NA CH. 31 | DEFINITIONS |
affect | feelings and emotions |
anxiety | a vague, uneasy feeling that occurs in response to stress |
compulsion | the uncontrolled performance of an act |
conscious | awareness of the environment and experiences; the person knows what is happening and can control thoughts and behaviors |
defense mechanism | an unconscious reaction that blocks unpleasant or threatening feelings |
delusion | a false belief |
delusion of grandeur | an exaggerated belief about one's own importance, wealth, power, or talents |
delusion of persecution | a false belief that one is being mistreated, abused, or harassed |
ego | the part of the personality dealing with reality; deals with thoughts, feelings, good sense, and problem solving |
emotional illness | mental illness, mental disorder, psychiatric disorder |
hallucination | seeing, hearing, or feeling something that is not real |
id | the part of the personality at the unconscious level; concerned with pleasure |
mental | relating to the mind; something that exists in the mind or is performed by the mind |
mental disorder | mental illness; emotional disorder, psychiatric disorder |
mental health | a state of mind in which the person copes with and adjusts to the stresses of everyday living in ways accepted by society |
mental illness | a disturbance in the person's ability to cope or adjust to stress; behavior and functioning are impaired; mental disorder, emotional illness, psychiatric disorder |
obsession | a persistent thought or idea |
panic | an intense and sudden feeling of fear, anxiety, terror, or dread |
paranoia | a disorder (para) of the mind (noia); false beliefs (delusions) and suspicion about a person or situation |
personality | the set of attitudes, values, behaviors, and traits of a particular person |
phobia | fear, panic, or dread |
psychiatric disorder | mental illness, mental disorder, emotional disorder |
psychosis | a serious mental disorder; the person does not view or interpret reality correctly |
schizophrenia | split (schizo) mind (phrenia) |
stress | the response or change in the body caused by any emotional, physical, social, or economic factor` |
stressor | any emotional, physical, social, or economic factor that causes stress |
subconscious | memory, past experiences, and thoughts of which the person is not aware; they are easily recalled |
superego | the part of the personality concerned with what is right and wrong |
unconscious | experiences and feelings that cannot be remembered |