms of a disease or injury to gain some consciously desired end. |
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