LOM 22 vocab
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| external expression of emotion, or emotional response | affect
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| loss of memory | amnesia
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| eating disorder with excessive dieting and refusal to maintain a normal body weight | anorexia nervosa
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| characterized by unpleasant tension, distress, and avoidance behavior | anxiety disorder
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| absence of emotions; lack of interest or emotional involvement | apathy
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| thinking is internally stimulated and ideas have a private meaning; fantasy thought of as reality | autistic thought
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| mood disorder with alternating periods of mania and depression | bipolar disorder
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| eating disorder with binge eating followed by vomiting, purging, and depression | bulemia nervosa
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| active substance in marijuana; THC | cannabis
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| uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly | compulsion
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| condition marked by physical symptoms with no organic basis, appearing as a result of anxiety and unconsious inner conflict | conversion disorder
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| unconscious technique (coping mechanism) a person uses to resolve or conceal conflicts and anxiety. it protects the individual against anxiety and stress | defense mechanism
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| confusion in thinking; faulty perceptions and irrational behavior | delirium
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| fixed, false belief that cannot be changed by logical reasoning or evidence | delusion
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| loss of intellectual abilities with impairment of memory, judgment, and reasoning as well as changes in personality | dementia
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| major mood disorder with chronic sadness, loss of energy, hopelessness, worry, and discouragement, and, commonly, suicidal impulses and thoughts | depression
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| chronic or sudden disturbance in memory, identity, or consciousness | dissociative disorder
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| central coordinating branch of the personality or mind | ego
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| flight from customary surroundings | fugue (aka: dissociative disorder)
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| strong and persistant cross-gender identification with the opposite sex | gender identity disorder
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| false sensory perception (hearing voices and seeing things) | hallucination
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| major unconsciousness part of the personality; energy from the instictual drives and desires | id
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| unstable; undergoing rapid emotional change | labile
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| extreme excitement, hyperactive elation, and agitation | mania
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| prolonged emotion dominates a person's life | mood disorders
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| nonreactive state; stupor | mutism
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| repressed conflicts lead to mental symptoms such as anxiety and fears that disturb ability to function; less severe than a psychosis | neurosis
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| anxiety disorder in which recurrent thoughts and repetitive acts dominate behavior | obsessive-compulsive disorder
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| overly suspicious system of thinking; fixed delusions that one is being harassed, persecuted, or unfairly treated | paranoia
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| recurrent intense sexual urge, fantasym or behavior that involves unusual objects, activities or situations | paraphilia
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| lifelong personality patterns marked by inflexibility and impairment of social functioning | personality disorders
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| group of childhood disorders characterized by delays in socialization and communication skills | pervasive developmental disorders
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| irrational or disabling fear (avoidance) of an object or situation | phobia
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| anxiety-related symptoms appear after personal experience of a traumatic event | post-traumatic stress disorder
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| diagnostic personality test using unstructured stimuli to evoke responses that reflect aspects of an individual's personality | projective (personality) test
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| physician (MD) with medical training in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders | psychiatrist
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| nonmedical professional (often a PhD or an EhD) specializing in mental process and how the brain functions in health and disease | psychologist
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| a disorder marked by loss of contact with reality; often with delusions and hallucinations | psychosis
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| ability to perceive fact from fantasy; severely impaired in psychoses | reality testing
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| defense mechanism by which unacceptable thoughts, feelings, and impulses are automatically pushed into the unconsciousness | repression
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| a psychosis marked by withdrawal from reality into an inner world of disorganized thinking and conflict | schizophrenia
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| disorders of paraphilias and sexual dysfunctions | sexual disorders
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| having physical symptoms that connot be explained by any actual physical disorder or other well-described mental disorder such as depression | somatoform disorders
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| regular overuse of pyschoactive substances (alcohol, amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, hallucinogens, opioids, and sedatives) that affect the central nervous system | substance related disorders
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| internalized conscience and moral part of the personality | superego
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| central nervous system stimulants that may be used to treat depression and attention-deficit disorder | amphetamines
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| drugs that treat psychotic symptoms and behavior | atypical antipsychotics
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| drugs that lessen anxiety, tension, agitation, and panic attacks | benzodiazepins
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| conditioning (changing behavior patterns by training and repitition) is used to relieve anxiety and improve symptoms of illness | cognitive behavioral therapy
