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Halter Key Terms Pre-Exam1 Flashcards

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Basic level registered nurse

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A professional who has completed a nursing program, passed the state licensure examination, and is qualified to work in almost any general or specialty area.

General practice

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Clinical Epidemiology

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The application of the science of epidemiology in a clinical setting. Emphasis is on a medically defined population, as opposed to statistically formulated disease trends derived from examination of larger population categories.

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Comorbid epidemiology

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The prevalence of certain diseases existing or causing to exist with each other?

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DSM-5

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A manual listing the specific diagnostic classifications of mental disorders.

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Diathesis-stress model

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A general theory that explains psychopathology using a multi-causational systems approach.
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Electronic Helathcare

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Providing healthcare though the use of an electronic medium rather than face-to-face

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Epidemiology

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The study of the determinants of disease events in populations.

incidence, prevalences,cause?,

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incidence

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The number of new cases

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Mental Health

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A relative state of mind in which a person is able to cope with and adjust to the recurrent stresses of everyday living in an acceptable way

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Mental health continuum

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A conceptual line used to represent levels of mental health and mental illness that vary from person to person and vary for a particular person over time.

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Mental illness

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A clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome marked by the patient’s distress or disability or the risk of suffering disability or loss of freedom.

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Phenomena of concern

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The central interests of a particular discipline.

In nursing:person, health, environment, and nursing.

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Prevalence

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The total amount of cases

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psychiatric-mental health registered nurse

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A registered nurse with experience as a psychiatric mental health nurse who may be employed as a staff nurse, case manager, or home care nurse.

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psychiatric-mental health advanced practice registered nurse

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a nurse generalist who has obtained additional training to provide care as a clinical nurse specialist with advanced nursing expertise or as a nurse practitioner who diagnoses, prescribes, and treats psychiatric disorders.

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Recover

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The posses of going from a state of compermis/illness to one of health

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Resilience

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A concept that proposes a recurrent human need to weather periods of stress and change successfully throughout life. The ability to weather each period of disruption and reintegration leaves the person better able to deal with the next change.

How well you handle the things life throws at you and how they effect you.

-Plays a role in stress, anxiety, depression, grief, illness…

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Stigma

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A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance.

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  1. A moral or physical blemish.
  2. A mental or physical characteristic that serves to identify a disease or condition.
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Automatic thoughts

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Rapid, unthinking responses based on unique assumptions about ourselves and the world. These assumptions may be realistic or distorted.

Commonly focusing on the negative

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Behavioral therapy

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A kind of psychotherapy that attempts to modify observable maladjusted patterns of behavior by substituting a new response or set of responses to a given stimulus.

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Biofeedback

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A process providing a person with visual or auditory information about the autonomic physiologic functions of his or her body, such as BP, muscle tension, and brain wave activity. By trial and error, the person learns consciously to control these processes, which were previously regarded as involuntary.

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Gaining voluntary control over previous involuntary processes

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Classical conditioning

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A form of learning in which a previously neutral stimulus begins to elicit a given response through associative training.

think the dogs

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Cognitive behavioral therapy

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A therapeutic modality for those that seeks to identify negative and irrational patterns of thought and challenge them based on rational evidence and thoughts.

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Cognitive distortions

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Errors in thinking that continue even when there is obvious contradictory evidence.

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Conditioning

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A form of learning based on the development of a response or set of responses to a stimulus or series of stimuli.

Teach one to respond to a certain stimulus in a certain way

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Conscious

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capable of responding to sensory stimuli; awake, alert; aware of one’s external environment.

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Contertrasferance

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The conscious or unconscious emotional response of a psychotherapist or psychoanalyst to a patient. The response may be positive or negative but can provide useful data in the therapy.

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you to patient

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Defense mechansisms

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An unconscious intrapsychic reaction that offers protection to the self from stress or a threat.

Two types. One diminishes anxiety. The other postpones the effects of feeling it

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Ego

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The conscious self.

The navigator of the outside world—pulling from other areas of the psyche

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Extinction

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A state of being lost or destroyed

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Id

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The true unconscious.

The source of instinctive energy, impulses, and drives.—-most primitive

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Interpersonal therapy

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????????????????????????????/////????? A kind of psychotherapy that views faulty communications, interactions, and interrelationships as basic factors in maladaptive behavior.

