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Effort to overcome or make up for real or imaginied inadequacies
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compensation
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Refusal to admit or acknowledge the reality of something, thus avoiding emotional conflict or anxiety.
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denial
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Process of transferring a feeling or emotion form the original idea or object to a substitue idea or object.
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displacement
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An ego defense mechanism where by an individual unconsciously identifies with another person or w/ some object.
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introjection
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Act of transferring one's won unacceptable thoughts or feelings on to someone else.
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projection
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Attempting to make excuses or invent logical reasons to justify unacceptable feelings or behaviors.
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rationalization
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Response to stress in which the individual reverts to an earlier level of development and the comfort measures associated with that level of function.
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regression
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Involuntary blocking of unpleasant fellings and experiences from one's conscious mind.
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repression
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Rechanneling or redirecting one's unacceptable impulses and drives into constructive activities.
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sublimation
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Voluntary blocking of unpleasant feelings and experiences from one's mind.
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suppression
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Observable evidence of a person's feelings or emotions
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affect
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Loss of memory cause by sever emotional trauma, brain injur substance abuse, or reaction to medications or toxins.
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amnesia
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Group of nervous system stimulants that produce alertness and a feeling of well-being.
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amphetamines
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Lack of appetite, resulting in the inability to eat.
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anorexia
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State of mind in shich the individual feels increased tension, apprehension, a painfully increased sens of helplessness, a feeling of uncertainty, fear, jitteriness, and worry.
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anxiety
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Disorders chracterized by chronic worry.
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anxiety disorders
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Absence or suppression of observable emotion, feeling concern, or passion.
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apathy
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Mental disorder characterized by the individual being extremely w/drawn and absorged with fantasy.
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autism
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Form of psychotherapy that seeks to modify observable, maladjusted patterns of behavior by substituting new reponses to given stimuli.
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behavior therapy
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Uncontrolled craving for food, often resulting in eating binges, followed by vomiting to eliminate the food from the stomach.
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bulimia nervosa
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Mind-altering drug derived from the flowering top of hemp plants; also called marijuana. Classified as a controlled substance, Schedule I druge
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cannabis
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Effort to overcome, or make up for, real or imagined inadequacies.
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compensation
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Irresistible, repetitive represses anxiety experience by emotional conflicts by converting the anxious feelings into physic symptoms that have no organic basis, but are perceived to be real by the individual.
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conversion disorder
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Chronic mood disorder characterized by numberous periods of mood swings from depression to happiness.
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cyclothymic disorder
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Unconscious, intrapsychic (w/in one's own mind) reaction that offers protection to the self from a stressful situation.
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defense mechanism
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State of frenzied excitement or wild enthusiasm.
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delirium
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Acute and sometimes fatal psychotic reaction caused by cessation of excessive intake of alcoholic beverages over a long period of time.
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delirium tremens (DTS)
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Persistent abnormal belief or perception is firmly held by a person despite evidence to the contrary.
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delusion
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delusions in which person thinks others are following him
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persecution delusion
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Delusion which person has a false sense of possessing wealth or power.
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delusions of grandeur
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Progressive, organic mental disorder chracterized by chronic personality disintegration, confusion, disorientation, stupor deterioration of intellectual capacity and function.
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dementia
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Refusal to admit or acknowledge the reality of something, thus avoiding emotional conflict or anxiety.
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denial
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Mood disturbance characterized by exaggerated feelings of sadness, discouragement, and hopelessness that are inappropriate and out of proportion with reality
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depression
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Process of transferring a feeling or emotion from the original idea or object to a substitute idea or object.
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displacement
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use of psychotherapeutic drugs to treat mental disorders.
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drug therapy
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Disorder of affect (mood) characterized by depression and anguish.
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dysphoria
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Process of passing an electrical current through the brain to create a brief seizure in the brain.
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electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
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Sense of well-being or elation
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euphoria
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Sexual disorder involving the exposure of one's genitals to a stranger
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exhibitionism
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Disorders that are characterized by physical or psychological symptoms that are intentionally produced or feigned to assume the sick role.
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factitious disorders
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form of psychotherapy that focuses the tx on the process between family members that supports and sustains symptoms.
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family therapy
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Sexual disorder in which the focus of the fetish involves cross-dressing.
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transvestic fetishism
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Spontaneous, consciously unrestricted association of ideas, feelings, or mental images.
