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Psychiatry

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Definition
addict   one dependent on substance  
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aggressiveness   abnormal forcefulness toward others  
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agitation   abnormal restlessness  
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anorexia nervosa   eating disorder which person refuses to eat to sustain min weight  
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ambivalence   feeling conflicting emotions about person/issues  
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anxiety   abnormal worry  
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autism   mental disrder with morbid self absorption and difficulty percieving reality  
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bipolar disorder   drastic modd swings over period of time  
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bulimia nervosa   eating disorder with extreme overeating followed by purging  
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catalepsy   trancelike state with holding one pose for long period of time  
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deliriousness   mental confusion physical cause caused by high fever; hallucinations  
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delusional   faving false beliefs resulting from disordered thinking  
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dementia   multiple cognitive effects  
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depression   disabling condition wit loss of interest and pelasure in all actvities  
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dissociative disorder   loss of ability to integrate memory, identity and other mental abilities with environment  
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manic   dangerously elevated mood  
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hypocondria   preoccupation iwht imagined illnesses in patients body  
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mental retardation   below ave intellectual functioning  
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neurosis   behaving condition usually involves anxity that patient can cope with and that does not rise to level of psychosis  
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obsessive compulsive disorder   condition with obsessive compulsive feelings  
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paranoia   extreme unofunded mistrust of others  
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phobia   irrational or obsessive fear of something  
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pica   eating disorder which compulisvely eats nonnutritive substance like clay or pain  
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post traumative stress disorder   extreme traumatic stress that occurs from truamatic incident or event  
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psychiatry   medical specialty concerned with diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders  
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psychology   pression that studies human behavior and treats mental disorders  
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psychotherapy   treatment of mental disorders with verbal and nonverbal communication  
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schizophrenia   condition with recurring psychosis with hallucinations  
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social worker   non medical professional who is trained as advocate for people  
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sociopathy   extrem callous disregard for others  
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somatoform disorders   mental disorders including physical symptoms that have psychological base  
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therapist   nonmedical professional trained in treatment of mental disorders  
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hypno   sleep  
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neuro   nerve  
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psycho psyche   mind, mental  
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schizo   split  
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mania   abnormal impulse toward  
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philia   craving for  
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phobia   abnormal fear of  
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phoria   feeling  
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aa   acholics anonymous  
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aamr   american association on mental retardation  
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add   attention defiit disorder  
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apa   american psychiatric association  
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dsm   diagnositc and statistical manual of mental disorders  
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dt   delirium tremens  
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ect   electroconvulsice therapy  
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eq   emotional quotioent  
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est   electroshock therapy  
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iq   intelligence quotient  
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mha   mental health association  
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namh   national association of mental health  
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narc   national association for ratarded children  
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nimh   national institute of mental health  
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ocd   obsessive compulsive disorder  
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ptsd   post traumatic stress disorder  
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tdm   therpeutic durg monitoring  
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behavior modification   substitution ofbeneficial behavior pattern for destructive behavior pattern  
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behavior therapy   includes use of behavior modification  
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biofeedback   method of measuring physical responses to emotional issues  
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electrshock therapy   passing of electric current through specific area of brain to change communication from that area to thought process  
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group therapy   talkwith members to discuss feeling to help others improve  
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hynosis   state of semi consiousness  
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play therapy   revealing feelings through play  
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psychoanalysis   attempts to have patients bring unconscious emothios to surface to deal with them  
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antianxiety agent   tranquilize  
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antidepressant   controls effects of clinical depression  
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antipsychotic agent   relieves agitationa dn some psychose  
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ataractic   tranquilizer  
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over dose   toxic dose of substance  
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psychopharmacology   deals with medications that affect the emotions  
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therapeutic drug monitoring   taking of regular blood or urine tests to track drug use or effectivenss of medication  
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tranquilizer   used to relieve anxiety  
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