Question | Answer |
A physician specializing in treating mental illness is called ______________. | psychiatrist |
A non medical professional who is trained in methods of psychotherapy, analysis, and research is called _____________. | psychologist |
loss of memory | Amnesia |
Varying degrees of uneasiness, apprehension, or dread. | anxiety |
Absence of emotions | Apathy |
Thinking that is internally stimulated and ones ideas have a private meaning | autistic thoughts |
Uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly | compulsion |
Anxiety becomes a bodily system. | conversion |
A fixed, false belief that cannot be changed by logical reasoning or evidence. | Delusion |
Uncomfortable feelings are separated from the real object and redirected toward a second object. | Dissociation |
Exaggerated feeling of well being | euphoria |
Overly suspicious system of thinking | paranoia |
__________________ disorder that is characterized by irrational or debilitating fears of associated with a specific object or situation. | phobic |
_____________ disorder involves recurrent thoughts and repetitive acts. | obsessive compulsive disorder |
The development of symptoms following the exposure to a traumatic event. | post-traumatic stress disorder |
An acute, temporary disturbance of consciousness that is characterized by mental confusion and often psychotic symptoms is called __________. | delirium |
A general, more gradual loss of intellectual abilities that involves impairment of judgment, memory,and abstract thinking as well as changes in personality is called ____________. | dementia |
This eating disorder is characterized by one or more manic episodes alternating with depressive episodes. | bipolar |
An emotional, attention-seeking, immature and dependent individual is described as ___________. | histrionic |
A ______________ individual has a grandiose sense of self-importance or uniqueness and a preoccupation with fantasies of success and power. | narcissistic |
______________ syndrome is a less severe form of autism. | Asperger |
____________ is characterized by withdrawal form reality into an inner world of disorganized thinking and conflict. | schizophrenia |
Brought on by a withdrawal after prolonged periods of heavy alcohol ingestion. | delirium tremens |
Refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight | anorexia nervosa |
A strong and persistent cross-gender identification with the opposite sex. | gender identity disorder |
Face to face discussion of life problems and associated feelings. | insight-oriented psychotherapy |
A preoccupation with bodily aches, pains, and discomforts in the absence of real illness. | Hypochondriasis |