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11 Cards in this Set
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Activities Of Daily Living |
The basic activities a person usually accomplishes during a normal day, such as eating, dressing, and bathing
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Agitated Delirium
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A condition of disorientation, confusion, and possible hallucinations coupled with purposeless, restless physical activity
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Altered Mental Status
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A change in the way a person thinks and behaves that may signal disease in the central nervous system or elsewhere in the body |
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Behavior
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How a person functions or acts in response to his or her environment
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Behavioral Crisis
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The point at which a person's reactions to events interfere with activities of daily living, this becomes a psychiatric emergency when it causes a major life interruption, such as attempted suicide
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Depression
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A persistent mood of sadness, despair, and discouragement, may be a symptom of many different mental and physical disorders, or it may be a disorder on its own |
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Functional Disorder
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A disorder in which there is no known physiologic reason for the abnormal functioning of any organ or organ system
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Organic Brain Syndrome
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Temporary or permanent dysfunction of the brain, caused by a disturbance in the physical or physiologic functioning of brain tissue
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Psychiatric Disorder
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An illness with psychological or behavioral symptoms and/or impairment in functioning caused by a social, psychological, genetic, physical, chemical, or biologic disturbance
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Psychiatric Emergency
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An emergency in which abnormal behavior threatens a person's own health and safety or the health and safety of another person, for example when a person becomes suicidal, homicidal, or has a psychotic episode
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Psychosis
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A mental disorder characterized by the loss of contact with reality
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