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MED203 ECPI
MED203 CH07 KEY TERMS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| MED203 CH07 KEY TERMS | |
| Alogia (ă•lŏ’jē•ă) | Inability to speak owing to a mental condition or a symptom of dementia. |
| Amygdala (ă•mig’dă•lă) | Almond-shaped section of the brain used to form emotional reactions. |
| Avolition (ă•vō•lĭsh’ŭn) | Lack of motivation for work or other goal-oriented activity. |
| Catatonia (kăt”ă•tō’nē•ă) | Abnormality of movement and behavior arising from a disturbed mental state. |
| Decompensate (dē•kŏm’pĕn•sāt) | Inability to maintain defense mechanisms in response to stress, resulting in personality disturbance or psychological imbalance. |
| Delusion (dē•loo’zhŭn) | A false belief brought about without appropriate external stimulation and inconsistent with one’s own knowledge and experience. |
| Echolalia (ĕk•ō•lā’lē•ă) | Involuntarily repeating words spoken by others. |
| Folate (fō’lāt) | Salt or ester of folic acid. |
| Gustatory (gus’tă•tōr•ē) | Associated with the sense of taste or eating. |
| Hallucination (hă•loo•sĭ•nā’shŭn) | False perception having no relation to reality and not accounted for by exterior stimulus. |
| Heritability (her”ĭ•tă•bĭl’ĭ•tē) | Genetic or inheritable trait(s). |
| Intoxication (ĭn•tŏk”sĭ•kā’shŭn) | Recent ingestion of a substance with significant behavioral or psychological changes. |
| Intromission (ĭn”trō•mĭ’shŭn) | Insertion of the penis into the vagina. |
| Mutism (mū’•tĭzm) | Persistent inhibition of speech seen in some severe forms of mental illness. |
| Recovery (rē•kŏv’ĕr•ē) | Individuals never fully cured from a mental health issue; have developed skills to successfully live in and contribute to their environment and social support network. |
| Serotonin (sēr”ō•tōn’ĭn) | A chemical found in platelets, gastrointestinal mucosa, mast cells, and the central nervous system; its action on cellular receptors plays a role in intestinal motility, nausea and vomiting, sleep-wake cycles, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, and eating. |
| Stigma (stig•mah) | Negative belief around a personal trait, such as a mental health or substance use disorder. |
| Tolerance (tŏl’ĕr•ăns) | Acquired resistance to the effects of a drug. |
| Withdrawal (wĭth•drăw’ĕl) | Negative physical symptoms that occur after periods of abstinence. |
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