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Schizophrenia |
A psychotic disorder in which personal, social, and occupational functioning deteriorate as a result of unusual perceptions, odd thoughts, disturbed emotions, and motor abnormalities |
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Psychosis |
A state in which a person loses contact with reality in key ways |
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Positive Symptoms |
Symptoms of schizophrenia that seem to be excesses of or bizarre additions to normal thoughts, emotions, or behaviors |
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Delusion |
A strange false belief firmly held despite evidence to the contrary |
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Formal thought disorder |
A disturbance in the production and organization of thought |
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Loose associations |
A common thinking disturbance in schizophrenia, characterized by rapid shifts from one topic of conversation to another. (also known as a derailment) |
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Hallucination |
The experiencing of sights, sounds, or other perceptions in the absence of external stimuli
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Inappropriate affect |
Displays of emotions that are unsuited to the situation; a symptoms of schizophrenia |
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Negative Symptoms |
Symptoms of schizophrenia that seem to be deficits in normal thought, emotions, or behaviors |
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Alogia |
A decrease in speech or speech content; a symptom of schizophrenia . (also known as poverty of speech) |
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Flat affect |
A marked lack of apparent emotions; a symptom of schizophrenia |
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Avolition |
A symptom of schizophrenia marked by apathy and an inability to start or complete a course of action |
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Catatonia |
A pattern of extreme phsychomotor symptoms, found in some forms of schizophrenia, which may include catatonic stupor, rigidity, or posturing |
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Antipsychotic drugs |
Drugs that help correct grossly confused or distorted thinking |
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Phenothiazines |
A group of antihistamine drugs that became the first group of effective antopsychotic medications |
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Second-Generation antipsychotic drugs |
a relatively new group of antipsychotic drugs whose biological action is different from that of the traditional antipsychotic drugs (also known as atypical antipsychotic drugs |
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Schizophrenogenic mother |
A type of mother-- supposedly cold, domineering and uninterested in the needs of her children-- who was once thought to cause schizophrenia in her child |
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Double-blind hypothesis |
A theory that some parents repeatedly communicate paris of messages that are mtually contradictory, helping to produce schizophrenia in their children |
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Expressed emotion |
The general level of criticism, disapproval, a hostility expressed in a family. People recovering from schizophrenia are considered more likely to relapse if their families rate high in expressed emotion |
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State Hospitals |
Public mental hospitals in the United States, run by the individual states. |
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Milieu Therapy |
A humanistic approach to institutional treatments based on the premise that institutions can help patients recover by creating a climate that promotes self-respect, responsible behavior, and meaningful activity |
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Token Economy Program |
A behavioral program in which a persons desirable behaviors are reinforced systematically throughout the day by the awarding of tokens that can be exchanged for goods or privileges |
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Antipsychotic Drugs |
Drugs that help correct grossly confused or distorted thinking |
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Neuroleptic Drugs |
Conventional antipsychotic drugs, so called because they often produces undesired effects similar to the symptoms of neurological disorders. |
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Extrapyramidal Effects |
Unwanted movements, such as severe shaking, bizarre-looking grimaces, twisting of the body, and extreme restlessness, sometimes produced by conventional antipsychotic drugs. |
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Tardive Dyskinesia |
Extrapyramidal effects involving involuntary movements that some patients have after they have taken conventional antipsychotic drugs for an extended time. |
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Agranulocytosis |
A life-threatening drop in white blood cells. This condition is sometimes produced by the atypical antipsychotic drug clozapine |
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Deinstitutionalization |
The discharge of large numbers of patients from long term institutional care so that they might be treated in community programs. |
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Community mental health center |
A treatment facility that provides medication, psychotherapy, and emergency care for psychological problems and coordinates treatments in the community |
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Aftercare |
A program of post hospitalization care an treatment in the community |
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Day Care |
a program that offers hospital-like treatment during the day only. Also known as a day hospital |
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Halfway house |
A residence for people with schizophrenia or other severe problems, often staffed by paraprofessionals. Also known as a group home or crisis house` |
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Sheltered workshops |
A supervised workplace for people who are not yet ready for competitive jobs |
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Case manager |
A community therapist who offers a full range of services for people with schizophrenia or other severe disorders, including therapy, advice, medication, guidance, and protection of patients rights |
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Autonomic nervous system (ANS) |
The network of nerve fibers that connect the central nervous system to all the other organs of the body |
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Endocrine System |
The system of glands located throughout the body that help control important activities such as growth and sexual activities |
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Sympathetic Nervous System |
The nerve fibers of the autonomic nervous system that quicken the heartbeat and produce other charges experienced as arousal and fear |
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Parasympathetic Nervous system |
The nerve fibers of the autonomic nervous system that help return bodily processes to normal |