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Negative reinforcement

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A form of behavior modification in which the removal of something after an operant (behavior) decreases the probability of the operant’s recurrence.

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Take away something to decrease behavior

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Operant conditioning

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A form of learning used in behavior therapy in which the person undergoing therapy is rewarded for the correct response and punished for the incorrect response.

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Positive reinforcements

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The presentation of a reward immediately following a behavior, making the behavior more likely to occur in the future.

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give something wanted to increase behavior

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Preconscious

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The mental phenomena capable of being recalled, although not present in the conscious mind.

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Psycodynamic therapy

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A therapeutic modality based on classical psychoanalysis but with less focus on the early development of pathology.

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uses free association, dream analysis, transference, and countertransference. The therapist is actively involved and interacts with the client in the here and now.

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Punishment

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Giving a stimulus to reduce a behavior

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Reinforcement

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(in psychology) a process in which a response is strengthened by the fear of punishment or the anticipation of reward.

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stimulus to increase/enhance a behavior

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Superego

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part of the psyche, functioning mostly in the unconscious,

Place of morals

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Systematic desensitization

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systematic desensitization
systematic desensitization
A form of behavior modification therapy that involves the development of behavior tasks customized to a patient’s specific fears

patient is gradually exposed to his or her fears while using relaxation techniques.

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Transference

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an unconscious defense mechanism whereby feelings and attitudes originally associated with important people and events in one’s early life are attributed to others in current interpersonal situations including psychotherapy

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patient/you to situation
patient to you

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Unconscious

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part of the mental function in which thoughts, ideas, emotions, or memories are beyond awareness and rarely subject to ready recall.

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Antagonists

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any agent that exerts an opposite action to that of another or competes for the same receptor sites.

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Antianxiety drugs

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A drug that reduces anxiety.

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The group includes the benzodiazepine derivatives and a few less widely used nonbenzodiazepines such as meprobamate and hydroxyzine hydrochloride.

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Cholinesterase inhibtors

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Inhibit the enzyme that breaks down actylecholine

indicated for slowing memory loss

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Circadian rhythms

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A pattern based on a 24-hour cycle, especially the repetition of certain physiologic phenomena, such as sleeping and eating.

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First-generation antipychotics

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antipsychotic medications works by D2 receptor antagonism.

These medications are accompanied by a variety of side effects, including extrapyramidal symptoms.

They are effective in the treatment of positive symptoms (e.g., delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thought) but not negative symptoms (e.g., depression, avolition, anhedonia).

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Hypnotic

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sleep inducing

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Limbic system

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A group of structures within the rhinencephalon of the brain that are associated with various emotions and feelings such as anger, fear, sexual arousal, pleasure, and sadness.

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The structures of the limbic system include the cingulate gyrus, the isthmus, the hippocampal gyrus, the uncus, and the amygdala. The function of the system is incompletely understood.

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Lithium

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Used as a mood stabilizer with bipolar

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MAOI

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For: depression, phobia associated anxiety. Also headache and HTN.

Inhibit the effects of oxidase

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Mood Stabalizer

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Classes of drugs used to treat mood disorders characterized by highs and lows

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Neurons

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The basic nerve cell. Conduct impulses

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Neurotransmiter

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A chemical that modifies or results in the transmission of nerve impulses between synapses.

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Norepinepheron and serotonin specific antidepresant

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Inc. norepi and serotonin

antidepressant and anti-anxiety

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Pharmocodynamics

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The study of how a drug acts on a living organism

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pharmacologic response observed relative to the concentration of the drug at an active site in the organism.

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Pharmogenetics

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The study of the effect of the genetic factors belonging to a group or an individual on the response of the group or the individual to certain drugs.

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Pharmacokinetics

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The study of the action of drugs within the body,

\_\_\_
Absorption mechanism
Distribution
metabolism
excretion--effects and routes of metabolites
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Psychotropic medication

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a

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Receptors

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A sensory nerve ending that responds to various kinds of stimulation.

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Reuptake

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Reabsorption of a previously secreted substance.

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SSRI

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an antidepressant drug that blocks reuptake of serotonin without blocking reuptake of other biogenic amines such as norepinephrine and dopamine.

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Second-generation antipsychotic

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antipsychotics that produces fewer extrapyramidal side effects (EPS) and targets both the negative and positive symptoms of schizophrenia.

