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Basic Psych Flashcards

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affect

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outward display of a patient’s feelings or emotions, which can be objectively observed.

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mood

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subjective feelings or emotions experienced and expressed by the patient

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3
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psychosis

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significant transient or persistent impairment in reality testing

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reality testing

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process of comparing thoughts or ideas to information gathered from the external world

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thought disorder

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abnml thinking affecting patient’s language, communication, thought content, or thought process

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disorders of thought process

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thought blocking 
short attention span 
clang associations 
flight of ideas
concrete thinking 
tangential thought
circumferential thought
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disorders of thought process

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delusions 
phobias 
obsessions 
suicidal/homicidal thoughts 
poverty or overabundance of thoughts
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disorders of perception

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illusion
idea of reference
hallucination

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DSM Axis 1

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Psychiatric disorders other than personality disorders

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DSM Axis 2

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Personality disorders, mental retardation

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DSM Axis 3

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Pertinent medical conditions

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DSM Axis 4

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Psychosocial and environmental stressors

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13
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DMS Axis 5

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Global Assessment of Function

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14
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olfactory hallucination

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often occur as a part of the aura before a seizure

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15
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visual hallucination

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more commonly associated with medical disorders

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16
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auditory hallucination

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most consistent with schizophrenia

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17
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tactile hallucination

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common in delirium tremens (alcohol withdrawal) and in cocaine abusers (during intoxication)

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thought blocking

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sudden cessation of thought or speech

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short attention span

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inability to complete act or thought

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clang associations

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a type of thinking in which the sound of a word, rather than its meaning, provides the impetus for subsequent associations

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flight of ideas

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rapid succession of thoughts

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concrete thinking

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one-dimensional thought

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tangential thought

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patient gets lost on an unrelated thought and does not return to the original concept

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circumferential thought

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patient veers from the original idea, but eventually returns to it

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delusions

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fixed, false beliefs that are not shared by the general population. maintained in spite of truth to the contrary

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phobias

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extreme, irrational fear of a situation or an object

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obsessions

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intrusive and repetitive thoughts

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suicidal/homicidal thoughts

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strong desire or preoccupation to kill oneself or others

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poverty or overabundance of thoughts

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too few or too many thoughts

30
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illusion

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misperception of real external stimuli

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idea of reference

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false belief of being referred to by others

32
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hallucination

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false sensory perception

33
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catatonia

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a syndrome characterized by excited or retarded movement and posturing

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Major DSM Diagnostic Classes

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typical age of onset
common etiology
presenting symptoms

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defense mechanisms

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automatic and unconscious reactions or psychological stress; functions by keeping conflicts out of the conscious mind

36
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mature defense mechanisms

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altruism
humor
sublimation
suppression

37
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immature defense mechanisms

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acting out 
dissociation 
denial 
displacement 
fixation 
identification 
isolation 
projection 
rationalization 
reaction formation 
regression 
repression 
splitting
38
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sublimation

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replacing a socially unacceptable desire with an action that is similar, but is socially acceptable

39
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dissociation

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temporary change in memory, personality, or consciousness

40
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identification

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unconsciously mimicking someone else’s behavior

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reaction formation

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replacing a personally unacceptable emotion with the opposite attitude

42
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splitting

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labeling people or situations as either purely bad or purely good. difficulty tolerating ambiguity

43
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psychiatric treatment approaches

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A) Pyschosocial 
      Psychodynamic therapy 
      Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
B) Pharmacologic 
C) Somatic
44
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Psychodynamic therapy

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therapy focuses on the unconscious processes that influence a person’s thinking and behavior

45
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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therapy based on the idea that a person’s thoughts, not the external world, are the basis of his feelings and behaviors

less centered on therapeutic physician/patient relationship
shorter in duration than Psychodynamic

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Somatic

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psychiatric nonpharmacologic treatment modalities that are centered on a patient’s PHYSICAL BODY rather than her mind. ex. ECT

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