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Language of Medicine Chapter 22 - Created by MTatHome.com

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affect   show
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agoraphobia   show
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show Loss of memory.  
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amphetamines   show
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anorexia nervosa   show
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show Characterized by lack of loyalty or concern for others and lack of moral standards.  
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show Characterized by unpleasant tensions, distress, and avoidance behavior; examples are phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic distress disorder.  
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show Drug that relieves anxiety and produces a relaxing effect.  
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apathy   show
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show A pervasive developmental disorder characterized by delays in socialization and communication skills; typically more mild than autism.  
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show Drugs used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other serious mental illnesses (psychoses).  
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show Severe lack of responsiveness to others, preoccupation with inner thoughts, withdrawal and retarded language development.  
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autistic thought   show
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show Drugs used to treat anxiety and panic attacks.  
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bipolar disorder   show
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borderline personality   show
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bulimia nervosa   show
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cannabis   show
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catatonia   show
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show Fear of closed-in places.  
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show Changing behavior patterns and responses by training and repetition and learning how thinking patterns caused symptoms, such as anger, anxiety, and depression.  
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show Uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly.  
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conversion disorder   show
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cyclothymia   show
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defense mechanism   show
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show Confusion in thinking; faulty perceptions and irrational behavior.  
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delirium tremens   show
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delusion   show
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show Loss of higher mental functioning, including memory, judgment, and reasoning.  
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show Major mood disorder marked by chronic and excessive sadness, loss of energy, hopelessness, worry, and discouragement.  
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dissociative disorder   show
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dysphoria   show
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dysthymia   show
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ego   show
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electroconvulsive therapy   show
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euphoria   show
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show Compulsive need to expose one’s body, particularly the genitals, to an unsuspecting stranger.  
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family therapy   show
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fetishism   show
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free association   show
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show Flight from customary surroundings; dissociate disorder.  
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gender-identity disorder   show
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group therapy   show
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show False or unreal sensory perception; hearing voices and seeing things.  
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show Substance that produces hallucinations.  
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histrionic personality   show
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hypnosis   show
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show Exaggerated concern about one’s health.  
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hypomania   show
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show Major unconscious part of the personality; instinctual drives and desires.  
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show Face to face discussion of life problems and feelings to increase understanding of thoughts and behavior patterns; psychodynamic therapy.  
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show Strong impulse to steal, often with little actual desire for stolen item.  
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labile   show
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show Drug used to treat the manic episodes in bipolar disorder.  
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show State of excessive excitability, hyperactive elation and agitation.  
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mental   show
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mood disorders   show
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show Non-reactive state; stupor.  
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narcissistic personality   show
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show Antipsychotic drugs used to treat psychoses such as schizophrenia and severe depression.  
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neurosis   show
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show An involuntary, persistent idea or emotion.  
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obsessive-compulsive disorder   show
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opioid   show
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paranoia   show
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show Characterized by recurrent delusions of persecution and jealousy with suspicion and mistrust of other people; quick to take offense.  
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paraphilia   show
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show Need for sexual gratification with a child.  
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personality disorder   show
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phenothiazines   show
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phobia   show
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play therapy   show
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show Anxiety disorder that follows a traumatic incident; symptoms such as intense fear, helplessness, insomnia, nightmares, and less responsive to the external world.  
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show Diagnostic personality test using unstructured stimuli (inkblots, pictures, incomplete sentences) to evoke responses that reflect aspects of an individual’s personality.  
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show Physician who treats the mind and mental disorders.  
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psychiatry   show
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show Form of psychotherapy in which the patient explores his or her unconscious emotions and past to understand and change current behavior and feelings.  
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psychodrama   show
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psychogenic   show
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show Individual (Ph.D or Ed.D) specializing mental processes and how the brain functions in health and disease; treats patients with psychotherapy, but cannot prescribe medication.  
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show Treatment of psychiatric disorders with medication (drugs).  
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show Loss of contact with reality; often with delusions and hallucinations.  
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psychosomatic   show
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show Treatment of the mind.  
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pyromania   show
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reality testing   show
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show Defense mechanism by which unacceptable thoughts, feelings, and impulses are automatically pushed into the unconscious.  
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show Emotionally cold and aloof, as if split off from other people; indifferent to praise or criticism or to the feelings of others.  
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schizophrenia   show
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show Drug that lessen anxiety.  
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show Conditions involving sexual use of nonhuman objects and acts involving suffering, humiliation, and non-consenting partners. Disorders also include sexual dysfunctions such as inhibition of sexual desire or changes in sexual responses.  
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show Sexual gratification gained by being mutilated, beaten, or bound or otherwise made to suffer by another person.  
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show Sexual gratification gained by inflicting physical or psychologic pain or harm on others.  
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show Conditions in which the patient has physical or bodily symptoms that cannot be explained by any actual physical illness.  
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show Regular overuse of psychoactive substances (alcohol, amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, opioids, and sedatives), which can affect the central nervous system.  
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superego   show
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supportive psychotherapy   show
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show Development of insensitivity to a drug; increasing doses of a drug are needed to produce a desired effect.  
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show Process by which a patient relates to a therapist as though the therapist was a prominent childhood figure.  
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show Cross-dressing by a male in women’s attire.  
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show Group of drugs used to treat severe depression.  
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show Abnormal desire to look at sexual organs or watch sexual acts.  
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show Fear of strangers.  
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