Test 2 Vocab Flashcards
One’s sense of the self and one’s body; a multidimensional construct that encompasses perceptions, thous, and feeling about the body
Body image
enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself that begin by early adulthood and are exhibited in a wide range of important social and personal contexts. these patterns are inflexible and maladaptive, causing either significant functional impairment or subjective distress.
Borderline personality disorder
A uniform payment based on the number of people in the population being served. The health of mental health care provider, or group of providers, accepts responsibility to deliver the health or mental health services needed by all members of a specified group and an agreed-on payment is made at regular intervals to the provider. the payment is made even if no services have been given, but the payment is no greater than the agreed-on amount even if more extensive services have been provided.. phew. ( I would just memorize the first sentence)
Capitation
The term referring to the effects that people who are dependent on alcohol or other substances have on those round them, including the attempts of those people to manage the chemically dependent person.
codependency
A legal process for admitting, usually involuntarily, a mentally ill person to a psychiatric treatment program. Although the legal definition and procedure vary from state to state, commitment usually requires a court or judicial procedure. Commitment also may be voluntary.
commitment
Repetitive ritualistic behavior or thoughts, such as frequent hand washing, arranging objects according to a rigid formula, county, or repeating words silently. The purpose of these behaviors or thoughts is to prevent or reduce distress or to prevent some dreaded event or situation.
compulsion
the fabrication of false memories, perceptions, or beliefs about the self or the environment as a result of neurological or psychological dysfunction. It is difficult to distinguish this from lies or delusions
confabulation
The ethical principle that a physician may not reveal any information disclosed in the course of medical attendance.
confidentiality
YUCK! I have this. A communication that deliberately pressures or invites another to self-examine some aspect of his or her behavior in which a discrepancy exists between self-reported and observed behavior.
confrontation
How I feel in all of my classes this semester. Disturbed orientation with respect to time, place, person, or situation.
Confusion
This is what Brenda has about her test writing and teaching in general. A false belief based on an incorrect inference about external reality, firmly sustained despite clear evidence (like a whole class failing a test) to the contrary.
Delusion
to cut off the head of : behead
decapitation
