Psych

Question 1

Baker Acts

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allows the involuntary institutionalization and examination of an individual

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Marchman Act

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Patients can be placed under a Marchman Act, which is temporary detention for substance abuse evaluation and treatment when required.

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Dysphoric

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Emotional state characterized by anxiety, depression, or unease

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Suicide Attempt

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A serious effort to commit suicide involving definite risk

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ETOH

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Alcohol history or presence

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HI: Homicidal Ideation

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medical term for thoughts about homicide

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SI: Suicidal Ideation

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medical term for thoughts about suicide

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OD

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Overdose

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Auditory Hallucinations

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Form of hallucination that involves perceiving sounds without auditory stimulus

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Visual Hallucinations

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Phenomena of seeing things which are not present or visual perception which does not reconcile with the physical, consensus reality

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Affect

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Refers to the experience of feeling or emotion

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Behavior/Mood

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Evaluates behavior and mood based on interaction with examiner

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Judgment/Insight

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Identifies a patients ability to make rational decisions

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Memory

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Ability to store, retain and recall information and experiences

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Racing Thoughts

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Rapid thought patterns that often occur in manic episodes

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Adjustment Disorder

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Emotional and behavioral reaction that develops within 3 months of a life stress, which is stronger or greater than what would be expected for the type of event that occurred

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Anxiety

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Psychological and physiological state characterized by somatic, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral components

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Bipolar Disorder

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Condition in which people go back and forth between periods of a very good or irritable mood and depression

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Borderline PersonalityDisorder

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Condition in which people have long-term patterns of unstable or turbulent emotions, such as feelings about themselves and others

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Depression

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Described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps

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Drug Dependence

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Psychologically addicted to being in an intoxicated state without a preference for one particular substance

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DT: Delirium Tremens

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severe form of alcohol withdrawal that involves sudden and severe mental or nervous system changes

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Insomnia

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Can accompany several sleep, medical, and psychiatric disorders, characterized by persistent difficulty falling asleep and/or staying asleep or sleep of poor quality

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Manic Episode

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Defined by a distinct period during which there is an abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive or irritable mood

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MDD: Major Depressive Disorder

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mental disorder characterized by an all encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and by loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities

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Panic Disorder

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Type of anxiety disorder in which you have repeated attacks of intense fear that something bad will occur when not expected

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Paranoia

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Process believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion

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Personality Disorder

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Umbrella term that encompasses a class of personality types and enduring behaviors associated with significant distress or disability, which appear to deviate from social expectations particularly in relating to others

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PTSD: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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type of anxiety disorder that can occur after seeing or experiencing a traumatic event that involved the threat of injury or death

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Schizoaffective Disorder

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Characterized by recurring episodes of elevated or depressed mood, or of simultaneously elevated and depressed mood, that alternate with, or occur together with, distortions in perception

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Schizophrenia

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Mental disorder characterized by a breakdown of thought processes and by poor emotional responsiveness which makes it difficult to tell the difference between real and unreal experiences, think logically, have normal emotional responses and behave normally in social situations

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Substance Abuse

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Maladaptive pattern of use of a substance that is not considered dependent