Exercises 1

Question 1

Pertaining to drugs

Answer 1

pharmaceutical

Question 2

specialist who treats mental disorders

Answer 2

psychiatrist

Question 3

Drugs that relax vessels (arteries)

Answer 3

vasodilators

Question 4

Fear of blood

Answer 4

haemophobia

Question 5

Drug that lowers blood glucose level-agent

Answer 5

hypoglycaemic

Question 6

Study of the mind

Answer 6

phrenology

Question 7

Abnormal condition of the mind

Answer 7

psychosis

Question 8

Blood poisoning

Answer 8

toxaemia

Question 9

After a meal (in relation to terms used when describing medications) p.c. Means

Answer 9

postcibal or post cibum

Question 10

Abnormal sexual attraction ot children

Answer 10

paedophilia

Question 11

??? is a mood resembling mania but of a lesser intensity

Answer 11

hypomania

Question 12

Disorder appearing in early childhood and only seen in females, with characteristic hand movements is

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rett’s disorder

Question 13

Having a morbid concern about one’s own health is called

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hypochondriasis

Question 14

An extreme fear of becoming obese with an aversion to food is

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anorexia nervosa

Question 15

A false belief or wrong judgement held with conviction despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary is a

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delusion

Question 16

??? is a feeling of wellbeing, commonly exaggerated and not necessarily well founded

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euphoria

Question 17

Disorder characterised by manic episodes alternating with depressive episodes is

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bipolar disorder

Question 18

Extensive inability to remember important personal information is

Answer 18

dissociative amnesia

Question 19

Sleep walking is known as

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somnambulism

Question 20

A false perception is a/an

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illusion

Question 21

Drug to treat; nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea

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antidiarrhoeal

Question 22

Drug to treat; fever

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antipyretic

Question 23

Drug to treat; urinary tract infection

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antibiotic

Question 24

Drug to treat; high blood pressure

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ACE inhibitor

Question 25

Drug to treat; headache

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analgesic

Question 26

Drug to treat; deep venous thrombosis

Answer 26

LWMH - Low molecular weight heparin

Question 27

Drug to treat; adjustment disorder with depressed mood eg antianxiety and antipanic attacks agents

Answer 27

SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)

Question 28

Drug to treat; asthma

Answer 28

bronchodilator

Question 29

Drug to treat; hayfever

Answer 29

antihistamine

Question 30

Drug to treat; indigestion

Answer 30

antacid