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15 Cards in this Set
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Contingency management |
a behavioral treatment technique in which family members and friends reward appropriate behavior in an individual |
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conversion disorder |
a somatic symptom disorder marked by odd pseudo-neurological symptoms that have no discoverable medical cause |
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depersonalization/derealization disorder |
a dissociative disorder marked by chronic episodes of detachment from ones body and feelings of derealization |
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dissociation |
a feeling of detachment or separation from oneself |
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dissociative amnesia |
a dissociative disorder marked by severe memory loss for past and or recent events |
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dissociative disorders |
a class of mental disorders marked by disintegration of memory, consciousness, or identity. |
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dissociative fugue |
a dissociative problem marked by severe memory loss and sudden travel away from home or work |
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dissociative identity disorder |
a dissociative disorder marked by multiple personalities in a single individual. |
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factitious disorder |
a mental disorder marked by deliberate production of physical or psychological symptoms to assume the sick role. |
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illness anxiety disorder |
a somatic symptom disorder marked by excessive preoccupation with fear of having a disease. |
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malingering |
deliberate production of physical or psychological symptoms with some external motivation. |
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Munchausen syndrome |
a severe factitious disorder in which a person causes symptoms and claims he has a physical or mental disorder |
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pseudoseizures |
Seizure-like activity such as twitching or loss of consciousness without electrical disruptions in the brain. |
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somatic symptom disorder |
a mental disorder in which a person experiences physical symptoms that may or may not have a discoverable physical cause, as well as distress. |
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somatization |
a tendency to communicate distress through physical symptoms and to pursue medical help for these symptoms. |
