Psychiatry symptomatic terms Flashcards
cannot communicate, do repetitive behavior
autism
attacking action verbally, physically or symbolic
aggression
chronic restlessness
agitation
love-hate relationship
ambivalence
how you look at your body
body image
in a trance
catalepsy
you are getting your feelings out
catharsis
is a disturbance of memory, defined as the production of misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world
confabulation
do not want to believe
denial
get upset with the wrong person
displacement
go back to immature behavior
regression
inhibition of feeling
repression
temporarily confused
delirium
confused due to alcoholic behavior
delirium tremens
false beliefs
delusions
loss of memory
dementia
ability to feel what others feel
empathy
seeing or hearing things
hallucinations
false perceptions
illusions
sex drives or psychic drives
libido
pretending to be ill
malingering
morbid fear
phobia
fear of confined places
claustrophobia
fear of heights
acrophobia
fear of animals
zoophobia
fear of writing
graphophobia
fear of going in public
agorophobia
fear of spiders
arachnophobia
sleep walking
somnambulism