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Synapse

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The space between two neurons or neuron and target cell in which NT pass

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Therapeutic index

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The difference between the minimum therapeutic and minimum toxic concentrations of a drug.

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Range of goodness

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Tricyclic antidepressants

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ny of a group of antidepressant drugs that contain three fused rings in their chemical structure and that potentiates the action of catecholamines

s rapidly block the reuptake of amine neurotransmitters, but their exact mechanism of their effect is unknown.

used for conditions, such as depression obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and neurogenic pain.

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Affect

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An outward, observable manifestation of a person’s expressed feelings or emotions,

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Anergia

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A condition of lethargy or lack of physical activity.

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Anhedonia

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aThe inability to feel pleasure or happiness in response to experiences that are ordinarily pleasurable.

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Bereavement exclusion

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A stipulation in which people who have experienced the loss of a significant loved one would not be given the diagnosis of major depression within the first 2 months of the loss

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Deep brain stimulation

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use of elctrodes in the brain to modify brain activity

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Electroconvulsive therapy ECT

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The induction of a brief convulsion by passing an electric current through the brain for the treatment of affective disorders, especially in patients resistant to psychoactive-drug therapy

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Light therapy

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The use of natural light or light of specified wavelengths to treat disease

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used primarily for ADD, cataracts, conjunctivitis, headaches, head trauma, hyperactivity, lazy eye, macular degeneration, migraine, night blindness, poor eyesight, stroke, and vision disorders
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It has also been effective in treating eczema, fever, psoriasis, addictions, allergies, anxiety, autism, bronchitis, childbirth, glaucoma, insomnia, muscle spasm, PMS, stress, and strep throat

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Major depressive dissorder

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A major disorder of mood characterized by...
a persistent dysphoria, 
anxiety,
irritability,
fear, 
brooding, 
appetite 
sleep disturbances, 
weight loss, 
psycho-motor agitation or retardation, 
decreased energy, 
feelings of worthlessness or guilt, 
difficulty in concentrating or thinking, 
possible delusions and hallucinations, 
thoughts of death or suicide.
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Persistant depressive disorder

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Similar to MDD
Feeling of depression last most of the day for most days out of the year, Along with two or more of the folling
-dec. appetite or overeating
-insomnia or hypersomnia
-low energy
-poor self-esteem
-Different thinking
-Hopelessness
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Premenstrual dysphoric disorder

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Refers to the cluster of symptoms present the week before a women period. Causes problems sever enough to interfere with a women’s ability to work and interact.

S/s: Mood swings, irritability, feeling overwhelmed, difficulty concentrating, lack of energy, trouble sleeping, anxiety, overeating, aching, bloating, breast tenderness, weight gain.

Symptoms typically resolve with onset of menstruation

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Serotonin syndrome

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Related to over-action of central serotonin receptors

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S/S: abd. pain, diarrhea, sweating, fever, tachycardia, elevated BP, altered mental state, muscle spasms, inc. motor activity, hostality, mood changr.

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Transcranial magnetic stimulation

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Use of MRI-strength magnets to stimulate focal areas of the brain.
Used for depression treatment

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Vagus nerve stimulation

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A pacemaker-like device is implanted surgically into the left chest wall; from this device, a thin, flexible wire is threaded up and wrapped around the vagus nerve on the left side of the neck.

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Electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve is thought to boost the level of neurotransmitters, improving mood and the action of antidepressants.

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Vegetative sign of depression

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Refers to the alterations (S/S) nessisary to support life and grow

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Sleep
Eating
Elimination
Sex
Grooming
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Agoraphobia

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An anxiety disorder characterized by a fear of being in an open, crowded, or public place, such as a field, tunnel, bridge, congested street, or busy department store, where ESCAPE IS PERCEIVED AS DIFFICULT OR HELP NOT READILY AVAILABLE IN CASE OF SUDDEN INCAPACITATION

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Anxiety

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Anticipation of impending danger and dread accompanied by restlessness, tension, tachycardia, and breathing difficulty not necessarily associated with an apparent stimulus.

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Body Dysmorphic disorder

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An obsessive-compulsive disorder that involves preoccupation with an imagined defective body part, resulting in obsessional thinking and compulsive behavior.

