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Psych Exam IV: text

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show a group of disorders characterized by severely impaired cognitive processes, personality disintegration, affective disturbances, and social withdrawal  
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DSM-IV criteria for schizophrenia   show
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positive symptoms   show
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show a false belief that is firmly and consistently held despite disconfirming evidence or logic  
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delusion of grandeur   show
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show a person's belief that other people, animals, or objects are trying to influence or take control of him or her  
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show a belief that others can hear the individual's thoughts  
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show a person's belief that others are plotting against, mistreating, or even trying to kill him or her  
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show a person's belief that he or she is always the center of attention or that all happenings revolve about himself or herself  
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thought withdrawal   show
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capgras's syndrome   show
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show sensory perceptions that are not directly attributable to environmental stimuli  
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loosening of associations   show
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show compulsive repetitions of meaningless words and phrases  
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negative symptoms   show
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avolition   show
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show a lack of meaningful speech  
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flat affect   show
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show symptoms that arise from the disease itself  
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show symptoms that may develop as a response to medication, institutionalization, or as a result of a mood disorder  
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cognitive symptoms   show
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paranoid schizophrenia   show
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disorganized schizophrenia   show
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catatonic schizophrenia   show
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show like EDNOS in that it does not meet criteria for any other type; relatively common  
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residual schizophrenia   show
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brief psychotic disorder   show
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schizophreniform disorder   show
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delusional disorder   show
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show in which a person who has a close relationship with an individual with delusional or psychotic beliefs comes to share those beliefs  
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show characterized by a mood disorder and the presence of psychotic symptoms for at least two weeks in the absence of prominent mood symptoms  
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show the suggestion that schizophrenia may result from excess dopamine activity at certain synaptic sites  
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concordance rate   show
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expressed emotion (EE)   show
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neuroleptics   show
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show a program in which the hospital environment operates as a community and patients exercise a wide range of responsibility, helping to make decisions and to manage wards  
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cognitive disorder   show
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show a neurological test that assesses brain damage by measuring the electrical activity of brain cells  
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computerized axial tomography (CT)   show
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cerebral bood flow measurement   show
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positron emission tomography (PET)   show
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show a technique to assess brain functioning using a magnetic field and radio waves to produce pictures of the brain  
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show a syndrome characterized by memory impairment and cognitive disturbances such as aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, or disturbances in planning or abstraction in thought processes  
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show language disturbance  
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apraxia   show
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agnosia   show
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show a syndrome characterized by disturbance of consciousness and changes in cognition, such as memory deficit, disorientation, and language and perceptual disturbances  
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amnestic disorders   show
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traumatic brain injury (TBI)   show
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cerebrovascular accident   show
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show the death of brain tissue resulting from a decrease in the supply of blood serving that tissue  
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show dementia characterized by uneven deterioration of intellectual abilities and resulting from a number of cerebral infarctions  
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Alzheimer's disease   show
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show twisted masses of protein fibers inside nerve cells or neurons  
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show composed of parts of neurons surrounding a group of proteins called beta-amyloid deposits  
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show progressively worsening disorder characterized by four primary symptoms: tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia (slowness of movement), and postural instability (impaired balance or coordination)  
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encephalitis   show
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meningitis   show
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show a rare, genetically transmitted degenerative disease characterized by involuntary twitching movements and eventual dementia  
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show a mass of abnormal tissue growing within the brain  
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epilepsy   show
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show disorders involving severe childhood impairment in areas such as social interaction and communication skills and the display of stereotyped interested and behaviors; autistic disorder, Rett syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder, Asperger's syndrome  
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autistic disorder   show
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PDDNOS   show
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show .1% of children, and almost entirely females, generally lifelong  
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show .002% of children (extremely rare)  
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Asperger's Syndrome   show
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show disorders of childhood and adolescence characterized by socially disruptive behaviors--either attentional problems or hyperactivity--that are present before age seven and persist for at least six months; 3-9% of school population; more males/poor kids  
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show a childhood disorder characterized by a pattern of negativistic, argumentatives, and hostile behavior in which the child often loses his or her temper, argues with adults, and defies or refuses adult requests; no serious rights violations  
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show disorders of childhood and adolescence characterized by a persistent pattern of antisocial behaviors that violate the rights of others; repetitive and persistent behaviors include bullying, setting fires, rape, cheating, fighting, throwing temper tantrums  
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enuresis   show
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show an elimination disorder in which a child who is at least four years old defecates in his or her clothes, on the floor, or other inappropriate places, at least once a month for three months  
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learning disorders   show
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show difficulty with reading and reading comprehension; 4% of school-age children, more males than females  
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show difficulty with computation, remembering math facts, concepts of time and money; 1% of school-age children  
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show difficulty with handwriting, spelling, composition, grammar, punctuation; difficult to establish prevalence  
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mental retardation   show
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show a condition produced by the presence of an extra chromosome (trisomy 21) and resulting in mental retardation and distinctive physical characteristics  
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amniocentesis   show
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fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)   show
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show an eating disorder characterized by low body weight, an intense fear of becoming obese, and body image distortion  
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show an eating disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of the rapid consumption of large quantities of food, a sense of loss of control over eating combined with purging, and/or excessive exercise or fasting in an attempt to compensate for binges  
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binge eating disorder (BED)   show
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show a category for individuals with problematic eating patterns who do not fully meet the criteria for one of the eating disorders; currently includes BED  
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show confidentiality breach on the part of the therapist; Supreme Court decision "the Duty to Warn"  
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M'Naghten Rule   show
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irresistible impulse test   show
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show a test of legal insanity known as the products test--an accused person is not responsible if the unlawful act was the product of mental disease or defect  
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ALI Model Penal Code   show
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show the government cannot execute an incompetent convict  
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show people have a constitutional right to refuse treatment  
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