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free association
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Sexual disorder in which the person gains sexual stimulation or excitement by rubbing against a nonconsenting person.
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frotteurism
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Application of psychotherapeutic techniques w/in a small group of people who experience similar dificulities.
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group therapy
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Subjective (existing in the mind) perception of something that does not exist in the external environmnet.
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hallucination
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Substances that cause excitation of the central nervous system, characterized by symptoms such as hallucination, mood changes, anxiety, increased pulse and blood pressure, and dilation of the pupils.
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hallucinogens
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Passive, trancelike state of existence that resembles normal sleep during which perception and memory are altered, resulting in increased responsiveness to suggestion.
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hypnosis
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Chronic, abnormal concern about the health of the body, characterized by extreme anxiety, depression, and an unrealistic interpretation of real or imagines physical symptoms as indication of a serious illness or disease despite rational medical evidence that no disorder is present
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hypochondriasis
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Mild degree of mania characterized by optimism, excitability, energetic and productive behavior, marked hyperactivity and talkativness, heightened sexual interest, quick to anger, irritability, and a decreased need for sleep.
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hypomania
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State of being characterized by impaired judgment, slurred speech, loss of coordination, irritability, and mood changes; may be due to drugs, including alcohol.
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intoxication
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Ego defense machanism whereby an individual unconsciously identifies with another person or with some object, assuming the supposed feelings and/or chracteristics of the other personality or object.
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introjection
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Drug that is particularly useful in treating the manic phase of bipolar disorders.
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lithium
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Disorder chracterized by one or more episodes of depressed mood that lasts at least 2 weeks and is accompanied by at least four additional symptoms of depression.
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major depressive disorder
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Willful and deliberate faking of symptoms of a disease or injur to gain some consciously desired end.
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malingering
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Madness; an emotional state characterized by symptoms such as extreme excitement, hyperactivity, overtalkativeness, agitation, flight of ideas, fleeting attention, and someteimes violent, destructive, and self-destructive behavior.
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mania
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Affective state characterized by any of a variety of periods of depression or deprssion elation.
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mood disorders
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Inability to speak because of a physical defect or emotional problem
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mutism
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Psychological or behavioral disorder in shich anxiety is the primary characteristic, thought to be related to unresolved conflicts.
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neurosis
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Persistent thought or idea with which the mind is continually and involuntarily preoccupied.
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obsession
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Episode of acute anxiety during which the individual may experience intense feelings of uneasiness or fright accompanied by dyspnea, dizziness, sweating, trembling, and palpitations of the heart.
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panic attack
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Disorder characterized by recurrent panic attacks that come on unexpectedly.
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panic disorder
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Mental disorder characterized by an elaborate overly suspicious system of thinking, with delusions of persecution and grandeur usually centered on one major theme, such as a financial matter, a job situation, an unfaithful spousse, or other problem.
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paranoia
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Sexual perversion or deviation; a condition in which the sexual instinct is expressed in ways that are socially prohibited, unacceptable, or biologically undesirable.
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paraphilia
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Sexual disorder in shich the individual is sexually aroused and engages in sexual activity w/ children.
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pedophilia
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Any of a large group of mental disorders characterized by rigid, inflexible, and maladaptive behavior patterns that impair a person's ability to function in society by severly limiting adaptive potential.
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personality disorders
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An anxiety disorder characterized by an obsessvie, irrational, and intense fear of a specific object, of an activity, or of a physical situation.
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phobia
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a form of pyschotherapy in wich a child plays in a protected and stucturred environment with games and toys provided by a therapist.
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play therapy
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the act of transferring one,s own unacceptable thoughts or feelings on to someone else.
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projection
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a physician who specializes in the diagnoisis; prevention and prevention and treatment of mental disordeers.
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pyschiatrist
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the branch of medicine that deals with the causes treatment,
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pyschiatry
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a form of pyschotherapy that uses free association, dream interpretation, and analysis of defense mechanisms to help the patient become aware of repressed emotional conflicts.
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pyschoanalysis
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A psychotherapist, usually a psychiatrist, who has had special training in psychoanalysis and who applies the techniques of psychoanalytic theory.
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psychoanalyst
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Form of group psychotherapy in which people act out their emotional problems through unrehearsed dramatizations; also called role palying therapy.