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Defense mechanisms

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An unconscious intrapsychic reaction that offers protection to the self from stress or a threat.

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Two types:
-those that diminish anxiety and are used by an individual to integrate more fully into society
-do not reduce anxiety but simply postpone the effects of feeling it.

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Excoriation disorder

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An injury to a surface of the body caused by trauma, such as scratching, abrasion, or a chemical or thermal burn.
Causes noticeable harm,

Individual feels compelled to do. most likley embarrassed about the action

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horading disorder

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An obsessive accumulation of belongings that may have little or no value and that prevents people from leading normal lives.

Impares function of living
Sever emotional distress in trying to declutter

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Generlized anxiety disorder

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An anxiety reaction characterized by persistent apprehension.

The symptoms range from mild, chronic tenseness, with feelings of timidity, fatigue, apprehension, and indecisiveness, to more intense states of restlessness and irritability that may lead to aggressive acts.
In extreme cases, the overwhelming emotional discomfort is accompanied by physical reactions.

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Mild anxiety

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First level
Occurs in normal experience of everyday living
Positive ability to protect

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Moderate anxiety

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Second level
results in selective inattention and some diminished thinking, although learning and problem solving can still occur

Symptoms include tension, pounding heart, increased pulse and respiration rate, perspiration, gastric discomfort, headache, urinary urgency, voice tremors, and shaking.

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obsessive-compulsive disorder

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An anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent and persistent thoughts, ideas, and feelings or repetitive acts sufficiently severe to cause marked distress, consume considerable time, or significantly interfere with the patient’s occupational, social, or interpersonal functioning.

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Panic

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An intense, sudden, and overwhelming fear or feeling of anxiety that produces terror and immediate physiologic changes that result in paralyzed immobility or senseless, hysteric behavior.

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Panic disorder

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A psychologic disorder that is characterized by recurrent attacks of anxiety or terror and usually results in the development of one or more phobias.

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Separation anxiety disorder

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Fear and apprehension caused by separation from familiar surroundings and significant people.

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The syndrome occurs commonly in an infant separated from its mother or mothering figure or approached by a stranger.

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Severe anxiety

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Third level
debilitating and causes a person to focus on one particular detail or many scattered details. Learning cannot occur, and other aspects of the environment go unnoticed, even when another points them out.

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Social anxiety disorder

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Also called social phobia; characterized by severe anxiety or fear provoked by exposure to a social or performance situation that will be evaluated negatively by others.

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Specific phobia

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Fear and avoidance of a single object, situation, or activity; common in the general population.

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Trichotillomania disorder

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Also known as hair pulling disorder; a distressing problem in which individuals compulsively pull hair out (typically from the scalp), resulting in varying degrees of disability, social stigma, and altered appearance.

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completed suicide

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When someone has attempted and succeed at deliberately killing themselves

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Copycat Suicide

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When the publisization of a idol/celebraty/well-known individual commiting suicide, which results in their followers or others commiting suicide.

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Well if they cant deal with it how can I?

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Lethality

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The probability that a person threatening suicide will succeed, based on the method described, the specificity of the plan, and the availability of the means.

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Nonsuicidal self-injury

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The act of physicaly hurting oneself with out the intention of ending ones life

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Postvention

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Therapeutic interventions with the significant others of an individual who has committed suicide.

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Psychological autopsies

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Retrospective review of a deceased person’s life within several months of the death to establish likely diagnoses at the time of death.

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Suicidal ideation

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Thoughts a person has of killing themselves

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Suicide

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The deliberate act of killing oneself

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Suicide attempt

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A deliberate attempt to end ones life which was not successful

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Overt Statement

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Tend to be more direct statements that clearly lead one to believe an individual is in/near a state of depression and/or suicidal ideation

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Covert Statement

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Statements that are more ‘covered’ and allude to but dont shout this person in/near a state of depression and/or suicidal ideation. But should put up flags

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Safety plan

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a plan for rapid escape when abuse recurs.

