Chapter 21- Psychiatric Terms Flashcards
Bipolar
A potentially psychotic genetic disorder characterized by recurrent major depressive and manic episodes that present pronounced mood fluctuations
Affect
General emotional reaction
Compliance
Willingness to go along with recommended treatment
Dysmorphic
Related to excessive distress and painful preoccupation with an imagined defect in appearance
Echolalia
Related to repetition of anything verbalized
Narcissistic
A tendency toward an entitlement sensibility requiring much admiration, arrogance, exploitative of others, and lacking empathy
Obsessive compulsive disorder
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
Post traumatic stress disorder
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
Schizophrenia
Related to a psychotic disorder involving delusions, hallucinations, social withdrawal and disorganized speech/behavior