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psych 11-1-11 23
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antidepressant drugs | act by increasing levels of a specific group of neurotransmitters believed to regulate mood |
| antisocial personality disorder | a pattern of disregarding or violating rights of others without feeling guilt or remorse |
| bipolar I disorder | characterized by fluctuating between episodes of depression and mania |
| catatonic schizophrenia | characterized by periods of wild excitement or periods of rigid, prolonged, immobility |
| diathesis stress theory of schizophrenia | says some people have a genetic predisposition interacting with life stressors to cause illness |
| disorganized schizophrenia | marked by bizarre ideas, confused speech, childish behavior, great emotional swings |
| dissociative amnesia | characterized by being unable to recall important personal information or events |
| dissociative fugue | suddenly, unexpectedly traveling away from home and being unable to recall one's past |
| dissociative identity disorder | presence of two or more distinct identities, each with its own pattern of perception and thought |
| dopamine theory | says dopamine neurotransmitter system is somehow overactive and causes symptoms |
| electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) | administration of mild electrical current that passes through the brain and causes a seizure |
| genetic marker | identifiable gene, genes, or specific segment of chromosome directly linked to a trait or disease |
| histrionic personality disorder | characterized by excessive emotionality and attention seeking |
| lithium | mineral salt, most effective treatment of bipolar I disorder because it reduces manic episodes |
| major depressive disorder | continually being in a bad mood, no interest in anything, getting no pleasure from activities |
| neuroleptic drugs | used to treat serious mental disorders like schizophrenia by affecting neurotransmitters |
| obsessive-complusive disorder | an intense interest in being orderly, a perfectionist, and having control |
| paranoid personality disorder | a pattern of distrust and suspiciousness and perceiving others as having evil motives |
| paranoid schizophrenia | characterized by auditory hallucinations or delusions of being persecuted or of grandeur |
| tardive dyskinesia | slow, involuntary, uncontrollable movements, twitching of mouth, lips from use of neuroleptics |
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