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Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) pathway |
One route by which the brain and body produced arousal and fear |
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Corticosteroids |
A group of hormones including cortisol, released by the the adrenal glands at times of stress |
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Acute stress disorder |
A disorder in which a persons experiences fear and related symptoms soon after a traumatic event but for less than a month |
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PTSD |
A disorder in which a person continues to experience fear and related symptoms long after a traumatic event |
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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) |
An exposure treatment in which clients more their eyes in a rhythmic manner from side to side while flooding their minds with images of objects and situations they ordinarily avoid |
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Rap groups |
The initial term for group therapy sessions among veterans; in which member meet to talk about the explore problems in a n atmosphere of mutual support |
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Psychological Debriefing |
A form of crisis intervention in which victims are helped to talk about their feelings and reactions to traumatic incidents. Also called critical incident stress debriefing |
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Dissociative Disorders |
Disorders marked by majors changes in memory that for not have clear physical causes. |
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Memory |
The faculty for recalling past events and past learning |
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Dissociative Amnesia |
A disorder marked by an inability to recall important personal events and information |
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Dissociative Fugue |
A form of dissociative amnesia in which a person travels to a new location and may assume a new identity, simultaneously forgetting this or her past |
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Dissociative Identify disorder |
A dissociative disorder in which a person develops two or more distinct personalities. Also known as multiple personality disorder |
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Sub personalities |
The two or more distinct personalities found in individuals suffering with dissociative identity disorder. Also known as a alternate personalities |
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State-dependent learning |
Learning that becomes associated with the conditions under which it occurred, so that it is best remember under the same conditions |
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hypnotic therapy |
a treatment in which the patient undergoes hypnosis and is then guided to recall forgotten events or perform other therapeutic activities. also known as hypnotherapy |
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fusion |
the final merging of two or more sub-personalities in dissociative identity disorder. |
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depersonalization-derealization disorder |
a dissociative disorder marked by the presence of persistent and recurrent episodes of depersonalization, derealization or both |
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sexual dysfunction |
a disorder marked by a persistent inability to function normally in some area of the sexual response cycle |
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desire phase |
the phase of the sexual response cycle consisting of an urge to have sex, sexual fantasies and sexual attraction |
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male hypoactive sexual desire disorder |
a male dysfunction marked by a persistent reduction or lack of interest in sex and hence a low level of sexual activity |
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female sexual interest/arousal disorder |
a female dysfunction marked by a persistent reduction or lack of interest in sex and low sexual activity, as well as, in some cases, limited excitement and few sexual sensations during sexual activity |
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exitement phase |
the phase of the sexual response cycle marked by changes in the pelvic region, general physical arousal and increases in heart rate muscle tension blood pressure and rate of breathing |
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erectile disorder |
a dysfuntion in which a man repeatedly fails to attain or maintain an erection during sexual activity |
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nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT) |
erection during sleep |
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performance anxiety |
the dear of performing inadequestly and a related tension experienced during sex |
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spectator role |
a state of mind that some people experience during sex, focusing on their sexual performance to such an extent that their performance and their enjoyment is reduced |
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orgasm phase |
the phase of the sexual response cycle during which a persons sexual pleasure peaks and sexual tension is released as muscles in the pelvic region contract rhythmically |
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premature ejaculation |
a dysfunction in which a man persistently reaches orgasm and ejaculates within 1 minute of beginning sexual activity with a partner and before he wishes to. also called early or rapid ejaculation |
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delayed ejaculation |
a male dysfunction characterized by persistent inability to ejaculate or very delayed ejaculation during sexual activity with a partner |
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female orgasmic disorder |
a dysfunction in which a woman persistently fails to reach orgasm, has very low intensity orgasms, or has very delayed orgasms. |
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genito-pelvic pain/penetration |
a sexual dysfunction characterized by significant physical discomfort during intercourse |
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direct masturbation training |
a sex therapy approach that teaches women with female arousal or orgasmic problems how to masturbate effectively and eventually to reach orgasm during sexual intercourse |
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paraphilias |
patterns in which a person has recurrent and intense sexual urges, fantasies, or behaviors involving nonhuman objects, children, nonconcenting adults, or experiences of suffering or humiliation |
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paraphilic disorder |
a disorder in which a persons paraphilia causes great distress, interferes with social or occupational activities, or places the person or others at risk of harm-- either currently or in the past |
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fetishistic disorder |
a paraphilic disorder consisting of recurrent and intense sexual urges, fantasies, or behaviors that involve the use of a nonliving object or non-genital part, often to the exclusion of all other stimuli, accompanied by clinically significant distress or impairment |
