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Mental health
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Akinesia | muscular weakness; or a loss or partial loss of muscle movement |
| Ambivalence | Two feelings together towards a person, object or idea |
| Anxiety | Vague diffuse apprehension that is associated with feelings of uncertainty and helplessness |
| Apathy | lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern |
| aggression | harsh physical or verbal actions intended either consciously or unconsciously to harm to injure another |
| affect | behavioral expression of emotions |
| abuse | the improper use of something; cruel and violent treatment of a person |
| addiction | a psychological craving for alcohol or drugs with the presence of withdrawal symptoms, the substance cannot be obtained |
| Assault | act that results in a person 's genuine fear and apprehension that he/she will be touched with consent |
| Autonomy | Independence, self-governance |
| Nonmaleficence | to do NO harm |
| Justice | people have the right to be treated fairly and equally |
| Veracity | to tell the truth |
| Fidelity | keeping promises |
| Battery | nonconsensual touching of another person |
| Behavior | Any observable, recordable act, movement or response of an individual |
| Binge | over indulging in an activity |
| Blocking | Interruption of flow of speech owing to distracting thoughts |
| Body language | transmission of a message by body movement |
| Catatonia | State of immobilized stupor that can quickly swing to extreme agitation |
| Catharsis | Release that occur when patient's talk openly |
| Claustrophobia | Fear of closed places |
| Codependent | needing to be controlled or manipulated |
| Compensation | covering up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing a trait one considers more desirable |
| Compulsion | irresistible urge to perform some act |
| Confabulation | filling in memory gaps with made-up facts and experience |
| Congruent | verbal communication that matches nonverbal communication |
| Conversion | a change in character, form, or function |
| Coping | Facing and dealing with responsibilities or a situation in a calm or adequate manner |
| Counter-Transference | Caregiver's displacement of emotions on to the paient |
| Decompensate | Deterioration of a previously working structure or system |
| Defense Mechanism | Automatic psychological process that protects the individual against anxiety and from awareness of internal or external stressors. |
| Delirium | Rapidly occurring onset of confusion |
| Delusion | Fixed false belief |
| Dementria | Global impairment of cognitive functioning that is progressive and interferes with social and occupational abilities |
| Denial | Refusing to acknowledge the existence of a real situation or the feelings associated with it |
| Depression | Can be sign, symptom, disease, or reaction of sadness or grief |
| Detoxification | process of withdrawal from a substance to which one has become dependent |
| Displacement | The transfer of feelings from one target to another that is considered less threatening or that is neutral |
| Dissociation | Separation of mental processes from a person's consciousness |
| Diurnal Mood | changes in mood because of the time of day |
| Echolalia | Imitation of another's words |
| Dystonia | Involuntary muscle movements of the face, arms, legs and neck |
| Echopraxia | imitation of another's body position |
| Empathy | understanding the meaning and relevance in the thoughts and feelings of another |
| enabling | to make possible |
| Ethnocentrism | Imposing one's beliefs and values on other cultural groups |
| Exploring | Delving further into a subject, idea, experience or relationship |
| False imprisonment | deliberate and unauthorized confinement of a person against their will |
| False assurance | Inappropriate optimism |
| Fetish | Strong need or desire for an object, body part or activity for sexual excitement |
| Flight of Ideas | Rapid shift of ideas while speaking with no connection between subjects |
| Focusing | Taking notice of a single idea or even a single word |
| Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) | Classifies mental illness and presents guidelines and diagnostic criteria for various mental disorders |
| Linda Richards | First mental health nurse trained |
| Harriet Bailey | First nursing textbook on mental health |
| Dorothea Dix | Improve care for those in asylum (safe haven or refuge) |
| Freud | Psychoanalytical theory Psychosocial |
| Id | the pleasure principle |
| Ego | the Rational Self |
| Superego | the perfection principle |
| Erickson | defined stages of psychological development throughout the lifespan |
| Piaget | develop theory of cognitive development |
| Peplau | introduced interpersonal theory development of problem-solving skills |
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