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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

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Characterized by initial normal functioning followed by loss of social and intellectual functioning

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Tourette Syndrome

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Group of involuntary behaviors that includes vocalization of words or sounds, and repetitive movements

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Acute intoxication

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behavioral disturbance after ingestion of alcohol or drugs

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Delirium tremens

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(DTs) acute sometimes fatal delirium induced by cessation of excessive alcohol over a long period

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Harmful use

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Pattern of drug use that damages health

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Dependence syndrome

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Difficulty controlling use of a drug

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Tolerance

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Body becomes accustomed to the substances ingested creating need for greater amounts to achieve desired effect

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Withdrawal syndrome

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Symptoms that occur during cessation of use of regularly taken drug

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Bipolar disorder

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Disorder of swings between an elevation and lowering of mood

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Cyclothymia

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Recurring episodes of mild elation and depression not severe enough to be diagnosed as bipolar

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Depressive disorder

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Depression characterized by its degree or number of occurrences

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Dysthymia

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Mild, chronic depression that lasts for years but not severe enough to diagnose depression

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Hypomania

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Inappropriate elevation of mood that includes positive and negative aspects

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Persistent mood disorders

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Long-term cyclic mood disorders in which the majority of the episodes are not severe

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Seasonal Affective disorder

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weather induced depression resulting from decreased exposure to sunlight in autumn and winter

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acrophobia

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fear of heights

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agoraphobia

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Fear of leaving home and entering crowded places

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anthropophobia

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fear of scrutiny by other people, social phobia

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claustrophobia

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fear of enclosed spaces

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Generalized anxiety disorder

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unspecific anxiety disorder

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

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recurrent, distressing, unavoidable preoccupations or drives to performs specific rituals

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Panic Disorder

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Recurrent, unpredictable attacks of severe anxiety. Panic attacks

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

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extended emotional response to a traumatic event

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Adjustment disorder

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disorder that manifests during periods of stressful life changes includes anxiety, impaired coping mechanisms, and social dysfunction

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Dissociative identity disorder

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Maladaptive coping with severe stress by developing one or more separate personalities

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Somatoform disorder

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Disorder of unfounded physical complaints despite medical assurance that no physical problem exists

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Anorexia nervosa

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Prolonged refusal to eat adequate amounts of food and altered perception of normal minimum body weight

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Bulimia nervosa

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Eating disorder in which patient binge eats and then purges

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dyssomnia

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difficulty with the sleep-wake cycle. Includes insomnia and hypersomnia

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parasomnia

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Sleep terrors - abnormal activation of physiologic functions during sleep cycle

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Hypoactive sexual disorder

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Indifference or unresponsiveness to sexual stimuli, inability to achieve orgasm

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Nymphomania

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Relentless drive to achieve orgasm in female

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Satyriasis

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Relentless drive to achieve orgasm in male

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Sexual anhedonia

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inability to enjoy sexual pleasure

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Borderline personality disorder

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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

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Complete lack of interest in social obligations to the extreme of showing antipathy for others

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Paranoid personality disorder

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Inappropriately suspicious thinking, self-importance, and lack of ability to forgive perceived insults

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Schizoid personality disorder

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Withdrawal into fantasy world with little need for social interaction

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Kleptomania

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Uncontrollable impulse to steal

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Pyromania

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Uncontrollable impulse to set fires

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Trichotillomania

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Uncontrollable impulse to pull out one’s hair by the roots

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Exhibitionism

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Patient derives sexual arousal from exposing themselves to strangers

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Fetishism

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Reliance on an object as a stimulus for arousal and pleasure

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Pedophilia

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Sexual preference, in fantasy or reality, for children

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Sadomasochism

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Preference for sexual activity that involves giving or receiving pain or humiliation

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Voyeurism

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Patient derives sexual pleasure and gratification from watching others engaged in intimate behaviors

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