22 Psychiatry Vocabulary

Question 1

affect

Answer 1

external expression of emotion, or emotional response

Question 2

amnesia

Answer 2

loss of memory

Question 3

anorexia nervosa

Answer 3

eating disorder with excessive dieting and refusal to maintain a normal body weight

Question 4

anxiety disorders

Answer 4

characterized by unpleasant tension, distress, and avoidance behavior

Question 5

apathy

Answer 5

absence of emotions, lack of interest or emotional involvement

Question 6

autism

Answer 6

pervasive dev disorder characterized by inhibited social interaction and communication and by restricted, repetitive behavior

Question 7

bipolar disorder

Answer 7

mood disorder with alternating periods of mania and depression

Question 8

conversion disorder

Answer 8

condition marked by physical symptoms with no organic basis, appearing as a result of anxiety and unconscious inner conflict

Question 9

delirium

Answer 9

acute, disturbance of consciousness characterized by confusion and often psychotic symptoms

Question 10

delirium tremens

Answer 10

associated with alcohol withdrawal

Question 11

delusion

Answer 11

fixed, false belief that cannot be changed by logical reasoning or evidence

Question 12

dementia

Answer 12

gradual loss of intellectual abilities that involved impairment of judgment, memory, and abstract thinking

Question 13

dissociative disorder

Answer 13

chronic or sudden disturbance in memory, identity, or consciousness

Question 14

ego

Answer 14

central coordinating branch of the personality or mind

Question 15

fugue

Answer 15

flight from customary surroundings; dissociative disorder

Question 16

id

Answer 16

major unconscious part of the personality; energy from instinctual drives and desires

Question 17

labile

Answer 17

unstable; undergoing rapid emotional changes

Question 18

mania

Answer 18

extreme excitement, hyperactive elation, and agitation.

Question 19

mutism

Answer 19

nonreactive state with inability to speak (aphonia)

Question 20

obsessive-compulsive disorder

Answer 20

anxiety disorder in which recurrent thoughts and repetitive acts dominate behavior

Question 21

paraphilia

Answer 21

recurrent intense sexual urge, fantasy, or behavior that involves unusual object, activities, or situations

Question 22

pervasive developmental disorders

Answer 22

group of childhood disorders characterized by delays in socialization and communication skills; autism and asperger syndrome

Question 23

psychosis

Answer 23

a disorder marked by loss of contact with reality: often with delusions and hallucinations

Question 24

repression

Answer 24

defense mechanism by which unacceptable thoughts, feelings, and impulses are automatically pushed into the unconscious, out of awareness

Question 25

somatoform disorder

Answer 25

presence of physical symptoms that cannot be explained by an actual physical disorder or other well-described mental disorder such as depression

Question 26

superego

Answer 26

internalized conscience and moral part of the personality

Question 27

atypical antipsychotics

Answer 27

drugs that treat psychotic symptoms and behavior (schizo, bipolar disease)

Question 28

phenothiazines

Answer 28

antipsychotic (neuroleptic) drugs

Question 29

psychopharmacology

Answer 29

tx of psychiatric disorders with drugs

Question 30

sedatives

Answer 30

drugs that lessen anxiety

Question 31

transference

Answer 31

psychoanalytiic process in which the patient relates to the therapist as though the therapist were a prominent childhood figure