Chapter 21- Psychiatric Terms

Question 0

Bipolar

Answer 0

A potentially psychotic genetic disorder characterized by recurrent major depressive and manic episodes that present pronounced mood flunctuations

Question 1

Affect

Answer 1

General emotion reaction

Question 2

Compliance

Answer 2

Willingness to go along with recommended treatment, etc.

Question 3

Dysmorphic

Answer 3

Related to excessive distress and painful preoccupation with an imagined defect in appearance

Question 4

Echolalia

Answer 4

Related to repetition of anything verbalized

Question 5

Narcissistic

Answer 5

A tendency toward an entitlement sensibility requiring much admiration, arrogance, exploitative of others, and lacking empathy.

Question 6

Obsessive compulsive disorder or O.C.D.

Answer 6

A disorder in which anxiety producing thoughts, impulses, or images are denied, suppressed, or neutralized with other thoughts or repetitive behaviors aimed at returning to being less anxious

Question 7

Post traumatic stress disorder or P.T.S.D.

Answer 7

A disorder involving persistent involuntary re-experiencing of a traumatic event, emotional numbness, hypervigilance, insomnia, difficulty concentrating, social estrangement, increased startle reflex, and limited affect.

Question 8

Schizophrenia

Answer 8

Related to a psychotic disorder involving delusions, hallucinations, social withdrawal and disorganized speech/behavior