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Medical Terminology Mental and Behavioral HealthWGU

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(MR) Mental Retardation   Condition of subaverage intellectual ability, with impairments in social and educational functioning  
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-ia   condition  
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-iatrist   one who specializes in treatment  
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-ism   condition  
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-ism   process, condition  
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-lalia   condition of babbling  
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-mania   condition of madness  
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-osis   abnormal condition  
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-phobia   condition of fear  
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-thymia   condition of the mind  
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acrophobia   fear of heights  
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ADHD   Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A condition mainly in children demonstrated by hyperactivity, and inability to concentrate, and impulsive behavior.  
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agoraphobia   fear of crowds  
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akathisia   Inability to remain calm, still, and free of anxiety  
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ambul/o   walking  
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amnesia   inability to remember information (typically, all events within a specific period), usually due to physiological trauma  
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anthropophobia   social phobia  
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anxiety   Uneasiness; a feeling of impending doom  
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APA   American Psychiatric Association  
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Asperger disorder   impairment in social interaction.  
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autism   a disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by deficient communication, social interaction, and understanding of others' states of mind  
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blunted affect   moderately reduced range of affect  
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BP   bipolar disorder: swings between hypomania and mania and activity  
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catatonia   paralysis or immobility from psychological or emotional rather than physical causes  
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claustrophobia   fear of enclosed spaces  
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confabulation   act of filling in memory gaps  
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cyclothamia   swings that are not as severe as bipolar disorder  
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defense mechanism   An unconscious way of reducing anxiety by distorting perceptions of reality examples are denial and projection  
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delirium tremens (DTs)   a disorder involving sudden and severe mental changes or seizures caused by abruptly stopping the use of alcohol  
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delirium   confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by distorted speech and hallucinations, incoherence, illusions, and fear  
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delusion   false personal belief that is maintained despite obvious proof or evidence to the contrary  
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delusion   persistant belief in an untruth  
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dementia   a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including memory, thinking, and judgment, that is often accompanied by personality changes  
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dependence syndrome   difficulty in controlling use of a drug  
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DSM   Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders  
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dysphoria   a restless, dissatisfied mood characterized by depression  
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dysthymia   mild, chronic depression  
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echo-   reverberating sound  
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echolalia   repetition of words or phrases spoken by others  
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eu-   good, well  
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euphoria   feeling of complete well-being, great happiness, bliss  
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euthymia   normal range of moods and emotions  
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flat affect   the diminishment or loss of emotional expression sometimes observed in schizophrenia, mental retardation, and some depressive disorders  
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full/wide range of affect   generally appropriate emotional response  
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GAD   generalized anxiety disorder  
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hallucination   any unreal sensory perception based on a real stimulus: examples include mirages and interpreting music or wind voices  
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hypomania   inappropriate elevation of mood  
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iatr/o   treatment  
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illusion   (n) a false idea; something that one seems to see or to be aware of that really does not exist  
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illusion   inaccurate sensory perception based on a real stimulus  
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labile affect   multiple, abrupt changes in affect seen in certain types of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder  
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libido   an insistent, instinctual force that is unresponsive to the demands of reality; the primary source of motivation  
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OCD   obsessive compulsive disorder  
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ODD   Oppositional defiant disorder, an example of a conduct disorder, characterized by hostile, disobdient behavior  
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PD   panic disorder  
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phil/o   attraction  
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phor/o   to carry, to bear  
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psych/o, thym/o, phren/o   mind  
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psychosis   loss of contact with reality, most often evidenced as delusions or hallucinations.  
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PTSD   posttraumatic stress disorder  
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Rett disorder   condition characterized by initial normal functioning followed by loss of social and intellectual functioning  
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somn/o   sleep  
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somnambulism   sleepwalking  
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stupor   dulled state of mind or senses  
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tolerence   a capacity for enduring a large amount of substance without adverse effects.  
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Tourette Syndrome   involuntary, spasmodic, twitching movements; uncontrollable vocal sounds; and inappropriate words  
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toxic/o   poison  
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withdrawal state   group of symptoms that occurs during the cessation of the use of a regularly taken drug  
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