CH 21: Terminology Flashcards
anxiolytic
pertaining to break anxiety
- relieves anxiety
autism
condition of self
hallucinogen
formation of hallucination, to wander in the mind
hypnosis
abnormal condition of sleep
psychiatrist
specialist who treats the mind
iatrogenic
produced from treatment
mental
pertaining to mind
neurotransmitter
transmitter of nerve
paraphilia
abnormal attraction
schizophrenia
condition of split mind
- schiz/o: split
psychosis
abnormal condition of mind
psychopharmacology
study of drug of mind
psychotherapy
treatment of mind
schizoid
resemble splitting of mind
psychosomatic
pertaining to body and mind
somatoform disorder
disorder resembling body
- form: resembling
psychogenic
produced by mind
neuroleptic drug
drug to seize hold of nerve
kleptomania
obsessive preoccupation to steal
- klept/o: steal
pyromania
obsessive preoccupation of fire
- pyr/o: fire, heat
agoraphobia
fear of marketplace
- agora: marketplace
xenophobia
fear of stranger
- xeno: stranger
euphoria
good feeling
- eu: good
dysphoria
pertaining to bad feeling
