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Psych Vocab Flashcards

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Abstract thinking

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ability to make associations or interpretations about a situation or comment

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Concrete thinking

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when the client continually gives literal translations; abstraction is diminished or absent

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Agoraphobia

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fear of being outside

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Akathisia

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Intense need to move about

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Akinesia

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partial or complete loss or suppression of muscle movement (Absence of movement)

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Alogia

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a lack of any real meaning or substance in what the client says

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ambivalence

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coexistence of contradictory feelings about an object, person, idea

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Anhedonia

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Having no pleasure or joy in life, loosing any sense of pleasure from activities formerly enjoyed

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Anxiety state

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a condition marked by more or less continuous anxiety and apprehension

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Apathy

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indifference, insensibility,lack of emotion

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apraxia

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impaired ability to execute motor functions despite intact motor abilities

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catatonia

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psychomotor disturbance, either motionless or excessive motor

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Clang association

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an unusual speech pattern seen in decompensated psychoses in which words rhyme or sound alike “Mr.bang sang, tang, clang”

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Confabulation

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clients may make up answers to fill in memory gaps, associated with organic brain problems

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counter transference

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occurs when the therapist displaces onto the client attitudes or feelings from his or her past.

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transference

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occurs when the client displaces onto the therapist attitudes and feelings that the client originally experienced in other relationships

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Delirium

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a syndrome that involves a disturbance of consciousness accompanied by a change in cognition

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Dementia

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A mental disorder that involves multiple cognitive deficits

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Delusion

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A fixed, false belief not based in reality

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Illusions

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An inaccurate perception

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Dopamine

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A neurotransmitter. D-determination O-Obsession P- Pleasure

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Echolalia

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Repetition or imitation of what someone else says

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Echopraxia

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imitation of the movements & gestures of someone an individual is observing

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Euphoria

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A condition of good health

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Extrapyramidal Side effects

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Reversible movement disorders induced by antipsychotic or neuroleptic meds

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Flat affect

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Showing no facial expression

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blunted affect

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showing little or a slow-to-respond facial expression

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flight of ideas

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excessive amount& rate of speech composed of fragmented or unrelated ideas

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Hallucinations

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false sensory perceptions or perceptual experiences that do not really exist

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Hypervigilance

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excessive attentiveness to stimuli

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ideas of reference

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clients inaccurate interpretation that general events are personally directed to him or her, such as hearing a speech on the news and believing the message has personal meaning

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labile

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rapidly changing or fluctuating such as someones mood or emotions

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neologism

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invented words that have meaning only for the client

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neuroleptic malignant syndrome

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A potentially fatal, idiosyncratic rxn to an antipsychotic med. Flu like s/s

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Persecutory delusions

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A delusion in which patients believe people or agencies are seeking to injure or harass them

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Perseveration

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abnormal compulsive & inappropriate repetition of words or behaviors

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polydipsia

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excessive thirst

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poverty of thought

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the mental state of being devoid of thought and having a feeling of emptiness

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Psychomotor agitation

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increased body movements&thoughts

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psychomotor retardation

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overall slowed movements

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Stereotypic motor behavior

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repetitive movements ex.rocking, twirling

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Tangentiality

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wandering off the topic & never providing the info requested

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Tardive Dysinesia

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A late-onset, irreversible neurologic side effect of antipsychotic meds, abnormal movements such as lip smacking, tongue protrusion

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thought broadcasting

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a delusional belief that others can hear or know what the client is thinking

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Torticollis

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stiff neck associated with muscle spasm

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Waxy flexibility

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maintenance of posture or position over time even when it is awkward or uncomfortable

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Word salad

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flow of unconnected words that convey meaning to the listener

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4 c’s

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What do you call your problem?
What do you think caused your problem?
How do you cope with your condition?
What are your concerns regarding the condition and/or recommended treatment

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