Psychiatric Disorders: Vocabulary Flashcards

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Delirium

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Relatively rapid onset of widespread disorganized thought.

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Dementia

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Gradual development of memory impairment and cognitive disturbances
Common Causes: Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s

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Apraxia

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Motor impairment

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Agnosia

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Failure to recognize objects or stimuli despite intact sensory function

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Schizophrenia

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Signs and Symptoms:
Behavior changes
Loss of contact with reality
Delusions
Depression
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Delusions

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Fixed, false beliefs not widely held within the individual’s cultural or religious group

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Hallucinations

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Sensory perceptions with no basis in reality

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Catatonia

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Immobility and stupor, often a sign of Schizophrenia

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Flat Affect

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Appearance of being disinterested, often lacking facial expression.

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What does the pneumonic INSADCAGES stand for?

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Interest
Sleep
Appetite
Depressed mood
Concentration
Activity
Guilt
Energy
Suicide
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Somatoform Disorder

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Physical symptoms that have no apparent physiological cause and are attributable to psychological factors

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Somatization disorder

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PT preoccupied with physical symptoms

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Conversion disorder

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PT sustains loss of function, usually involving the nervous system (blindness of paralysis) with no explainable medical condition.

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Trichotillomania

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A recurrent impulse to pull out one’s own hair

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