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mod b wk 3
terms and definition
| terms | Definition |
|---|---|
| anxiety | dread & fear with cahracteristics of tension, restlessness, tachycardia, dyspnea & sense of hopelessness |
| affective disorder | group of disorders characterized by disturbances in mood, from partial to full mania or depression |
| akathisia | restlessness, inability to sit still, urgent need to move |
| Alzheimer's disease | progressive diease that is characterized by memory loss and inability to carry through or thought processes |
| ADHD | disease found in most frequently in a child that is characterizedby inattention, hyperactivity and impulsiveness |
| bipolar disease | psychiatric condition characterized by alternationg periods of mania and depressive states |
| delusion | false belief that cannot be changed with reason |
| drug holiday | period during which drug dosages are withheld to allow reversal of side effects or adverse reactions |
| hallucinations | perceptions that no basis in reality may be visual, auditory, tactile, or olfactory |
| neurosis | abnormal behavior from increased anxiety, tension, or emotional imbalance |
| obsession | domination of one's thoughts or feelings by perissitent idea, image, desire |
| Parkinson's disease | chronic nervous system disease characterized by fine, slowly spreading tremors and muscular weakness and rigidity accompained by characteristic shuffling gait |
| Schizphrenia | group of mental disorders of unknown eitology that affect thinking, affect, and behavior |
| psychosis | mental illness accompained by bizarre behavior and altered personality with failure to perceive reality |
| Tourette's syndrome | rare disease of unkown eitology characterized by lack of muscel control, tics, purposeless movements, and incoherent grunts and barks |
| tranquilization | state of reduced mental tension characterized by calmness, but without significant sedation or mental confusion |
| anxiolytics | medication to relieve anxiety: minor tranquilization |
| compulsions | an overwhelming urge to perform an irrational act or ritual |
| neuroleptics | another name for medcation used to treat psychosis |
| psychologic drug dependence or habituation | accustomization to a drug through frequent or exposure repeated administration of medication for the patient's mental sense of well being; the craving for a drug because of frequent use |
| psychotherapy | treatment of illness through mental means rather than physical or chemical therapy |
| tardive dyskinesia | slow, rhythmical, involuntary movement as a result of the use of psychotrophic drugs |
| extrapyramidal | symptoms of taking antipsychotic medications which include parkinsonism, dystonia & tremors |
| mania | form of psychosis characterized by excessive excitement, elevated moods and exalted feelings |
| depression | mental state characterized by sadness, feelings of loss and grief, loss of appetite and may include suicidal thoughts |
| insomnia | difficulty falling or staying asleep |
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