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| electric current is used to produce changes in brain wave patterns with resulting convulsions and loss of consciousness; effective in the treatment of major depression | electroconvulsive therapy
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| treatment of an entire family to resolve and shed light on conflicts | family therapy
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| phycoanalytic technique in which the patient verbalizes, without censorship, the passing contents of his or her mind | free association
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| group of patients with similar problems gain insight into their personalities through discussion and interaction with each other | group therapy
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| trance (state of altered consciousness) is used to increase the pace of psychotherapy | hypnosis
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| face-to-face discussion of life problems and associated feelings | insight-oriented therapy
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| medication used to treat the manic stage of manic-depressive illness | lithium
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| any drug that favorably modifies psychotic symptoms | neuroleptic drug
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| antipsychotic drugs | phenothiazines
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| treatment in which a child, through use of toys in a playroom setting, expresses conflicts and feelings unable to be communicated in a direct manner | play therapy
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| treatment that allows the patient to explore inner emotions and conflicts so as to understand and change current behavior | psychoanalysis
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| group therapy in which a patient expresses feelings by acting out family and social roles with other patients | psychodrama
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| treatment of psychiatric disorders with drugs | psychopharmacology
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| drugs that lessen anxiety | sedatives
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| offering encouragement, support, and hope to patients facing difficult life transitions and events | supportive psychotherapy
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| psychoanalytic process in which the patient relates to the terapise as though the therapist were a prominent childhood figure | transference
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| drugs used to treat severe depression; three ringed fused structure | tricyclic antidepressants
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| varying degrees of uneasiness, apprehension, or dread, often accompanied by palpitations, tightness in the chest, breathlessness, and choking sensations | anxiety
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| anxiety becomes a bodily symptom, such as blindness, deafness, or paralysis, that does not have an organic basis | conversion
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| uncomfortable feelings are separated from their real object. In order to avoid mental distress, the feelings are redirected toward a second object or behavior pattern | dissociation
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| sadness, hopelessness; depressive mood, or feeling 'low' | dysphoria
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| exaggerated feeling of well-being ('high') | euphoria
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| an involuntary, persistent idea or emotion | obsession
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| no loyalty or concern for others, and without moral standards; acts only in response to desires and impulses; cannot tolerate frustration and blames others when he or she is at fault | antisocial
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| instability in interpersonal relationships and sense of self; characterized by alternating involvement with and rejection of people. Frantic efforts are made to avoid real or imagined abandonment | borderline
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| emotional, attention seeking, immature, and dependent; irrational outbursts and tantrums; flamboyant and theatrical; having general dissatisfaction with the self with a lack of empathy for others | histrionic
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| grandiose sense of self-importance or uniqueness and preoccupation with fantasies of success and power | narcissistic
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| continually suspicious and mistrustful of other people but not to a psychotic or delusional degree; jealous and overly concerned with hidden motives of others; quick to take offense | paranoid
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| emotionally cold and aloof; indifferent to praise or criticism or to the feelings of others; few friendships and rarely appears to experience strong emotions, such as anger or joy | schizoid
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| compulsive need to expose one's body, particularly the genitals, to an unsuspecting stranger | exhibitionism
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| the use of nonliving objects (articles of clothing) as substitutes for a human sexual love object | fetishism
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| sexual urges and fantasies involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child (age 13 or younger) | pedophilia
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| sexual gratification is gained by being humiliated, beaten, bound, or otherwise made to suffer by another person | sexual masochism
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| sexual gratification is gained by inflicting physical or psychological pain or humiliation on others | sexual sadism
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| cross-dressing; wearing clothing of the opposite sex | transvestic fetishism
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| sexual excitement is achieved by observing unsuspecting people who are naked, undressing, or engaging in sexual activity | voyeurism
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| split | schiz/o
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| attraction to, love | phil/o
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| produced by | -genic
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| fear | -phobia
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| bibliophobia | fear of books
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| fear of darkness | nyctophobia
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| fear of drugs | pharmacophobia
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| fear of heights | acrophobia
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| fear of insects | entomophobia
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| fear of men | androphobia
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| fear of needles | belonephobia
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| fear of sleep | hypnophobia
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| fear of vomiting | emetophobia
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