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Mental Health Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The improper use of something; cruel and violent treatment of a person is termed | Abuse |
| Addiction | A psychological craving for alcohol or drugs with the presence of withdrawal symptoms the substance cannot be otained |
| What is termed by The behavioral expression of emotion | Affect |
| Aggression is termed | Harsh physical or verbal actions intended either consciously or unconsciously to harm to injure another |
| Muscular weakness; or a loss or partial loss of muscle movement is termed as | Akinesia |
| Two feelings together toward a person, object or idea is termed as | Ambivalence |
| Anxiety is termed as | Vague diffuse apprehension that is associated with feelings of uncertainty and helpless |
| Lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern is termed as | Apathy |
| Assault is termed | An act that results in a person's genuine fear and apprehension that he/she will be touched without consent |
| Independence; Self-governance is termed as | Autonomy |
| Battery is termed as | The nonconsensual touching of another person |
| Any observable, recordable act, movement or response of an individual is termed as | Behavior |
| Binge is termed | Over indulging in an activity |
| Interruption of flow of speech owing to distracting thoughts is termed as | Blocking |
| Body Language is termed as | transmission of a message by body movement |
| State of immobilized stupor that can quickly swing to extreme agitation is known as | Catatonia |
| Release that occurs when patient's talk openly is termed as | Catharsis |
| Claustrophobia is termed as | Fear of closed places |
| Needing to be controlled or manipulated is termed as | Codependent |
| Compensation is termed as | covering up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing a trait one considers more desirable |
| Compulsion is termed as | Irresistible urge to perform some act |
| Filling in memory gaps with made-up facts and experiences is termed as | Confabulation |
| Verbal communication that matches nonverbal communication is termed as | Congruent |
| A change in character, form or function is termed as | Conversion |
| Coping is termed as | Facing and dealing with responsibilities or a situation a calm or adequate manner |
| Counter-Transference is termed as | Caregiver's displacement of emotion onto the patient |
| Decompensate is termed as | Deterioration of a previously working structure or system |
| Defense Mechanism is termed as | Automatic psychological process that protects the individual against anxiety and from awareness of internal or external stressors |
| Delirium is termed as | Rapidly occurring onset of confusion |
| Delusion is termed as | Fixed false belief |
| Global impairment of cognitive functioning that is progressive and interferes with social and occupational abilities is termed as | Dementia |
| Refusing to acknowledge the existence of a real situation or the feelings associated with it is termed as | Denial |
| Depression is termed as | Can be a sign, symptom, disease or reaction of sadness of grief |
| Detoxification is termed as | The process of withdrawal from a substance to which one has become dependent |
| Displacement is termed as | The transfer of feelings from one target to another that is considered less threatening or that is neutral |
| Separation of mental processes from a person's consciousness is termed as | Dissociation |
| Changes in mood because of time of day is known as | Diurnal Mood |
| Involuntary muscle movements of the face, arms, legs and neck is termed as | Dystonia |
| Imitation of another's words is termed as | Echolalia |
| Echopraxia is termed as | Imitation of another's body position |
| Understanding the meaning and relevance in the thoughts and feelings of another is termed as | Empathy |
| To make possible is termed as | Enabling |
| Ethnocentrism is termed as | Imposing one's beliefs and values on other cultural groups |
| Delving further into a subject, idea, experience or relationship is termed as | Exploring |
| The deliberate and unauthorized confinement of a person against their will is termed as | False Imprisonment |
| False Reassurance is termed as | Inappropriate optimism |
| Fetish it termed as | A strong need or desire for an object, body part or activity for sexual excitment |
| Flight of Ideas is termed as | Rapid shift of ideas while speaking with no connection between subjects |
| Focusing is termed as | Taking notice of a single idea or even a single word |
| A sudden unexpected travel away from home or customary work locale with the assumption of anew identity and an inability to recall one's previous identity is termed as | Fugue |
| Ideas of fame, wealth or important that are unfounded or untrue is termed as | Grandiose |
| Hallucination is termed as | Seeing, hearing, smelling or feeling something that is not a result of external stimuli |
| Severe alteration in mood is termed as | Hypermania |
| Hypomania is termed as | Less than severe alteration in mood |
| Illusion is termed as | Misinterpretation of sensory input |
| Body language and verbal communication does not match is termed as | Incongruent |
| Awareness and understanding of behavior is termed as | Insight |
| Integrating the beliefs and values of another individual into one's own ego structure is termed as | Introjection |
| Frequent and rapid change of emotions is termed as | Labile |
| Communication the rights, responsibilities and expectations to a person so that expected normal limits and rules can be identified is termed as | Limit Setting |
| Disordered thinking with little connection between thoughts is termed as | Loose Association |
| Failure of the body to return to homeostasis after responding to stress is termed as | Maladaptation |
| Mania is termed as | A state in which the mood is elevated, expansive or irritable |
| Milieu is termed as | Surroundings; environment |
| Modeling is termed as | Learning new behaviors by imitating the behaviors of others |
| Having an excessive interest in oneself is termed as | Narcisistic |
| Invention of a new word is termed as | Neologism |
| Neurotic is termed as | Behavior or dysfunction that is characterized by anxiety but no distortion of reality |
| Recurring, unstoppable thought is termed as | Obsession |
| Making oneself available on an unconditional basis thus increasing patient's feelings of self-worth is termed as | Offering Self |
| Extreme anxiety that involves dread and loss of rational thought is termed as | Panic |
| Suspiciousness is termed as | Paranoia |
| Restating another's message using the caregiver's own words is termed as | Paraphrasing |
| Extreme persistent fear that is out of proportion to reality | Phobia |
| Persistent questioning of the patient; pushing for answers to issues the patient does not wish to discuss is termed as | Probing |
| Attributing feelings or impulses unacceptable to one's self to another person is termed as | Projection |
| Out of touch with reality is termed as | Psychosis |
| To get rid of something is termed as | Purge |
| Attempts to justify via logical or acceptable explanations, acts or feelings that are not logical or acceptable is termed as | Rationalization |
| Questions and feelings are referred back to the patient so that they may be recognized and accepted and so that the patient may recognize that his/her point of view has value is termed as | Reflecting |
| A retreat to an earlier level of comfort measures is termed as | Regression |
| Rejecting is termed as | Refusing to consider or showing contempt for the patient's ideas or behavior |
| Reminiscence is termed as | Systematic review of life experiences |
| Repression is termed as | Involuntary exclusion of painful memories |
| Restating is termed as | Repeating the main idea on what the patient has said using the words of the patient |
| Somnambulism is termed as | Sleepwalking |
| Splitting is termed as | A defense mechanism in which the person is unable to integrate and accept both positive and negative feelings |
| Channeling unacceptance drives or impulses into activities that are more tolerable and constructive is termed as | Sublimation |
| Suppression is termed as | The voluntary blocking of one's awareness of unpleasant feelings and experiences |
| Syndrome of symptoms characterized by bizarre facial and tongue movements, a stiff neck and difficulty swallowing is termed as | Tardive Dyskinesia |
| A period or point marked by specific attributes or events is termed as | Time & Sequence |
| Substance dependence that may be shown by the need for markedly increases amounts of the substances to achieve intoxication or the desired effect is termed as | Tolerance |
| Response of a patient to a nurse that was originally associated with an important figure in early life is termed as | Transference |
| Expressing uncertainty as to the reality of the patient's perceptions is termed as | Voicing Doubt |
| The act or process of ceasing to use a drug or substance; to retreat or abstain from use, interest or involvement is termed as | Withdrawl |
| Jumbled disconnected words; made-up words is termed as | Word Salad |
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