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Chapter 26 Vocab
Chapter 26 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Agitated Delirum | acute change in mental status, agitation-aggression |
| Anxiety | A state of painful uneasiness often characterized by agitation and restlessness |
| Behavior | a way a person acts or performs |
| Behavior Emergency | a situation in which a person exerts abnormal behavior |
| Bipolar Disorder | a psychiatric condition characterized by the alteration of moods |
| Depression | A feeling of sadness, worthlessness |
| Dystonia | A movement disorder that causes involunteer, contraction of the muscles |
| Humane Restraints | padded soft leather or cloth wraps to hold a patient down |
| Paranoia | Highly exaggerated or unwarranted mistrust |
| Phobia | The fear of something |
| Phsychosis | a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality |
| Reasonable Force | The minimum amounts of force to hold a patient still |
| Schizophrenia | A chronic illness in which the patients distortions of speech and thought |
| Suicide | A willful act designed to ends ones life |
| tardive dyskinesia ????sp | A movement disorder that causes involuntary movement of the mouth and tongue. |