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[MT] Lesson 5: The Digestive System, Mental Health, & The Urinary System > Mental Health Pathology > Flashcards

Mental Health Pathology Flashcards

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Mental Disorder

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Impaired judgement and lack of self-control

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Anxiety Disorders

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Characterized by persistent worry and apprehension

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Panic Attacks

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Feeling of intense apprehension, terror, or sense of impending danger

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Anxiety

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Feeling of dread in the absence of a clearly identifiable stress trigger

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Phobias

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Irrational fear, such as arachnophobia, or fear of spiders

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

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Performing repetitive rituals to reduce anxiety

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Dementia

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Progressive confusion and disorientation

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Alzheimer’s Disease

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Degenerative brain disorder with gradual loss of cognitive abilities

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Mental Retardation

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Subaverage intellectual functioning

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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

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Inattention and impulsive behavior

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Autism

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Condition involving deficits in social interaction, communication skills, and restricted patterns of behavior

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Dissociative Disorders

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Disorders in which severe emotional conflict is so repressed that a slit in the personality may occur or the person may lose memory

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Amnesia

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Loss of memory

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

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Having two or more distinct personalities

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Eating Disorders

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Abnormal behaviors related to eating

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Anorexia Nervosa

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Refusal to eat

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Bulimia

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Binge eating and intentional vomiting

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Factitious Disorders

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Intentionally feigning illness symptoms in order to gain attention

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Malingering

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Pretending to be ill or injured

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Impulse Control Disorders

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Inability to resist an impulse to perform some act that is harmful to the individual or others

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Kleptomania

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Pyromania

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Setting fires

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Explosive Disorder

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Violent Rages

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Pathological Gambling

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Inability to stop gambling

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Mood Disorders

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Characterized by instability in mood

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Major Depression

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Feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, worthlessness; lack of pleasure in any activity; potential for suicide

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Mania

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Extreme elation

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Bipolar Disorder (BPD)

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Alternation between periods of deep depression and mania

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Personality Disorders

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Inflexible or maladaptive behavior patterns that affect a person’s ability to function in society

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Paranoid Personality Disorder

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Exaggerated feelings of persecution

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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Abnormal sense of self-importance

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

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Behaviors that are against legal or social norms

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Passive Aggressive Personality

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Indirect expression of hostility or anger

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Schizophrenia

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Mental disorders characterized by distortions of reality

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Delusion

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A false belief held even in the face of contrary evidence

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Hallucination

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Perceiving something that is not there

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Sexual Disorders

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Disorders include aberrant sexual activity and sexual dysfuction

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Pedophilia

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Sexual interest in children

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Masochism

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Gratification derived from being hurt or abused

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Voyeurism

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Gratification derived from observing others engaged in sexual acts

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Sleeping Disorders

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Disorders relating to sleeping

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Insomnia

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Inability to sleep

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Sleepwalking

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Getting up and walking around unaware while sleeping

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Somatoform Disorders

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Patient has physical symptoms for which no physical disease can be determined

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Hypochondria

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A preoccupation with health concerns. Named for the location of the liver and spleen, below the rib cartilage. The ancient Greeks thought these organs controlled mood

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Conversion Reaction

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Anxiety is transformed into physical symptoms such as heart palpitations, paralysis, or blindness

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Substance-Related Disorders

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Overindulgence or dependence on chemical substances including alcohol, illegal drugs, and prescription drugs

[MT] Lesson 5: The Digestive System, Mental Health, & The Urinary System (26 decks)

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