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Survivor of Suicides

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The circle of people involved/connect/knew the individual who commited suicide and are now dealing with the aftermath

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Normal anxiety

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Same as mild anxiety

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Panic Attack

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Sudden onset of extreme fear or apprehension or fear, usually associated with feelings f impending doom. Extremely sever during a panic attack, normal functioning is suspended

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Selective mutism

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Children do not speak due to fears of negative response or evaluation

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Substance-induced anxiety disorder

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Characterized by symptoms of anxiety, panic attack, obsessions, and compulsions that develop with the use of a substance

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Obessesion

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Thoughts, impulses, or images that persist and recur to the point where they cannot be dismissed from the mind despite attempts to do so

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Compulsion

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Ritualistic behavior an individual feels driven to preform in an attempt to reduce anxiety

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Agonist

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A drug or other substance having a specific cellular affinity that produces a predictable response

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Cognitive reframing

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A process of changing an individual’s perceptions of stress by reassessing a situation and replacing irrational beliefs.

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Coping Styles

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a drug or other substance having a specific cellular affinity that produces a predictable response

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Deep breathing exercises

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Breathing exercises used to help calm. Quick and simple coping mechanism, able to use even in moderate to sever anxiety

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Distress

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Negative energgy

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An emotional or physical state of pain, sorrow, misery, suffering, or discomfort.

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eustress

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positive energy.
motivates and results in happiness

A balance between selfishness and altruism through which an individual develops the drive and energy to care for others.

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Fight-or-flight responce

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The total physiologi-cal response to stress that occurs during the alarm reaction stage of the general adaptation syndrome. Massive changes in all body systems prepare a human being to choose to flee or to remain and fight the stressor.

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General adaptation syndrome

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The defense response of the body or the psyche to injury or prolonged stress.

  • It consists of an initial stage of shock or alarm reaction,
  • followed by a phase of increasing resistance or adaptation in which the various defense mechanisms of the body or mind are used,
  • culminates in a state of adjustment and healing or of exhaustion and disintegration.
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Guided imagery

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A therapeutic technique in which the patient enters a relaxed state and focuses on an image related to the issue being confronted. The therapist uses the image as the basis of an interactive dialogue to help the person resolve the issue.

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Humor

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(NIC) defined as facilitating the patient to perceive, appreciate, and express what is funny, amusing, or ludicrous in order to establish relationships, relieve tension, release anger, facilitate learning, or cope with painful feelings.

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Journaling

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(NIC) defined as promotion of writing as a means to provide opportunities to reflect upon and analyze past events, experiences, thoughts, and feelings

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Meditation

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A discipline for training the mind to develop greater calm and then using that calm to bring penetrative insight into one’s experience.

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Mindfulness

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meditation
mindfulness meditation
mindfulness meditation
A technique of meditation in which distracting thoughts and feelings are not ignored but are rather acknowledged and observed nonjudgmentally as they arise to create a detachment from them and gain insight and awareness.

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Physiological stressors

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Environmental and physical conditions that elicit the stress response.

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Progressive relaxation

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(NIC) defined as facilitating the tensing and releasing of successive muscle groups while attending to the resulting differences in sensation.

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Psychological stressors

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Stressors of the psyche, including divorce, loss of a job, unmanageable debt, death of a loved one, retirement, and fear of a terrorist attack, as well as changes one might consider positive, such as marriage, arrival of a new baby, or unexpected success.

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Relaxation response

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A protective mechanism against stress that brings about decreased heart rate, lower metabolism, and decreased respiratory rate. It is the physiologic opposite of the “fight or flight” or stress, response.

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Stressors

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Anything that causes wear and tear on the body’s physical or mental resources

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Anticonvulsant drugs

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Pertaining to a substance or procedure that prevents or reduces the severity of epileptic or other convulsive seizures.

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Among the drugs in this category are hydantoin derivatives, succinic acid derivatives, valproic acid, and barbiturates. Some benzodiazepines are also useful as anticonvulsants.

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Bipolar 1 disorder

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A mood disorder that is characterized by at least one week-long manic episode that results in excessive activity and energy. Manic episodes may alternate with depression, hypomania, or a mixed state of agitation and depression.

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Bipolar ii disorder

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A form of bipolar disorder in which hypomanic episodes alternate with major depression.

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Circumstantial speech

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Type of speech where one starts to answer the question, goes into detail and off on a sort of tangent, eventually returns to the point

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Clang association

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The mental connection between dissociated ideas made because of similarity in the sounds of the words used to describe the ideas.

often in schizophrenia

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Cyclthymis disorder

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Adding unnecessary details when communicating with someone

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Delusions

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A persistent aberrant belief or perception held inviolable by a person despite evidence that refutes it.

