Ch 20 Vocab

Question 0

A condition of disorientation, confusion, and possible hallucinations coupled with purposeless, restless physical activity

Answer 0

Agitated delirium

Question 1

The basic activities a person usually accomplishes during a normal day, such as eating, dressing, and bathing

Answer 1

Activities of daily living

Question 2

A change in the way a person thinks and behaves that may signal disease in the central nervous system or elsewhere in the body

Answer 2

Altered mental status

Question 3

How a person functions or acts in response to his or her environment

Answer 3

Behavior

Question 4

The point at which a person’s reaction to events interfere with activities of daily living; this becomes a psychiatric emergency when it causes a major life interruption, such as an attempted suicide

Answer 4

Behavioral crisis

Question 5

A persistent mood of sadness, despair, and discouragement; may be a symptom of many different mental and physical disorders, or it may be a disorder on its own

Answer 5

Depression

Question 6

A disorder in which there is no known physiologic reason for the abnormal functioning of an organ or organ system

Answer 6

Functional disorder

Question 7

Temporary or permanent dysfunction of the brain, caused by a disturbance in the physical or physiological functioning of brain tissue

Answer 7

Organic brain syndrome

Question 8

An illness with psychological or behavioral symptoms and/or impairment in functioning caused by a social, psychological, genetic, physical, chemical, or biological disturbance

Answer 8

Psychiatric disorder

Question 9

An emergency in which abnormal behavior threatens a person’s own health and safety or the health and safety of another person, for example when a person becomes suicidal, homicidal, or has a psychotic episode

Answer 9

Psychiatric emergency

Question 10

A mental disorder characterized by the loss of contact with reality

Answer 10

Psychosis