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ch. 22 psychiatry vocabulary

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amnesia   show
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anxiety   show
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show absence of emotions; lack of interst or emotional involvement  
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show severe lack of responsiveness to others, preoccupation with inner thoughts  
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compulsion   show
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conversion   show
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delusion   show
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dissociation   show
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dysphoria   show
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euphoria   show
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hallucination   show
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show unstable;undergoing rapid emotional change  
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mania   show
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mutism   show
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show an involuntary;persistent idea or emotion  
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show delusions or persecution or grandeur or combinations of the two  
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antisocial   show
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show instability in interpersonal relationship and sense of self;characterized by alternating involvement with and rejection or people  
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show emotional,attention-seeking,immature and dependent;irrational outburst and tantrums;flamboyant and theatrica;having general dissatisfaction w/ones seld & angry feelings about the worls  
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show grandiose sense of self importance or uniqueness and preoccupation with fantasies of success and power  
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paranoid   show
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show emotionally cold & aloof; indifferent to praise or critism or to the feelings of ohers;few friendship and rarely appearsto experience strong emotions,such as anger or joy  
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show compulsive need to expose one's body,particularly the genitals,to an unsuspecting stranger  
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show the use of nonliving objects(articles of clothing) as substitutes for a human sexual love object  
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show sexual urges and fantasies involving sexual activity w/prepubescent child  
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sexual masochism   show
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sexual sadism   show
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transvestic fetishism   show
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voyeurism   show
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show the external expression of emotion,or emotional response  
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anorexia nervosa   show
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anxiety disorders   show
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bipolar disorder   show
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bulimia nervosa   show
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conversion disorder   show
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defense mechanism   show
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show confusion in thinking:faulty perceptions and irrational behaviour  
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show loss of intellectual abilities w/impairement of memory,judgment,and reasoning as well as changes in personality  
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show major mood disoirder w/chronic sadness,loss of energy,hopelessness,worry,and discouragment,commony suicial impulses and thoughts  
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dissociative disorder   show
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show control coordinating branch of the personality  
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show amnesia w/flight from customary surroundings  
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gender identity disorder   show
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show major unconscious part of the personality;energy from instinctual drives and desires  
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show a standardized test designed to determine mental age of an individial by measuring capacity to absrob information and solve problems  
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show prolonged emotion dominates a persons life; examples are biploar and depressive disorders  
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Obsessive compulsive disorder   show
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show recurrent intese sexual urge,fantasy or behaviour that involves unusual objects,activities,or situations  
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show lifelong personality patterns marked by inflexibility and impairement of social functioninh  
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phobia   show
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post-traumatic stress disorder   show
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projective (personality) test   show
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show physician w/medical training in the diagnosis,prevention and treatment of mental disorders  
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psychologist   show
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show impairement of mental capacity to recognize reality,communicate,and relate to others  
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reality testing   show
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repression   show
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schizophrenia   show
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show disorders or paraphilias and sexual dysfunctions  
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show having physical symptoms that cannot be explained by any actual physical disorder or other well-described mental disorder such as depression  
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show regular overuse of psychoactive substances that affect the central nervous system  
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show internalized conscience and moral part of the personality  
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show central nervous system stimulants that may be used to treat depression and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder  
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show drugs that lessen anxiety, tension, agitation and panic attacks  
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show conditioning is used to relieve anxiety and improve symptoms of illness  
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electroconvulsive thereapy   show
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show treatment of an entire family to resolve and understand conflicts  
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free association   show
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show group of patients with similar problesm gain insight into their personlities through discussion and interaction with eachother  
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hypnosis   show
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insight-oriented therapy   show
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lithium   show
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neuroleptic drug   show
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show tranquilizers used to treat psychoses  
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show treatment in which a child through use of toys in a playroom setting expresses conflict and feelings unable to be communicated in a direct manner  
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show treatment that allows the patient to explore inner emotions and conflicts so as to understand and change current behaviour  
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show Group therapy in which a patient expresses feelings by acting out roles with other patients  
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show Treatment of psychiatric disorders with drugs  
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show drugs that lessen anxiety  
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show offering encouragement, support, and hope to patients facing difficult life transitions and events  
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show psychoanalytic process in which the patient relates to the therapist as he or she did to a prominent childhood figure  
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show drugs used to treat severe depression; thee-ringed fused structure  
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