Chapter 52 Flashcards
Addiction
A chronic disease involving substance-seeking behaviors and use that is compulsive and hard to control despite the harmful effects
Alcoholism
Alcohol dependence that involves cravings, loss of control, physical dependence, and tolerance
Anxiety
A feeling of worry, nervousness, or fear about an event or situation
Compulsion
An over-whelming urge to repeat certain rituals, acts, or behaviors
Defense Mechanism
An unconscious reaction that blocks unpleasant or threatening feelings
Delusion
A false belief
Delusion of Grandeur
An exaggerated belief about one’s importance, fame, wealth, power, or talents
Delusion of Persecution
A false belief that one is being mistreated, abused, or harassed
Detoxification
The process of removing a toxic substance from the body
Drug Addiction
A strong urge or craving to use the substance and cannot stop using; tolerance develops
Flashback
Reliving the trauma over and over in thoughts during the day and in nightmares during sleep
Hallucination
Seeing, hearing, smelling, feeling, or tasting something that is not real
Mental Health
Involves a person’s emotional, psychological, and social well-being
Mental Health Disorder
A serious illness that can affect a person’s thinking, mood, behavior, function, and ability to relate to others; mental illness, psychiatric disorder
Obsession
A frequent, upsetting, and unwanted thought, idea, or image
Panic
An intense and sudden feeling of fear, anxiety, or dread
Personality
The set of attitudes, values, behaviors, and traits or a person
Phobia
An intense fear of something that has little or no real danger
Pschosis
A state of severe mental impairmentS
Stress
The response or change in the body caused by any emotional, psychological, physical, social, or economic factor
Stressor
The event or factor that causes stress
Suicide
To end one’s life on purpose
Suicide Contagion
Exposure to suicide or suicidal behaviors within one’s family or one’s peer group or through media reports or suicide
Withdrawal Syndrome
The physical and mental response after stopping or severely reducing use of a substance that was used regularly
Schizophrenia
A serious brain illness affecting how a person thinks, feels, and behaves; Split (schizo) mind (phrenia)
