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Mental and Behavioral Pathology Flashcards

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Akathisia

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Inability to remain calm, still, and free of anxiety

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Amnesia

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Inability to remember part or all of one’s past

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Anhedonia

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Absence of the ability to experience either pleasure or joy even with causative events

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Catatonia

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Paralysis or immobility from psychological or emotional rather than physical causes

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Confabulation

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effort to conceal a gap in memory by fabricating detailed often believable stories

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Defense Mechanism

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Unconscious mechanism for coping, adjustment, or self-preservation

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Delirium

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Condition of confused, unfocused, irrational agitation

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Delusion

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Persistent belief in a demonstrable untruth or provable inaccurate perception despite evidence to contrary

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Dementia

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Progressive loss of memory, personality alterations, confusion, and stupor

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Echolalia

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Repetition of words or phrases spoken by others

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Hallucination

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Unreal sensory perception with no external cause

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Illusion

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Inaccurate sensory perception based on real stimulus

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Libido

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Drive associated with sensuality, expressions of desire, or creativity

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Somnambulism

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Sleep walking

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Anger

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As a symptom, anger is pathologic if inappropriate for the situation

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Anxiety

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Anticipation of impending danger with no apparent stimulus

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Dysphoria

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General negative mood characterized by depression

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Euphoria

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Exaggerated sense of physical and emotional well-being disproportionate to the cause

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Euthymia

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Normal range of moods and emotions

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Asperger disorder

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Impairment of social interaction and repetitive patterns of inappropriate behaviors

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

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Series of syndromes that includes impulsiveness, inability to concentrate, and short attention span

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Autism

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Abnormal development of social interactions, impaired communication, and repetitive behaviors

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Conduct disorders

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Disorders characterized by patterns of persistent aggressive and defiant behaviors

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Mental retardation

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Subaverage intellectual ability with impairments in social and educational functioning

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Rett disorder
Characterized by initial normal functioning followed by loss of social and intellectual functioning
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Tourette Syndrome
Group of involuntary behaviors that includes vocalization of words or sounds, and repetitive movements
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Acute intoxication
behavioral disturbance after ingestion of alcohol or drugs
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Delirium tremens
(DTs) acute sometimes fatal delirium induced by cessation of excessive alcohol over a long period
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Harmful use
Pattern of drug use that damages health
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Dependence syndrome
Difficulty controlling use of a drug
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Tolerance
Body becomes accustomed to the substances ingested creating need for greater amounts to achieve desired effect
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Withdrawal syndrome
Symptoms that occur during cessation of use of regularly taken drug
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Bipolar disorder
Disorder of swings between an elevation and lowering of mood
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Cyclothymia
Recurring episodes of mild elation and depression not severe enough to be diagnosed as bipolar
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Depressive disorder
Depression characterized by its degree or number of occurrences
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Dysthymia
Mild, chronic depression that lasts for years but not severe enough to diagnose depression
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Hypomania
Inappropriate elevation of mood that includes positive and negative aspects
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Persistent mood disorders
Long-term cyclic mood disorders in which the majority of the episodes are not severe
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Seasonal Affective disorder
weather induced depression resulting from decreased exposure to sunlight in autumn and winter
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acrophobia
fear of heights
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agoraphobia
Fear of leaving home and entering crowded places
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anthropophobia
fear of scrutiny by other people, social phobia
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claustrophobia
fear of enclosed spaces
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Generalized anxiety disorder
unspecific anxiety disorder
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
recurrent, distressing, unavoidable preoccupations or drives to performs specific rituals
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Panic Disorder
Recurrent, unpredictable attacks of severe anxiety. Panic attacks
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
extended emotional response to a traumatic event
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Adjustment disorder
disorder that manifests during periods of stressful life changes includes anxiety, impaired coping mechanisms, and social dysfunction
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Dissociative identity disorder
Maladaptive coping with severe stress by developing one or more separate personalities
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Somatoform disorder
Disorder of unfounded physical complaints despite medical assurance that no physical problem exists
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Anorexia nervosa
Prolonged refusal to eat adequate amounts of food and altered perception of normal minimum body weight
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Bulimia nervosa
Eating disorder in which patient binge eats and then purges
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dyssomnia
difficulty with the sleep-wake cycle. Includes insomnia and hypersomnia
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parasomnia
Sleep terrors - abnormal activation of physiologic functions during sleep cycle
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Hypoactive sexual disorder
Indifference or unresponsiveness to sexual stimuli, inability to achieve orgasm
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Nymphomania
Relentless drive to achieve orgasm in female
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Satyriasis
Relentless drive to achieve orgasm in male
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Sexual anhedonia
inability to enjoy sexual pleasure
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Borderline personality disorder
impulsive, unpredictable mood and self-image resulting in unstable relationships and tendency to see others as unwaveringly good or evil
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Dissocial personality disorder
Complete lack of interest in social obligations to the extreme of showing antipathy for others
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Paranoid personality disorder
Inappropriately suspicious thinking, self-importance, and lack of ability to forgive perceived insults
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Schizoid personality disorder
Withdrawal into fantasy world with little need for social interaction
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Kleptomania
Uncontrollable impulse to steal
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Pyromania
Uncontrollable impulse to set fires
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Trichotillomania
Uncontrollable impulse to pull out one's hair by the roots
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Exhibitionism
Patient derives sexual arousal from exposing themselves to strangers
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Fetishism
Reliance on an object as a stimulus for arousal and pleasure
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Pedophilia
Sexual preference, in fantasy or reality, for children
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Sadomasochism
Preference for sexual activity that involves giving or receiving pain or humiliation
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Voyeurism
Patient derives sexual pleasure and gratification from watching others engaged in intimate behaviors

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