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CH 13-14 Med Term

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a/kathis/ia   inability to remain calm  
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an/hedon/ia   inability to experience pleasure  
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amnesia   loss of memory  
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confabulation   effort to conceal a gap in memory by fabrication detailed stories  
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delirium   confused, unfocused, irrational agitation  
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delusion   persistent belief in a demonstrable untruth  
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ech/o/lalia   repetition of words or phrases  
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somn/ambul/ism   sleepwalking  
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hallucination   any unreal sensory oerception with no external cause  
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illusion   inaccurate sensory perception based on a real stimulus  
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dys/phor/ia   generalized negative mood  
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eu/phor/ia   exaggerated sense of physical and emotional well-being not based on reality  
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eu/thymia   normal range of moods/emotions  
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Asperger disorder   impairment of social interaction, repetitiive patters of inappropriate behavior  
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attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder   impulsiveness, inability to concentrate, and short attention span  
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autism   abnormal development of social interaction, impaired communication, and repetitive behaviors  
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Rett disorder   initial functioning is normal and then progressively loses social and intellectual functioning  
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Tourette syndrome   behaviors that include vocalization of words or sounds and repetitive movements  
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delirium tremens   sometimes fatal delirium incuded by alcohol  
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withdrawl state   symptoms that occur when drugs are stopped being taken  
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bi/pol/ar disorder   elevation or lowering of mood  
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cycl/o/thymia   recurring episodes of elation and depression that are NOT severe enough to be bipolar disorder  
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dys/thymia   mild, chronic depression  
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hypo/mania   inappropriate elevation of mood  
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acro/philia   fear of heights  
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agora/philia   fear of leaving home/being in croweded area  
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anthrop/o/phobia   fear of scrutiny of others  
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claustr/o/phobia   fear of enclosed spaces  
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panic disorder   unpredicatable panic attacks  
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posttraumatic stress disorder   extended emotional response to a past situation  
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an/orex/ia nervosa   refusal to eat adequate amounts of food  
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bulimia nervosa   purges the body through selfinduced vomiting or imappropriate use of laxatives  
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paranoid personality   inappropriately suspicious thinking  
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schizoid personality disorder   patient withdrawls into a fantasy world  
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klept/o/mania   uncontrollable impuse to steal  
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pyr/o/mania   uncontrollable impule to set fires  
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trich/o/till/o/mania   uncontrollable impulse to pull one's hair out by the roots  
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ped/o/plil/ia   sexual preference: children  
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sadomasochism   sexual preference: humiliation / pain  
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behavioral therapy   therapeutic attempt to alter an undesired behavior  
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cognitive therapy   wide variety of treatment techniques that attempt to alter inaccurate or unhealthy ways  
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psych/o/ana/lysis   developed by Freud to analyze and treat dysfunctional effects of unconcious factors  
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