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LOM 22 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| external expression of emotion, or emotional response | affect |
| loss of memory | amnesia |
| eating disorder with excessive dieting and refusal to maintain a normal body weight | anorexia nervosa |
| characterized by unpleasant tension, distress, and avoidance behavior | anxiety disorder |
| absence of emotions; lack of interest or emotional involvement | apathy |
| thinking is internally stimulated and ideas have a private meaning; fantasy thought of as reality | autistic thought |
| mood disorder with alternating periods of mania and depression | bipolar disorder |
| eating disorder with binge eating followed by vomiting, purging, and depression | bulemia nervosa |
| active substance in marijuana; THC | cannabis |
| uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly | compulsion |
| condition marked by physical symptoms with no organic basis, appearing as a result of anxiety and unconsious inner conflict | conversion disorder |
| unconscious technique (coping mechanism) a person uses to resolve or conceal conflicts and anxiety. it protects the individual against anxiety and stress | defense mechanism |
| confusion in thinking; faulty perceptions and irrational behavior | delirium |
| fixed, false belief that cannot be changed by logical reasoning or evidence | delusion |
| loss of intellectual abilities with impairment of memory, judgment, and reasoning as well as changes in personality | dementia |
| major mood disorder with chronic sadness, loss of energy, hopelessness, worry, and discouragement, and, commonly, suicidal impulses and thoughts | depression |
| chronic or sudden disturbance in memory, identity, or consciousness | dissociative disorder |
| central coordinating branch of the personality or mind | ego |
| flight from customary surroundings | fugue (aka: dissociative disorder) |
| strong and persistant cross-gender identification with the opposite sex | gender identity disorder |
| false sensory perception (hearing voices and seeing things) | hallucination |
| major unconsciousness part of the personality; energy from the instictual drives and desires | id |
| unstable; undergoing rapid emotional change | labile |
| extreme excitement, hyperactive elation, and agitation | mania |
| prolonged emotion dominates a person's life | mood disorders |
| nonreactive state; stupor | mutism |
| repressed conflicts lead to mental symptoms such as anxiety and fears that disturb ability to function; less severe than a psychosis | neurosis |
| anxiety disorder in which recurrent thoughts and repetitive acts dominate behavior | obsessive-compulsive disorder |
| overly suspicious system of thinking; fixed delusions that one is being harassed, persecuted, or unfairly treated | paranoia |
| recurrent intense sexual urge, fantasym or behavior that involves unusual objects, activities or situations | paraphilia |
| lifelong personality patterns marked by inflexibility and impairment of social functioning | personality disorders |
| group of childhood disorders characterized by delays in socialization and communication skills | pervasive developmental disorders |
| irrational or disabling fear (avoidance) of an object or situation | phobia |
| anxiety-related symptoms appear after personal experience of a traumatic event | post-traumatic stress disorder |
| diagnostic personality test using unstructured stimuli to evoke responses that reflect aspects of an individual's personality | projective (personality) test |
| physician (MD) with medical training in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders | psychiatrist |
| nonmedical professional (often a PhD or an EhD) specializing in mental process and how the brain functions in health and disease | psychologist |
| a disorder marked by loss of contact with reality; often with delusions and hallucinations | psychosis |
| ability to perceive fact from fantasy; severely impaired in psychoses | reality testing |
| defense mechanism by which unacceptable thoughts, feelings, and impulses are automatically pushed into the unconsciousness | repression |
| a psychosis marked by withdrawal from reality into an inner world of disorganized thinking and conflict | schizophrenia |
| disorders of paraphilias and sexual dysfunctions | sexual disorders |
| having physical symptoms that connot be explained by any actual physical disorder or other well-described mental disorder such as depression | somatoform disorders |
| regular overuse of pyschoactive substances (alcohol, amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, hallucinogens, opioids, and sedatives) that affect the central nervous system | substance related disorders |
| internalized conscience and moral part of the personality | superego |
| central nervous system stimulants that may be used to treat depression and attention-deficit disorder | amphetamines |
| drugs that treat psychotic symptoms and behavior | atypical antipsychotics |
| drugs that lessen anxiety, tension, agitation, and panic attacks | benzodiazepins |
