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HSII Chpt. 17 MT
Chapter 17: Psychiatry (All Terms)
| acr/o- | extremity; highest point |
| addict/o- | surrender to; be controlled by |
| affect/o- | state of mind; mood; to have an influence on |
| agor/a- | open area or space |
| amnes/o- | forgetfulness |
| amygdal/o- | almond shape |
| analy/o- | to separate |
| anter/o- | before; front part |
| anxi/o- | fear; worry |
| appercept/o- | fully perceived |
| arachn/o- | spider; spider web |
| aut/o- | self |
| behav/o- | activity; manner of acting |
| chondr/o- | cartilage |
| cid/o- | killing |
| cingul/o- | structure that surrounds |
| claustr/o- | enclosed space |
| cognit/o- | thinking |
| compuls/o- | drive or compel |
| convuls/o- | seizure |
| copr/o- | feces; stool |
| delus/o- | false belief |
| depend/o- | to hang onto |
| depress/o- | press down |
| ech/o- | echo (sound wave) |
| electr/o- | electricity |
| emot/o- | moving; stirring up |
| exhibit/o- | showing |
| factiti/o- | artificial; made up |
| glob/o- | shaped like a globe; comprehensive |
| habe/o- | youth |
| hallucin/o- | imagined perception |
| hedon/o- | pleasure |
| hom/i- | man |
| hypn/o- | sleep |
| iatr/o- | physician; medical treatment |
| kines/o- | movement |
| klept/o- | to steal |
| limb/o- | edge; border |
| log/o- | word; the study of |
| ly/o- | break down; destroy |
| man/o- | thin; frenzy |
| menstru/o- | monthly discharge of blood |
| ment/o- | mind; chin |
| micr/o- | one millionth; small |
| morph/o- | shape |
| ne/o- | new |
| neur/o- | nerve |
| obsess/o- | besieged by thoughts |
| ophidi/o- | snake |
| oppos/o- | forceful resistance |
| orex/o- | appetite |
| path/o- | disease; suffering |
| ped/o- | child |
| person/o- | person |
| phil/o- | attraction to; fondness for |
| phob/o- | fear; avoidance |
| phor/o- | to bear; to carry; range |
| phren/o- | diaphragm; mind |
| pol/o- | pole |
| psych/o- | mind |
| pyr/o- | fire; burning |
| rap/o- | to seize and drag away |
| react/o- | reverse movement |
| repress/o- | press back |
| schiz/o- | split |
| sensit/o- | affected by; sensitive to |
| sex/o- | sex |
| soci/o- | human beings; community |
| somat/o- | body |
| stress/o- | disturbing stimulus |
| su/i- | self |
| tard/o- | late; slow |
| thanat/o- | death |
| therapeut/o- | therapy; treatment |
| thym/o- | thymus; rage |
| till/o- | pull out |
| ton/o- | pressure; tone |
| toxic/o- | poison; toxin |
| tranquil/o- | calm |
| transmitt/o- | to send across or through |
| traumat/o- | injury |
| trich/o- | hair |
| vers/o- | to travel; to turn |
| vest/o- | to dress |
| xen/o- | foreign |
| -al, - ant, -ar, -ative, -ent, -ic, -ical, -ior, -ive, -ous, -tic, -ual | pertaining to |
| -ance | state of |
| -ate | composed of, pertaining to |
| -ation | a process; being or having |
| -ence | state of |
| -er | person or thing that produces or does |
| -esis | a process |
| -ety | condition; state |
| -form | having the form of |
| -gen | that which produces |
| -grade | pertaining to going |
| -ia | condition; state; thing |
| -iasis | state of; process of |
| -iatr/o- | physician; medical treatment |
| -ion | action; condition |
| -ism | process; disease from a specific cause |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -ition | condition of having |
| -ity | state; condition |
| -ization | process of making, creating, or inserting |
| -izer | thing that affects in a particular way |
| -lalia | abnormal condition of speech |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -logy | the study of |
| -mania | condition of frenzy |
| -oid | resembling |
| -or | person or thing that produces or does |
| -osis | condition; abnormal condition; process |
| -pathy | disease; suffering |
| -phile | person who is attracted to or is fond of |
| -therapy | treatment |
| a- | away from; without |
| an- | without; not |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two |
| cata- | down |
| con- | with |
| cycl/o- | |
| de- | reversal of; without |
| dis- | away from |
| dys- | painful; difficult; abnormal |
| en- | in; within; inward |
| eu- | normal; good |
| hypo- | below; deficient |
| post- | after; behind |
| pre- | before; in front of |
| retro- | behind; backward |
| trans- | across; through |
| affect | an outward display on the face reflecting an emotional thought |
