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20 Cards in this Set
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affect
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The outward expression of emotion, or emotional response.
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amnesia
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loss of memory
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anorexia nervosa
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eating disorder marked by refusal to maintain minimally normal body weight.
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anxiolytic
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drug used as a mild tranquilizer
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claustrophobia
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fear of closed places.
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delirium
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confusion in thinking: faculty perceptions and irrational behavior
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dementia
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loss of intellectual abilities with impairment of memory, identity, and reasoning.
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dysphoria
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sadness, hopelessness, worry, discouragement (literally, “bad feeling”).
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fetishism
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the use of nonliving objects as substitutes for a human sexual love object.
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hallucinogens
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drugs that produce a state of CNS excitement, hyperactivity, and mood change.
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Hypochondriasis
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preoccupation with bodily aches, pains, and discomforts in the absence of real illness.
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labile
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unstable, undergoing rapid emotional change.
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obsessive-compulsive disorder
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an anxiety disorder in which recurrent thoughts and repetitive acts dominate behavior.
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phenothiazines
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tranquilizers used to treat psychoses.
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psychoanalysis
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treatment that allows the patient to explore inner emotions and conflicts; transference, free association, and dream analysis are elements of the therapy.
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psychopharmacology
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study of drugs and their effect on the mind and mental illness.
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schizophrenia
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withdrawal from reality into an inner wold of disorganized thinking and conflict; a psychosis.
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sexual masochism
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sexual gratification is gained by being humiliated, beaten, or made to suffer by another person.
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superego
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internalized conscience and moral party of the personality.
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Xenophobia
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Fear of strangers.
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