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psychodrama
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Person who specializes in the study of the structure and function of the brain and related mental process of animals and humans.
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psychologist
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Study of behavior and the processes of the mind, especially as it relates to the individual's social and physical environment.
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psychology
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Major mental disorder of organic or emotional origin characterized by a loss of contact with reality.
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psychosis
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Pertaining to the expression of an emotional conflict through physical symptoms.
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psychosomatic
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Any of a large number of related methods of treating mental and emotional disorders using psychological techniques instead of physical means of tx.
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psychotherapy
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Means of ridding the body of what has been sonsumed; that is the individual may induce vomiting or use laxatives to rid the body of food that has just been eaten.
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purging
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Attempting to make excuses or invent logical reasons to justify unacceptable feelings or behaviors.
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rationalization
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A rsponse to stress in which the individual reverts to an earlier level of development and the comfort measures associated with that level of functioning.
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regression
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Involuntary blocking of unpleasant feelings and experiences from one's conscious mind.
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repression
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Loarge group of psychotic disorders characterized by gross distrotion of reality, disturbances of language and communication, w/drawal from social interaction, and the disorganization and fragmentation of thought, perception, and emotional reaction.
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schizophrenia
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An agent that decreases functional activity and has a calming effect on the body.
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sedative
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Organic mental disorder of the aged resulting from the generalized atropy of the brain with no evidence of cerebrovascular disease.
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senile dementia
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Sexual disorder that involves the act of being humiliated, beaten, bound, or made to suffer; or the act of inflicting suffering on the victim.
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sexual sadism/secual masochism
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Group of neurotic disorders characterized by symptoms suggesting physical illness or desease for which there are no demonstrable organic causes or phisologic dysfuntions.
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somatoform disorders
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Rechanneling or redirecting one's unaccelptable impluses and drives into constructive activities.
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sublimation
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Voluntary blocking of unpleasnat feelings and experiences from one's mind.
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suppression
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Ability to endure unusually large doses of a drug w/out apparent adverse effects, and w/ continued use of the drug, to require increased dosages to produce the same effect.
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tolerance
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Principal guide for mental health professionals
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DSM-IV-TR
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
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Cognitive disorders that deal with a deficiency in memory.
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organic mental disorders
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Disorders characterized by short-term and long-term memory deficits.
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amnesia disorders
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State of frenzied excitement. Occurs rapidly and is characterized by difficulty maintaing and shifting attention.
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delirium
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Acute and sometimes fatal psychotic reaction caused by cessation of excessive intake of alcoholic beverages over a long period of time.
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delirium tremens (DTs)
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progressive, organic mental disorder characterized by chroinc personality disintegration, confusion, disorientation, stupor, deterioration of intellectual capacity and function, and impairment of control of memory, jusgement, and impulses.
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dementia
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Disorders associated with the use of drugs.
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Substance-related disorders
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substances that slow the activity of the CNS, causing impaired motor activity, judgement, and concentration. ie: alcohol, barbiturates, aopium derivatives.
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Central Nervous System depressants
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Substances that increase the activity of the CNS, causing an increase in heart rate and blood pressure, heightened behavioral activity, and increased alertness. ie: cocaine and amphetamines.
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Central Nervous System stimulants
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Substances that create perceptual distortions of the mind. ie: LSD, cannabis
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hallucinogens
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misuse of drugs may lead to a state of ________ , characterized by impaired judgement, slurred speech, etc.
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intoxication
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Condition characterized by loss of contact w/ reality.
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psychosis
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Psychosis appears in the form of ______.
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schizophrenia
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Large group of psychotic disorders characertized by gross distrotion of reality, disturbances of language and communication, w/drawal from socail interaction,a dhte disorganization and gramentation of thought perception, and emotional reaction.
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schizophrenia
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Condition characterized by the individual being overly suspicious of others and having hallucinations and delusions.
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paranoid schizophrenia
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group of psychiatric disorders characterized by distrubances in physical, emotional, and behavioral response patterns.
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mood disorders
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Psychological disorder characterized by episodes of mania, depression, alternationg between the 2 or a mixture of the two moods simultaneously.
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bipolar disorder (manic-epressive)
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Chronic mood disorder characterized by numerous periods of mood swings from depression to ahppiness; period of mood distrubance ia at least 2 yrs. duration.