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Flight of ideas

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) a continuous stream of talk in which the patient switches rapidly from one topic to another and each subject is incoherent and unrelated to the preceding one or is stimulated by some environmental circumstance.

bird flies from pole to pole quickly

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Hypomania

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A mild degree of mania characterized by optimism; excitability; energetic, productive behavior; marked hyperactivity and talkativeness; heightened sexual interest; quick anger and irritability; and a decreased need for sleep.

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loose association

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Thoughts are only lossely connected to each other in the person’s conversation

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Mania

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a mood characterized by an unstable expansive emotional state; extreme excitement; excessive elation; hyperactivity; agitation; overtalkativeness; flight of ideas; increased psychomotor activity, fleeting attention; and sometimes violent, destructive, and self-destructive behavior, delusions, or hallucinations.

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Pressured speech

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fast. Ranges from rapid to frenetic that conveys an innapropriate sence of urgency

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Rapid cycling

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Experiencing four or more mood episodes in a 12-month period.

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Tangential speech

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When a person starts on topic and end up adding a lot of setaial and never gets back to the main point

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Acute stress disorder

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Severe numbing, derealization, inability to remember stressful event, fear, helplessness, or horror that occurs within 1 month of exposure to extreme stress.

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Adjustment disorder

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A temporary disorder of varying severity that occurs as an acute reaction to overwhelming stress in persons of any age who have no apparent underlying mental disorders.

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Symptoms include anxiety, withdrawal, depression, brooding, impulsive outbursts, crying spells, attention-seeking behavior, enuresis, loss of appetite, aches, pains, and muscle spasms.

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Alternate personality

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A distinct personality state that recurrently takes control of the behavior of a person with dissociative identity disorder.

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Debriefing

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Reflecting on and discussing a stressful experience; occurs within 12 to 48 hours of a traumatic event and is often offered as a group intervention.

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Depersonalization

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A feeling of strangeness or unreality concerning oneself or the environment, often resulting from anxiety or fatigue.

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Derealization

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The false perception by a person that his or her environment has changed. For example, everything may seem bigger or smaller, or familiar objects may appear strange and unfamiliar.

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Disinhibited social engagement disorder

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A condition in which children demonstrate no normal fear of strangers, seem unfazed in response to separation from a primary caregiver, and are usually willing to go off with people who are unknown to them.

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one attachment dissorder

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Dissociative fugue

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A dissociative disorder characterized by sudden, unexpected travel away from the customary locale and an inability to recall one’s identity and information about some or all of one’s past.

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Dissociation

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An unconscious defense mechanism by which an idea, thought, emotion, or other mental process is separated from the consciousness and thereby loses emotional significance.

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Dissociative amnesia

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A dissociative disorder marked by the inability to recall important personal information, often the result of a trauma or severe stress.

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Dissociative identity disorder

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A psychiatric disorder characterized by the existence of two or more distinct, clearly differentiated personality structures within the same individual, any of which may dominate at a particular time. Each personality is a complex unit with separate well-developed emotional and thought processes, behavior patterns, and social relationships.

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

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A first line treatment for traumatized children that processes traumatic memories though a specific eight-phase protocol that allows the person to think about the traumatic event while attending to other stimulation, such as eye movements, audiotones, or tapping.

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flashbacks

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A phenomenon experienced by persons who have taken a hallucinogenic drug or had psychologic trauma and unexpectedly reexperience its effects.

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Neuroplasticity

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The capacity of the nervous system for adaptation or regeneration after trauma.

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PTSD

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A DSM-IV psychiatric disorder characterized by an acute emotional response to a traumatic event or situation involving severe environmental stress, such as a natural disaster or military combat.

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Reactive attachment disorder

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A disorder describing children who have a consistent pattern of inhibited, emotionally withdrawn behavior and who rarely direct attachment behaviors toward any adult caregivers.

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Trauma-informed care

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Based on an understanding of the vulnerabilities and triggers in psychiatric patients who have histories that include violence and victimization

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Window of tolerance

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A term that refers to a balance between sympathetic and parasympathetic arousal.

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Primary intervention (Suicide)

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Activities that support, inform, and educate, to prevent suicide

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