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Chapter 22: Psychiatric Disorders Flashcards

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psychiatry

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treatment of the mind

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psychotherapy

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techniques for treating mental disorders

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psychopharmacology

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study of drug therapy for the mind

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psychologist (specialist who studies the mind)

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non-medical professional who is trained to test, conduct psychotherapy, analysis, and research
+ cannot prescribe medication
+ cannot admit someone to the hospital

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Rorschach test

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Ink-block test

+ an impression that ask people their thoughts about an ink-block.

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amnesia (clinical symptoms)

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loss of memory.

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anxiety (clinical symptoms)

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varying degrees of uneasiness, apprehension, or dread often accompanied by palpitations, tightness in the chest, breathlessness, and choking sensations.

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apathy (clinical symptoms)

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absence of emotions; lack of interest, emotional involvement, or motivation.

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compulsion (clinical symptoms)

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uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly in an attempt to reduce anxiety.
+ circulatory compulsion occurs in the hypothalamus

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conversion (clinical symptoms)

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anxiety becomes a bodily symptoms, such as blindness, deafness, or paralysis, that does not have a physical basis.

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delusion (clinical symptoms)

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fixed, fasle belief

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dissociation (clinical symptoms)

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uncomfortable thoughts are split off from the person’s conscious awareness to avoid mental distress. In extremes cases, dissociation can lead to multiple personalities.

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dysphoria (clinical symptoms)

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intense feelings of depression, discontent, and generalized dissatisfaction with life.

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euphoria (clinical symptoms)

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intense feelings of well-being, elation, happiness, excitement, and joy.

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hallucination (clinical symptoms)

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false or unreal sensory perception as, for example, hearing voices when non are present. An illusion is a misperception of an actual sensory stimulus, such as hearing voices in the sound of rustling leaves.

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labile (clinical symptoms)

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rapid emotional change

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mania (clinical symptoms)

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elevated, expansive state with talkativeness, hyperactivity, and racing thoughts.

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mutism (clinical symptoms)

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no, or very little, ability to speak

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obsession (clinical symptoms)

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involuntary, persistent idea or emotion; the suffix mania indicates a strong obsession with something (e.g., pyromania an obsession with fire).

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paranoia (clinical symptoms)

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overly suspicious system of thinking; delusion that one is being harassed, persecuted, unfairly treated.

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anxiety disorder

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characterized by unpleasant tension, distress, avoidance, behavior

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bipolar disorder

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alternating periods of mania and depression

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depressive disorders

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chronic sadness, lord of energy, hopelessness, worry

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dissociative disorders

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breakdown of memory, identity, perception

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eating disorders

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bingeing, purging, body image disturbance

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neurodevelopmental disorder

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childhood disorders characterized by delays in socialization, communication

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personality disorders

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lifelong personality patterns which are inflexible, impaired social functions

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schizophrenia spectrum/psychotic disorders

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chronic psychotic diorders

+ may have hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech and behavior, flat affect and lack of initiative

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schizophrenia spectrum/psychotic disorders

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chronic psychotic diorders

+ may have hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech and behavior, flat affect and lack of initiative

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sexual dysfunction

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inability of person to respond sexually or to experience sexual pleasure

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somatic disorders

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presence of physical symptoms that can’t be explained physical/mental disorders

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substance and addiction disorders

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regular obese of dependence on psychoactive substance

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ECT (treatment)

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electrical current used to induce convulsion and loss of consciousness

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drug treatment

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will be covered in the chapter on pharmacy

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anxi/o

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uneasy, anxious, distressed

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aut/o

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self

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hallucin/o

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to wander in the mind
(a hallucination is a sensory perception in absence of many external stimuli.
+An illusion is perception in which sensory stimuli are present, but correct interpret )

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hypn/o

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sleep

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iatr/o

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treatment, physician

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ment/o

psych/o

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mind

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neur/o

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nerve

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phil/o

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attraction to, love

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phren/o

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mind

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somat/o

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body

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schiz/o

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splits

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somatic

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body

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-genic

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pertaining to producing

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-leptic

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to seize hold of

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-mania

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obsessive preoccupation

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-phobia

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fear

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-phoria

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feeling, hearing

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-thymia

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mind

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a-

an-

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no, not, without

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cata-

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up

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hypo-

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deficient, below, under

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para-

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abnormal

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iatrogenic

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pertaining to originating/produced by the physician or treatment

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psychosis

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abnormal condition of the mind (with delusions and hallucinations)

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psychogenic

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pertaining to originating in the mind

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