| bulimia | people gorging on excessive amounts of food, then purging to rid themselves of the food |
| delirium | acute confusion, disorientation, and agitation due to chemicals, drugs or alcohol in the blood |
| delirium tremens | (DT) caused by withdrawal from alcoholic intoxication with restlessness, tremors, hallucinations, sweating and increased heart rate |
| depersonalization | loss of connection between personal thoughts and a sense of self and the environment |
| dopamine | neurotransmitter in the brain; responsible for euphoria and excitement, but also schizophrenia and depression |
| epinephrine | neurotransmitter of the sympathetic division of the nervous system; prepares body for “fight or flight” response |
| fetishism | obtaining sexual arousal from objects, rather than a person |
| fornix | an area along the floor of each lateral ventricle, connecting the hippocampus to the thalamus and amygdaloid bodies |
| fugue | impulsive flight from one’s life and familiar surroundings after a traumatic event |
| gyrus | any of the prominent, rounded, elevated convolutions on the surfaces of the cerebral hemispheres |
| hippocampus | an elongated, curving structure with two heads, one located in each of the temporal lobes |
| histrionic | excessively dramatic, insincere, or artificial |
| hypothalamus | an area of the brain located below the thalamus which forms the floor and part of the walls of the third ventricle |
| ideation | the formation of ideas or mental images |
| malingering | exhibiting factitious medical or psychiatric symptoms to get a tangible reward (drugs, money) |
| manic | frenzied, agitated or frantic (Greek for “inclined to madness”) |
| masochism | obtaining sexual arousal through abuse, pain, humiliation, or bondage that is done deliberately by another person |
| milieu | the social setting of a mental patient |
| mood | a person’s prevailing, predominant emotion |
| Munchausen syndrome | exhibiting factitious medical or psychiatric symptoms; motivation is for assistance, attention, compassion, pity or being excused from normal expectations of life |
| narcissism | a person with an exaggerated sense of self-worth and importance |
| norepinephrine | neurotransmitter of the sympathetic division of the nervous system; controls heart and respiratory rate and blood pressure when the body is active or exercising |
| panic | severe, overwhelming anxiety without an identifiable cause |
| paranoia | a person who believes that other people are trying to hurt him/her |
| proxy | a person authorized to act on behalf of someone else |
| rape | obtaining power, control, and sexual arousal through forced sexual intercourse with a nonconsenting adult |
| Rorschach test | a set of cards with abstract shapes; patients are asked to describe what the shape represents |
| sadism | obtaining power, control, and sexual arousal by deliberately causing abuse, pain, humiliation, or bondage to another person |
| serotonin | neurotransmitter in the brain and spinal cord; can cause depression or violent behavior |
| thalamus | an area in the center of the cerebrum which forms the walls of the third ventricle |
| therapy | the treatment of illness or disability |
| Tourette’s syndrome | frequent, spontaneous, involuntary muscle tics, vocal tics or comments that are socially inappropriate, vulgar, obscene or racist |
| voyeurism | obtaining power, control, and sexual arousal by secretively viewing other people who are naked or having sexual relations |
| ADD | attention deficit disorder |
| ADHD | attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| BDI | Beck Depression Inventory |
| CBT | cognitive-behavioral therapy |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| DT | delirium tremens |
| ECT | electroconvulsive therapy |
| ETOH | ethyl alcohol (liquor) |
| LSD | lysergic acid diethylamide (a street drug) |
| MAG | monoamine oxidase (inhibitor drug) |
| OCD | obsessive-compulsive disorder |
| OD | overdose |
| PCP | phencyclidine (angel dust, a street drug) |
| PMDD | premenstrual dysphoric disorder |
| PTSD | posttraumatic stress disorder |
| Psy | psychiatry, psychology |
| Psych | psychiatry, psychology |
| SAD | seasonal affective disorder |
| SSRI | selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (drug) |
| TAT | Thematic Apperception Test |