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64 Cards in this Set
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autism
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severe lack of responsiveness to others, preoccupation with inner thoughts; withdrawal and retarded language development
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social phobia
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fear of being open to public scrutiny
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Dysthymia
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dysthymic disorder
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paranoia
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delusions of grandeur or persecution
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antisocial
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no loyalty or concern for others; no moral standards
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Delirium and Dementia
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both involve cognition; delirium = acute, temporary mental confusion; dementia = general loss of intellectual abilities that involves impairment of judgment, memory, and abstract thinking as well as changes in personality
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repression
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defense mechanism by which unacceptable thoughts, feelings, and impulses are pushed into the unconscious
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Bipolar disorders
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manic depressive
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narcissistic
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grandiose sense of self importance; pre-occupation with fantasies of sucess & power
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euphoria
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over welming felling of well being
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sexual masochism
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sexual satisfaction is gained by being humiliated, beaten, bound, or otherwise made to suffer BY another person
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labile
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undergoing rapid, emotional change
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sexual sadism
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psychosexual disorder in which sexual satisfaction is gained by inflicting pain ON others
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compulsion
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uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly
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paranoid
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delusions of grandeur or persecution
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phren/o
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mind
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fetishism
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the use of nonliving objects (articles of clothing) as substitutes for a human sexual love object
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DT:
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delirium tremens (caused by alcohol withdrawal)
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histrionic
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emotional, immature, and dependent irrational outbursts and flamboyant behavior
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labile
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undergoing rapid, emotional change
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anorexia nervosa
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lack of appetite due to psychological factors
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-thymia
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mind
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voyeurism
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sexual excitement is achieved by observing unsuspecting people who are naked, undressing, or engaging in sexual activity
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psychosis
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psychosis = a mental disorder marked by significant impairment of reality testing; neurosis = mild form of mental illness
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bulimia nervosa
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eating disorder marked by binging followed by purging
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para-
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near, beside, abnormal
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apathy
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absence of emotions
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claustrophobia
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fear of closed-in places
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schizoid
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emotionally cold and aloof; indifferent to praise or criticism or to the feelings of others; lack of expression of strong emotion
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-phoria
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feeling
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SAD
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Seasonal affective (mood) disorder
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transference
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psychoanalytic process in which the patient relates to the therapist as he or she had to a prominent childhood figure
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Major depression
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with dysphoria
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obsession
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a persistent idea, emotion, or urge; recurrent thought
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-phobia
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fear
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delirium
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confusion in thinking
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dementia
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loss of intellectual abilities with impairment of memory, judgment, and reasoning as well as changes in personality
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conversion
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anxiety becomes a bodily symptom, such as blindness, deafness, or paralysis, that does not have an organic basis
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ment/o
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mind
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schiz/o
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split
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acrophobia
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ear of heights/high places
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hallucination
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false or unreal sensory perception
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somat/o
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body
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repression
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defense mechanism by which unacceptable thoughts, feelings, and impulses are pushed into the unconscious
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cata-
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down
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psych/o
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mind
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conversion
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anxiety becomes a bodily symptom, such as blindness, deafness, or paralysis, that does not have an organic basis
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personality disorders
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lifelong personality patterns marked by inflexibility and impairment of social functioning
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-genic
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pertaining to produced
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dissociation
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uncomfortable feelings are separated from their real object
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autism
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severe lack of responsiveness to others, preoccupation with inner thoughts; withdrawal and retarded language development
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delusion
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fixed, false belief that cannot be changed by logical reasoning or evidence
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apathy
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absence of emotions
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ECT:
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electroconvulsive therapy (electric shock)
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hallucination
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false sensory perception
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psychosis
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a mental disorder marked by significant impairment of reality testing
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phobia
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irrational or disabling fear of object or situation
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paranoia
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delusions of grandeur or persecution
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anxiety
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troubled feeling, tension, and distress
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agoraphobia
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fear of open, public places
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iatr/o
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treatment
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acrophobia
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fear of heights/high places
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder
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(involves recurrent thoughts (obsessions) & repetitive acts (compulsions) that dominate behavior.
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Cyclothymia
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mild form of bipolar disorder
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