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cyclothymic disorder
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Disorder characterized by one or more episodes of depressed mood tha lats at least 2 weeks and is accompanied by at least for additional symptoms of depression.
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major depressive disorder
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State of mind which the individual feels increased tension, apprehension, sense of helplessness, etc.
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anxiety
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Disorder characterized by chronic, unrealistic, and excessive anxiety and worry. Symptoms have usually existed for a least 6 months or more and have no relation to any specific causes.
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generalized anxiety disorder
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characterized by recurrent panic attacks that come on unexpectedly, followed by at least one month of persistent concern about having another panic attack.
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panic disorder
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Anxiety disorder characterized by obsessive, irrational, and intense fear of a specific object, of an activity, or of a physical situation.
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phobic disorder
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fear of high places that results in extreme anxiety
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acrophobia
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morbid fear of fresh air or drafts
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aerophobia
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fear of being in an open, crouded, or public palce, such as a field, congested street.
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agoraphobia
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fear of spiders
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arachnophobia
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fear of being in or becoming trapped in enclosed or narrow places; fear of closed spaces
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claustrophobia
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obsessive, irrational fear of darkness
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nyctophobia
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persistent, irrational fear of animals
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zoophobia
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Disorder characterized by recurrent obsessions or compulsions that are sever enought ot be time consuming or to cause obvious distress or a notable handicap.
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obsessive-compulsive disorder
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Disorder which individual experiences characteristic symptoms following exposure to an extremely traumatic event.
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posttraumatic stress disorder
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Group of neurotic disorders characterized by symptoms suggesting physical illness or disease, for which there are no demonstrable organic causes
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somatoform disorders
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Disorder which individual represses anxiety experience by emotional conflicts by converting the anxious feelings into physical symptoms that have no organic basis, but are perceived to be real by individual
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conversion disorder
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Somewhat rare form of child abuse which parent falsifies illness in child by fabricationg or creating symptoms, then seeks medical care.
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Munchausen syndrome by proxy
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Sleep disorder characterized by repeated, uncontrollable desire to sleep.
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narcolepsy
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characterized by sudden loss of muscle tone in individual's head may drop, jaw sag, knees weakend. May collapse
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cataplexy
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Psychological disorder in which pt experiences pain in the absence of physiologic findings.
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Pain disorder
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Disorders which individual has emotional conflicts that are so repressed into subconscious mind that a split personality occurs.
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dissociative identity disorders
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Disorder which individual is unable to recall important personal information.
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dissociative amnesia
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Disorder shich the individual separates from a past life and associations, wanders away for a period of time, returns with no recollection of the disappearance.
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dissociative fugue
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disorder which there is the presence of 2 or more distict personalities w/in one individual.
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dissociative identity disorder
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characterized by strong and persistent cross-gender identification
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gender identity disorder
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characterized by repetitive behavioral patterns that lack moral and ethical standards, keeping the individual in continuous conflict with society.
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antisocial personality disorder
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characterized by an extensive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, slef-image, and marked impulsivity that begins by early adulthood and is pesent in a variety of contexts.
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borderline personality disorder
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characterized by an abnormal interest in oneself, expecially in one's own body and sexual characterisitics.
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narcissistic personality disorder
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characterized by generalized distrust and suspiciousness of others
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paranoid personality disorder
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characterized by inability to form social relationships.
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schizoid personality disorder
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personality test that is based on the interpretation of drawings of human figures of both sexes
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draw-a-person test (DAP)
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Self-report personality inventory test that consists of 567 items that can be answered true, false, cannot say.
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Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (MMPI)
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Personality test that involves use of 10 inkblot cards, half black and white and half in color.
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Rorschach inkblot test
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Designed to elecit stories that reveal something about an individual's personality. Consist of 30 black/white pictures.
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thematic apperception test (TAT)
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AD
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attention deficit
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ADHD
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attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
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C.A.
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chronological age
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DAP
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draw-a-picture personality test
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DSM
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diagnotic and statistical manual of mental disorders
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ECT
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electroconvulsive therapy
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I.Q.
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intelligence quotient
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M.A.
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mental age
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MMPI
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Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory
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OCD
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obsessive-compulsive disease
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PCP
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phencyclidine
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SAD
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seasonal affective disorder
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TAT
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thematic apperception test
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WAIS
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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
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WISC
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Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children
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