| conditioning (changing behavior patterns by training and repitition) is used to relieve anxiety and improve symptoms of illness | cognitive behavioral therapy |
| electric current is used to produce changes in brain wave patterns with resulting convulsions and loss of consciousness; effective in the treatment of major depression | electroconvulsive therapy |
| treatment of an entire family to resolve and shed light on conflicts | family therapy |
| phycoanalytic technique in which the patient verbalizes, without censorship, the passing contents of his or her mind | free association |
| group of patients with similar problems gain insight into their personalities through discussion and interaction with each other | group therapy |
| trance (state of altered consciousness) is used to increase the pace of psychotherapy | hypnosis |
| face-to-face discussion of life problems and associated feelings | insight-oriented therapy |
| medication used to treat the manic stage of manic-depressive illness | lithium |
| any drug that favorably modifies psychotic symptoms | neuroleptic drug |
| antipsychotic drugs | phenothiazines |
| treatment in which a child, through use of toys in a playroom setting, expresses conflicts and feelings unable to be communicated in a direct manner | play therapy |
| treatment that allows the patient to explore inner emotions and conflicts so as to understand and change current behavior | psychoanalysis |
| group therapy in which a patient expresses feelings by acting out family and social roles with other patients | psychodrama |
| treatment of psychiatric disorders with drugs | psychopharmacology |
| drugs that lessen anxiety | sedatives |
| offering encouragement, support, and hope to patients facing difficult life transitions and events | supportive psychotherapy |
| psychoanalytic process in which the patient relates to the terapise as though the therapist were a prominent childhood figure | transference |
| drugs used to treat severe depression; three ringed fused structure | tricyclic antidepressants |
| varying degrees of uneasiness, apprehension, or dread, often accompanied by palpitations, tightness in the chest, breathlessness, and choking sensations | anxiety |
| anxiety becomes a bodily symptom, such as blindness, deafness, or paralysis, that does not have an organic basis | conversion |
| uncomfortable feelings are separated from their real object. In order to avoid mental distress, the feelings are redirected toward a second object or behavior pattern | dissociation |
| sadness, hopelessness; depressive mood, or feeling 'low' | dysphoria |
| exaggerated feeling of well-being ('high') | euphoria |
| an involuntary, persistent idea or emotion | obsession |
| no loyalty or concern for others, and without moral standards; acts only in response to desires and impulses; cannot tolerate frustration and blames others when he or she is at fault | antisocial |
| instability in interpersonal relationships and sense of self; characterized by alternating involvement with and rejection of people. Frantic efforts are made to avoid real or imagined abandonment | borderline |
| emotional, attention seeking, immature, and dependent; irrational outbursts and tantrums; flamboyant and theatrical; having general dissatisfaction with the self with a lack of empathy for others | histrionic |
| grandiose sense of self-importance or uniqueness and preoccupation with fantasies of success and power | narcissistic |
| continually suspicious and mistrustful of other people but not to a psychotic or delusional degree; jealous and overly concerned with hidden motives of others; quick to take offense | paranoid |
| emotionally cold and aloof; indifferent to praise or criticism or to the feelings of others; few friendships and rarely appears to experience strong emotions, such as anger or joy | schizoid |
| compulsive need to expose one's body, particularly the genitals, to an unsuspecting stranger | exhibitionism |
| the use of nonliving objects (articles of clothing) as substitutes for a human sexual love object | fetishism |
| sexual urges and fantasies involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child (age 13 or younger) | pedophilia |
| sexual gratification is gained by being humiliated, beaten, bound, or otherwise made to suffer by another person | sexual masochism |
| sexual gratification is gained by inflicting physical or psychological pain or humiliation on others | sexual sadism |
| cross-dressing; wearing clothing of the opposite sex | transvestic fetishism |
| sexual excitement is achieved by observing unsuspecting people who are naked, undressing, or engaging in sexual activity | voyeurism |
| split | schiz/o |
| attraction to, love | phil/o |
| produced by | -genic |
| fear | -phobia |
| bibliophobia | fear of books |
| fear of darkness | nyctophobia |
| fear of drugs | pharmacophobia |
| fear of heights | acrophobia |
| fear of insects | entomophobia |
| fear of men | androphobia |
| fear of needles | belonephobia |
| fear of sleep | hypnophobia |
| fear of vomiting | emetophobia |
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