Mental Health Terms

Question 1

Attention Seeking

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Engaging in behavior designed to attract notice and to make oneself the focus of others’ attention and admiration. This behavior is a facet of the broad personality trait

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Antagonism

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Behaviors that put an individual at odds with other people, I such as a such as an exaggerated sense of self-importance with a I concomitant expectation of special treatment, as well as a callous antipathy towards others, unawareness of others’ needs and feelings, and a readiness to

Question 3

Cognitive and Perceptual Dysregulation

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odd or unusual thought processes and experiences, including “depersonalization”,”derealization”, and “dissociation”; mixed sleep-wake state experiences; and thought-control experiences. It is also a facet of the broad personality trait domain ‘psychoticism”

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Conversion Symptom

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A loss of, or alteration in, voluntary motor or sensory functioning, with or without apparent impairment of consciousness . The symptom is not fully explained by neurological or another medical condition or the direct effects of substance and it not intentionally produced or feigned

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Grandiose Delusion

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inflated worth, power, knowledge, identity, or I special relationship to a deity or a famous person.

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Persecutory Delusion

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A delusion in which the central theme is that one is being | attacked, harassed, cheated, persecuted, or conspired against.

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Somatic Delusion

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A delusion whose main content pertains to the appearance of functioning of one’s body.

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Thought Broadcasting Delusion

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A delusion that certain of one’s thoughts are not one’s own, but rather are inserted into one’s mind.

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Thought Insertion Delusion

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A delusion that certain of one’s thoughts are not one’s own but rather are inserted into one’s mind.

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Depersonalization

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The experience of feeling detached from, and as if one is an outside observer of, one’s mental processes, body or actions.

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detachment

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Avoidance of socioemotional experience including withdrawal from interpersonal interactions. Restricted affectivity. One of the 5 pathological personality trait domains.

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disinhibition

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Orientation toward immediate gratification, leading to impulsive behavior driven by current thoughts, feelings, and, external stimuli, without regard for past learning or | consideration of future consequences. is one of the five pathological personality trait domains.

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Dissociation

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Term is used to describe separation of an idea from its emotional significance and affect. Often result of psychic trauma. Extreme version is DID in which a person may exhibits several independent Bet personalities each unaware of the others.

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dysarthria

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A disorder of speech sound production due to structural or motor impairment affecting the articulatory apparatus. Such disorders include cleft palate, muscle disorders, cranial nerve disorders, and cerebral palsy affecting bulbar structures.

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5 Key features that define Psychotic Disorders

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1. Delusions
2. Hallucinations
3. Disorganized thinking/speech
4. Grossly Disorganized or abnormal motor behaviors
5. Negative Symptoms

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What is an internalizing Disorder?

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Disorders that an individual feels on the inside such as depression, anxiety or phobias.

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What are signs?

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any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease

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What are symptoms?

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any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

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What are syndromes

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a collection of symptoms and signs associated with a particular disease

Question 20

What are specifiers and what are their purpose?

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They are extensions to a diagnosis that further clarify the course